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A grid to facilitate physics staffing justification.

¹Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA. eklein@radonc.wustl.edu

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Developing a clinical physics staffing justification grid ensures adequate staffing levels and competency. This data-driven approach strengthens budget requests and adapts to changing clinical demands.

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Medical Physics
Healthcare Administration
Workforce Planning

Background:

Clinical physics staffing justification is challenging due to a lack of standardized methods.
Current approaches often rely on external guidelines (e.g., American College of Radiology, Abt studies) which may not accurately reflect specific clinical needs.
Insufficient or inexperienced staff can result from inadequate justification, impacting task management and quality.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel staffing justification grid for clinical physics departments.
To quantitatively and qualitatively equate clinical workload with required staffing levels and expertise.
To provide a data-driven methodology for justifying staffing needs and budgets.

Main Methods:

Customized the Abt study to determine time per task based on clinical setting and task frequency.
Incorporated administrative time, vacation, meetings, professional development, and education.
Mapped tasks to required competency/experience levels, considering factors like academic faculty appointments.
Included non-physicist personnel (e.g., IMRT QA technicians, clerical staff) in the analysis.

Main Results:

The developed staffing grid provided robust documentation supporting a significant budget increase.
The grid proved adaptable to changing clinical demands and evolving service lines (e.g., IMRT, IGRT).
The methodology facilitated budget generation based on required staff types and personnel.

Conclusions:

A data-based time and work analysis, structured within a staffing grid, significantly strengthens justification for clinical physics staffing.
The presented methodology is adaptable for various settings, including non-academic and smaller facilities.
The grid effectively aligns clinical needs with staffing quantity and quality, aiding in personnel budget development and resource allocation.