Human Resources Estimation of CT-Scan Department in Iran's Largest Radiotherapy-Oncology Center Based on Workload Indicator of Staffing Need (WISN) in 2019

Human Resources in the health sector not only is the most crucial source in health providing but account for nearly three-quarters of the health sectorchr('39')s costs. The purpose of this study was to estimate the required Human Resources of the CT scan department of the Reza Radiotherapy-Oncology Center based on the workload indicator of staffing needs in 2019.

This cross-sectional descriptive study used human resources determination based on staffing needschr('39') workload indicators. The method of conducting expert meetings was used to determine the components of workload and standard time. Also, Interviews and rules, and personnel systems were used to determine the amount and factors related to available working time, and to determine the annual workload, the hospital management system and observation of activity logs were used. Excel and SPSS19 software were used to analyze the data for determining the required human resources and timing data, respectively.

 7 factors related to staff annually available work time were identified. The available work time for CT scans staff was 1113 hours per year. In this study, imaging and simulation were determined as the main activities of the CT scans ward. The results of the workload indicator calculations showed that the CT scan section lacked 3 Personnel.

This study showed that Reza Radiotherapy Oncology Center is experiencing a shortage of professional CT scan staff, and the work pressure is (0.4). Therefore, CT scans are a top priority to provide the human resource.