Whanganui Radiography Redirects 179 hours of Admin Back to Clinical Work Through Rosterlab
The Whanganui radiography department freed up more than 179 hours of clinical time annually by adopting RosterLab, a leading provider of automated rostering software designed for healthcare.
By replacing manual rostering processes, the department is reducing administrative burden and enabling highly trained clinicians to spend more time on patient care.
Manual Rostering and Lost Clinical Time
Before implementing RosterLab, a senior MRI radiographer spent at least 40 hours (a full working week) creating each 12-week roster using Excel spreadsheets, print outs and paper-based leave request forms.
This amounted to over 170 hours per year spent on administrative work, not including additional time managing leave requests, shift swaps, and individual scheduling queries. The process was not only time-consuming but also diverted valuable clinical expertise away from patient care.
A Self-Rostering Research Project Sparks Change
The collaboration between RosterLab and the Whanganui radiography department began with a self-rostering research project led by Unitec. The study explored whether self-rostering could improve fairness and autonomy while maintaining safe staffing levels.
With RosterLab, roster generation time was reduced from 40 hours down to under 4 hours. Managing shift changes became fully automated through a clinician-facing app, saving an additional 35 hours.
