How do groups measure the amount of FTEs required to cover a facility?
If facility gives you the amount of sites required along with times, how can you accurately measure the number of anesthesiologists you would need?
Thank you in advance...
The bigger the facility the more complex it is.
It also depends on the model, eg MD only or 1:3-4 supervision of CRNAs.
You have to consider vacation. Sick call backup. Possibly evening relief if a hospital or late facility.
Here's an example of a BARE MINIMUM model:
Say I have 10 rooms to cover that all start at 730.
I need a CRNA in each room so thats 10 CRNAs DAILY.
I also need 3 MDs DAILY:
2 MDs supervise 3 CRNA rooms each = 6 rooms covered
1 MD supervises the other 4 CRNA rooms.
So every day I've got 3 MDs and 10 CRNAs working. Now we need vacation coverage.
3 MDs get 8 weeks each thats 24 weeks of vacation you need to provide. You need another MD to cover that, now your up to 4 FTE MDs. This MD can also provide some wiggle room for sick call/etc..
10 CRNAs get 6 weeks each thats 60 weeks of vacation you need to provide. So you need 2 more CRNAs to cover those 60 working weeks.
So now you've got 4 MDs and 12 CRNAs covering 10 rooms DAILY.
This is a NO CALL scenario (then you have to start talking about post call days off)
Hope that helps.