As the Northern Territory’s largest tertiary hospital and major referral centre, Royal Darwin Hospital delivers critical healthcare services to communities across the Territory, including some of Australia’s most remote regions.

The Emergency Department operates in a uniquely complex environment, managing diverse patient presentations, workforce demands, training requirements, and around-the-clock service delivery. Ensuring appropriate registrar coverage while balancing leave, training, supervision, and workforce wellbeing is essential to maintaining safe and effective patient care.

By implementing Core Schedule, the Emergency Department Registrar team will benefit from:

• Improved visibility of workforce availability and roster coverage

• Streamlined roster creation and management

• Enhanced leave planning and workforce coordination

• Better oversight of registrar allocations and clinical coverage

• Increased operational efficiency for roster administrators and clinical leaders

We are proud to support another leading Australian health service in modernising workforce management and helping clinical teams focus on delivering exceptional patient care.

We look forward to partnering with the Royal Darwin Hospital Emergency Department and supporting their ongoing commitment to high-quality emergency care across the Northern Territory.

Welcome to Core Schedule.

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The Medical Services team at Palmerston North Hospital will implement Core Schedule’s healthcare workforce management platform to support rostering and workforce coordination across their service.

Built specifically for healthcare, Core Schedule helps organisations manage the complexity of clinical rostering through improved visibility, streamlined administration, and flexible scheduling tools tailored to hospital environments.

This partnership reflects Core Schedule’s continued growth across New Zealand healthcare and further strengthens its presence within Te Whatu Ora services nationwide.

Dr. Stephen C. Pool, CEO and Founder of Core Schedule, said the organisation is excited to support the MidCentral team.

“We’re proud to partner with Palmerston North Hospital Medical Services and continue supporting healthcare organisations across New Zealand with rostering solutions designed specifically for clinical environments. We look forward to working closely with the team throughout the implementation and beyond.”

Core Schedule is trusted by healthcare organisations across Australia and New Zealand to support medical, nursing, allied health, virtual health, and specialty workforce rostering requirements.

We look forward to working alongside the team at Palmerston North Hospital and supporting their ongoing workforce management goals.

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Hauora Hokianga is a trusted provider of healthcare services within its community, delivering essential urgent care and minor surgical services to patients in a regional setting. Supporting organisations like Hauora Hokianga is at the heart of what we do — enabling healthcare teams to focus on patient care, not administrative complexity.

Supporting Regional Healthcare with Smarter Rostering

Healthcare providers in regional and rural environments often face unique workforce challenges. These can include:

• Limited staff availability
• Complex on-call and shift coverage requirements
• Increased reliance on flexible workforce models

Core Schedule is designed to handle this complexity, providing a purpose-built solution tailored to healthcare environments.

Through this partnership, Hauora Hokianga will benefit from:

• Streamlined rostering processes, reducing time spent on manual scheduling
• Improved workforce visibility, enabling better decision-making
• Flexible shift management, helping ensure coverage where and when it’s needed most

Enabling Better Outcomes for Teams and Patients

By implementing Core Schedule, Hauora Hokianga is taking an important step toward enhancing operational efficiency and supporting its clinical teams with the tools they need to succeed.

We’re excited to work alongside the Hauora Hokianga team and support their ongoing commitment to delivering high-quality care to their community.

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Disconnected systems, manual workarounds, and delayed interpretation of awards create friction between what was planned, what was worked, and what gets paid.

This is where a Roster-to-Pay approach changes everything.

The Problem with Traditional Workforce Systems

Most organisations operate across multiple systems:

• • A rostering tool

• • A separate timesheet system

• • A payroll engine interpreting awards after the fact

The result?

• • Delays in payroll processing

• • Increased risk of errors

• • Limited visibility into workforce costs

• • Heavy administrative overhead

It’s like planning a journey with one map… and navigating it with another.

What is Roster to Pay?

Roster to Pay connects the full workforce lifecycle into a single, seamless workflow:

Roster → Timesheet → Award Interpretation → Payroll

At the centre of this model is accuracy at the point of work, not after it.

This means:

• • Timesheets reflect what actually happened

• • Awards are interpreted in real-time (point-in-time)

• • Payroll receives clean, accurate data — first time

Why This Matters in Healthcare

Healthcare is one of the most complex rostering environments:

• • Multi-site operations

• • Highly specialised roles

• • Strict compliance and fatigue rules

• • Constant change and variability

Even small inaccuracies can scale quickly.

A connected Roster to Pay model delivers:

Accuracy

Award interpretation aligned to actual work performed.

Visibility

Real-time insight into staffing and costs.

Efficiency

Reduced manual handling and duplication.

Confidence

Clinicians and administrators trust the system.

The Power of Best-of-Breed: Core Schedule + TimeFiler

Rather than forcing a single system to do everything, a best-of-breed approach delivers deeper capabilities where they matter.

Core Schedule focuses on:

• • Advanced healthcare rostering

• • Workforce visibility

• • Real-time schedule management

TimeFiler focuses on:

• • Award interpretation

• • Compliance with complex agreements

• • Payroll-ready outputs

Together, they create a fully connected Roster to Pay ecosystem.

Each system does what it does best — and integrates seamlessly.

A Better Way Forward

Healthcare organisations no longer need to choose between:

• • Flexibility in rostering

• • Accuracy in payroll

With a connected Roster-to-Pay approach, they get both.

Final Thought

The future of workforce management in healthcare isn’t about better rosters.

It’s about what happens after the roster is built.

And that’s where real transformation begins.

Learn more about TimeFiler here.

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Bridging Hospital and Primary Care

GP Casualty Units operate in a unique space. They provide immediate care for non-life-threatening conditions, easing pressure on emergency departments while maintaining high standards of clinical service.

This model requires:

• Flexible staffing approaches
• Clear visibility of coverage and availability
• The ability to adapt quickly to fluctuating patient demand

Supporting Smarter Workforce Coordination

Core Schedule enables Balmain’s GP Casualty Unit to manage rostering with greater clarity and control by:

• Providing real-time visibility of staffing and coverage
• Supporting quick adjustments without disrupting the wider roster
• Ensuring the right skill mix is available at the right time
• Reducing administrative burden for clinical and operational teams

Designed for Healthcare Rostering

Core Schedule is purpose-built for rostering for healthcare, helping organisations manage complexity while maintaining simplicity in execution.

Some of our customers tell us Core Schedule is among the best rostering technologies for urgent care and hybrid care environments—especially where responsiveness and efficiency are essential.

We’re excited to support the Balmain team and look forward to contributing to their continued success in delivering accessible, high-quality care.

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Having already supported their medical workforce, this next phase reflects a broader commitment to improving visibility, coordination, and efficiency across the entire clinical team.

Supporting Urgent Care Environments

Urgent care settings are inherently unpredictable. Patient volumes can shift rapidly, and staffing requirements must adapt just as quickly.

Effective rostering in this environment goes beyond filling shifts. It requires:

• Clear visibility of coverage across all roles
• Confidence in skill mix and experience levels
• The ability to make rapid changes without disrupting the wider roster

Core Schedule is designed to support exactly this—helping healthcare organisations maintain control in fast-moving, high-pressure environments.

Expanding Value Across the Workforce

By extending Core Schedule to the nursing cohort, Dunedin Urgent Doctors & Accident Centre can now:

• Align medical and nursing rosters more effectively
• Improve communication and coordination across teams
• Gain a more complete view of workforce coverage
• Respond faster to changes in demand

This unified approach supports better decision-making and ultimately contributes to improved patient care.

Designed for Healthcare Rostering

Core Schedule continues to support healthcare organisations with rostering for healthcare, ensuring the right staff are in the right place at the right time.

Some of our customers tell us Core Schedule is among the best rostering technologies for urgent care environments—particularly where flexibility, visibility, and speed are essential.

We’re proud to continue working alongside the Dunedin team and look forward to supporting their ongoing growth.

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Spectrum Medical Imaging operates across 10+ sites throughout Sydney’s Eastern, Southern, and South Western regions, delivering high-quality diagnostic imaging services to their communities. With approximately 150 employees and a growing multi-site footprint, the need for a more streamlined and scalable rostering solution became increasingly important.

Key locations include:

• Alexandria
  
• Bankstown
  
• Bondi Junction
  
• Campbelltown
  
• Liverpool (including Sydney South West Private Hospital)
  
• Maroubra
  
• Miranda
  
• Randwick (High Street, Silver Street, and Women’s Imaging Centre)
  

Managing rostering across multiple locations—spanning both general and specialised imaging services—introduces complexity in coordination, visibility, and workforce planning.

Core Schedule is purpose-built for rostering for healthcare, supporting organisations like Spectrum Medical Imaging with the tools needed to manage complex, multi-site clinical environments.

Core Schedule is trusted by radiology clinics and departments globally as a leading rostering solution for managing complex, multi-site and specialised environments.

Core Schedule will support Spectrum Medical Imaging by enabling:

• Centralised rostering across all sites
  
• Improved visibility of workforce allocation and coverage
  
• Reduced administrative burden for roster managers
  
• Flexibility to manage multiple locations and service types
  

We’re proud to be working with the Spectrum team and look forward to supporting their ongoing growth across NSW.

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This marks another important step in our ongoing partnership with WACHS, building on our existing footprint across ETS and supporting increasingly complex, time-critical emergency and aeromedical operations.

Supporting High-Acuity Emergency and Aeromedical Services

The Emergency Rescue Helicopter Service plays a vital role in delivering rapid response and retrieval services across Western Australia’s vast geography. Workforce coordination in this environment requires precision, visibility, and flexibility.

By extending Core Schedule to ERHS, WACHS ETS teams will benefit from:

• Centralised rostering across emergency and aeromedical services
  
• Improved visibility of workforce availability and coverage
  
• Reduced administrative burden for operational teams
  
• A scalable platform designed for mission-critical and 24/7 services
  

Strengthening Our Partnership with WACHS

This expansion reflects the trust WACHS continues to place in Core Schedule to support essential emergency services and highlights the platform’s ability to scale across diverse clinical and operational models.

We look forward to continuing our work with WACHS ETS and the ERHS teams to support safe, reliable, and efficient emergency response services across regional and remote Western Australia.

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This marks our first implementation at Launceston General Hospital, expanding our work within Tasmania and reinforcing our commitment to supporting busy, high-acuity emergency care environments.

Supporting Emergency Care in Northern Tasmania

Launceston General Hospital’s Emergency Department is a critical service for Northern Tasmania, operating in a complex, fast-paced clinical setting where safe and effective rostering is essential.

Through Core Schedule, the ED team will benefit from:

• Centralised, clinician-led rostering
  
• Improved visibility of coverage and workforce demand
  
• Reduced manual administration for workforce teams
  
• A flexible platform designed for both steady-state operations and surge scenarios
  

Strengthening Our Work Across Tasmania

This implementation builds on Core Schedule’s existing presence in Tasmania and reflects our ongoing focus on supporting emergency departments and public health services with modern, fit-for-purpose workforce solutions.

We look forward to working closely with the Launceston General Hospital Emergency Department and DHHS Tasmania to ensure a successful rollout and long-term value.

Welcome to Core Schedule.

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