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KPI Cheat Sheet

Sona's KPI Cheat Sheet is designed to provide clear metrics to track progress and make informed decisions specifically within the Care industry.

By pairing these metrics with workforce management systems such as Sona, Care leaders are able to measure performance efficiently and promote a culture of goal-oriented behaviour, all while reducing the time spent on administrative tasks.

 

Staff

Deliver best quality of care

People we support

Optimise occupation rate

Margin

Improve overall turnover

Maintain safe staffing levels

Contracted hours / hours needed (= vacancy rate)

Percentage of medication errors & incident errors

Staff cost / total income

Improve retention rate

Changes completed / changes requested (Post surveying staff on current sentiment)

Staff-related complaints from service users / total complaints

Churn rate

Total staff/ total service users

Monitor employee satisfaction / recognition

Negative reviews addressed / total negative reviews

Resident satisfaction survey

NPS Score: would you recommend this organisation?

Revenue per service user

Adapt quickly to abrupt abscence

Number of staff absent (sick) / staff needed

Open shifts / shifts needed

Staff scheduled / staff present per day (= consistency of care)

Total enhanced pay shifts (from extra shifts or agency) / total shift cost

Decrease agency spend

Agency staff / total staff per day

Number of different staff / service user

Agency cost / total staff cost

Potential overspend on agency staff vs if own staff used

Understand your staff needs and preferences (= staff profiles)

Contracted hours with your org / total working hours (including extra shifts, other employer)

Contracted hours / needed hours (= vacancy rate)

Churn rate for high/mid/low performing staff (extra hours/normal hours/less than required hours)

Minimise payroll errors

Payroll errors / total payroll completed

Hours worked divided / hours required per service user (= real care delivered)

Cost of payroll errors