Staff Burnout Assessment & Rapid Action Plan

Purpose

This assessment helps leaders quickly identify current burnout risk drivers, prioritize visible short-term interventions, and capture a pragmatic 30/60/90-day action plan. It is designed for rapid weekly use and to feed a retention-risk tracker. This is an organizational tool — it does not replace individual clinical care or confidentiality protections.

How to use

1. Ask participating staff to complete the 10-item pulse (takes ~2–3 minutes).
2. Score and interpret using the guidance below.
3. Choose 1–3 prioritized visible interventions and assign owners with 30/60/90 deliverables.
4. Communicate results and planned actions quickly and clearly to staff. Repeat weekly to track progress.

Scoring & Interpretation

Each item uses a 1–5 scale where 1 = Strongly Disagree (higher risk) and 5 = Strongly Agree (lower risk). Total score range: 10–50.

• 10–24: High burnout risk — immediate targeted relief required. Prioritize workload and staffing relief, protected time for recovery, and leadership-visible fixes.
• 25–34: Moderate risk — test prioritized pilots and make fast, visible changes (scheduling, short-term staffing, process fixes).
• 35–50: Lower immediate risk — continue monitoring weekly and focus on sustaining meaning, recognition, and safety climate.

Privacy note

Encourage voluntary identification but allow anonymous responses. Avoid collecting clinical mental-health details. Aggregate and share only de-identified group-level results unless explicit consent is given.