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Healthcare · Case Study

Hospital HRMS

Shifts, leave, attendance and staff records in one secure system instead of several disconnected tools.

Industry
Healthcare
Platform
Web
Business type
Internal operations
Scope
Workforce management for hospital staff
Hospital HRMS: Workforce management for hospital staff

Impact

Scheduling, leave and attendance now share the same data, so conflicts are visible before they reach a ward.

Project overview

Hospitals schedule people around the clock, across departments with different skills, credentials and regulations. This HRMS brings employee records, shift scheduling, attendance, leave, payroll support and documents into a single platform for administrators, department heads and staff.

The challenge

Rotas were planned in one place, leave approved in another and attendance recorded in a third. Conflicts surfaced only when a shift was already short. Credential and document checks were manual, and sensitive staff data sat in files with little access control.

The approach

We modelled the hospital as departments, roles and shift templates first, then built scheduling on top of that model so conflicts could be detected before a rota was published. Access control was designed at the start rather than added later, because different roles see very different data.

The architecture

  • Next.js front end with separate dashboards per role
  • Spring Boot services for scheduling, attendance and HR records
  • PostgreSQL for structured HR data; MongoDB for documents and audit trails
  • Redis for session and scheduling caches
  • JWT and OAuth-based authentication with role-based access control
  • Containerised with Docker for consistent environments

The product

Administrators manage departments, staff and shift templates. Department heads build and publish rotas, approve leave and track attendance. Staff see their schedule, request leave and keep their documents current.

Key features

  • Department and role management
  • Shift templates and rota planning with conflict checks
  • Attendance tracking and leave workflows
  • Staff document and credential records
  • Payroll support exports
  • Light and dark dashboard themes for day and night shifts

UX decisions

  • Rotas are shown as a week grid by department, the format hospital coordinators already use on paper.
  • Conflicts are flagged inline on the grid before publishing instead of in a separate report.
  • A dark theme was added specifically for night-shift coordinators.

Technology

  • Next.js
  • Spring Boot
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • Docker
  • JWT / OAuth

Deployment

Containerised services deployed to cloud infrastructure with environment separation and role-restricted administrative access.

Outcome

Scheduling, leave and attendance now share the same data, so conflicts are visible before they reach a ward. Sensitive records are protected by role, and HR staff spend less time reconciling information between tools.

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