Job-sharing in nuclear medicine: an 8-year experience (1998-2006).
Job-sharing is generally defined as a situation in which a single professional position is held in common by two separate individuals, who alternatively, on a timely basis, deal with the workload and the responsibilities. The aim of the present paper is to discuss prerequisites and characteristics of job-sharing by medical doctors and implications in a department of nuclear medicine. Job-sharing facilitates the combination of family life with professional occupation and prevents burnout. The time schedule applied by job-sharers is relevant: will both partners work for half-days, half-weeks, or rather alternatively during one to two consecutive weeks? This crucial choice, depending on personal as well as on professional circumstances, certainly influences the workflow of the department.
Als
Claudine
C
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Clinique Ste Thérèse, Luxembourg, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. claudine.als@cst.lu
Brautigam
Peter
P
D002055:Burnout, Professional; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D009683:Nuclear Medicine; D009790:Occupations; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D013997:Time Factors; D000078329:Workforce; D016526:Workload