Team/Individual Recommendations

7.1 All employees, physicians, volunteers and students should:

• perform a self-assessment prior to starting and during a work shift to ensure their fitness to work and provide safe provision of care;
• ensure adequate recovery time prior to starting a shift;
• take entitled breaks and support colleagues to do the same; and
• limit overtime hours worked.

7.3 All employees, physicians, volunteers and students should take responsibility for maintaining optimal personal health and well-being, including:

• participating in physical activity outside the work setting;
• ensuring adequate nutritional intake;
• ensuring adequate rest and sleep between shifts;
• communicating shift preference where there are known personal impacts related to specific shift patterns; and
• responsible self-scheduling in settings that participate in self-scheduling.