Most rosters are built around one question: is every shift covered? That's necessary, but it's not sufficient — and it's why good practitioners quietly burn out even in a fully-staffed practice.
A roster built for sustainability asks a second question: is anyone carrying an unreasonable share of the hard shifts, the difficult patients, the after-hours load, week after week, without anyone noticing the pattern?
Burnout rarely announces itself. It shows up as slowly declining energy, then as a resignation that surprises everyone except the person who handed it in.
Look at your roster from the last three months. Whose load has quietly crept up, and does anyone know?
Free first step: the the sustainable rostering guide.
With respect,
Annie