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Hospital staff scheduling software that covers the shift before the unit runs short

Zentru is hospital staff scheduling software and a workforce operations platform for multi-location, shift-based hospital and clinic teams. It replaces spreadsheet rotas, phone trees, and WhatsApp groups with one place to build 24/7 schedules across nurses, doctors and techs, track clock-in and attendance, handle swaps and time off, keep training records, and reach the right staff on the right shift.

Zentru is a workforce and operations tool, not a clinical system. It is not an EHR and does not manage patient records, medications, orders, or care plans.

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The shift problems Zentru solves for hospitals and clinics

Fill last-minute call-outs without the 45-minute phone tree.

When a night or weekend nurse calls out, charge nurses can lose 45+ minutes on group texts trying to find qualified cover. With Zentru's team messaging and announcements, an urgent "need cover for tonight's night shift" reaches available staff on the right unit in minutes, off personal WhatsApp and printed sheets and into one targeted channel.

Build the 24/7 rota across RNs, LPNs, CNAs, doctors and techs faster.

Hand-built spreadsheet rotas juggling day/night rotations and weekend fairness are slow, and one mistake leaves a shift uncovered. With Zentru's scheduling and shifts, you build the rota on a single board across Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Certified Nursing Assistants, Doctors, Pharmacists, Lab Technicians, Radiologists and Physical Therapists, with day/night rotations and weekend distribution visible in one view.

Stop swap and time-off requests from getting lost.

Shift-swap and time-off asks arriving by text, sticky note and hallway conversation get double-booked or forgotten, so the posted schedule never matches reality. In Zentru, staff request swaps and time off in-app and managers approve or decline, so the published rota stays accurate.

Give new nurses and CNAs a consistent start.

High turnover means constant re-onboarding, and an inconsistent start makes it harder to keep new hires. Zentru's training and certificates feature gives new RNs and CNAs a structured onboarding path with internal training and completion tracking in one place. (This stores internal training and competency records; it is not a regulatory license-credentialing system and complements, rather than replaces, your compliance process.)

Catch no-shows early instead of mid-shift.

Clock-in and attendance shows managers who actually clocked in against the planned rota, so coverage gaps surface early on the unit and you keep a clear record of hours worked. Zentru tracks attendance and hours in-app; it does not run payroll or file taxes.

Built for how hospital and clinic teams run

  • Scheduling and shifts — a single shift board for RNs, LPNs, CNAs, doctors, pharmacists, lab techs, radiologists and physical therapists, with in-app shift-swap and time-off requests that managers approve or decline.
  • Ask Amil natural-language scheduling — a charge nurse or department head describes the week in plain language and Amil returns a full-week draft rota with conflict warnings. Amil's default engine is a deterministic planner, not a language model, and a manager always reviews and approves before anything is published.
  • Clock-in and attendance — see who clocked in against the planned rota, catch no-shows, and keep an accurate in-app record of hours worked.
  • Training and certificates — structured onboarding paths and internal training/competency records with completion visibility, so new hires get a consistent start.
  • Tasks and checklists — turn recurring unit work into assignable, trackable checklists across documentation follow-ups, equipment checks and emergency-response readiness, so non-clinical operational duties don't get lost in verbal handoffs. Zentru is not an EHR or clinical documentation system.
  • Team messaging and announcements — coverage asks, policy updates and equipment-recall notices in one channel targeted to the right unit and shift.
  • Performance and rewards — a fair, visible way to recognize the nurses and aides who reliably pick up hard-to-fill shifts.
  • QR patient feedback — a QR code in a ward, clinic waiting room or discharge packet lets patients leave quick feedback tied to a location, giving managers a lightweight read on where service is slipping, without adding a clinical survey system.

Build next week's hospital schedule by asking

Describe the week the way you'd say it out loud — "two RNs and one CNA per shift, days and nights, keep weekends fair" — and Ask Amil drafts the full-week rota with conflict warnings for double-booked staff and gaps. You review, adjust, and approve before it's published. Try it in the interactive demo.

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Simple EUR pricing, 30-day free trial

Starter

Self-service

up to 15 active users, single location.

Growth

Self-service

up to 50 active users, AI (Ask Amil) included, guest feedback (QR).

Premium

Custom — Contact Sales

75+ users or larger multi-site organizations, with priority onboarding and support.

New payment-required companies start with a 30-day no-card trial with no automatic charge, billed in EUR.

Frequently asked questions

Is Zentru hospital staff scheduling software for 24/7 units?

Yes. Zentru builds rotating 24/7 rotas across Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Certified Nursing Assistants, doctors, pharmacists, lab technicians, radiologists and physical therapists on a single shift board, with day/night rotations and weekend distribution visible in one place. A manager approves the schedule before it's published.

Can nurses request shift swaps and time off in the app?

Yes. Staff submit shift-swap and time-off requests in-app instead of by text or sticky note, and managers approve or decline them, so the posted schedule stays accurate. It works as a nurse shift swap and time off app across your whole team.

Does this nurse scheduling software use AI to build the schedule?

Ask Amil is AI-assisted natural-language scheduling: you describe the week in plain language and it returns a full-week draft with conflict warnings. Its default engine is a deterministic planner, not a language model, and a manager always reviews and approves the draft before it's published.

Is Zentru an EHR, a credentialing system, or payroll for our clinic?

No. Zentru is clinic and hospital staff scheduling and operations software. It is not an EHR or clinical documentation system, it does not run payroll or file taxes, and its training and certificates feature stores internal training records — it is not a regulatory license-credentialing or accreditation system of record. It complements those systems and keeps a clear in-app record of attendance and hours worked.

What does this healthcare employee scheduling app cost?

Starter supports up to 15 users and Growth supports up to 50 with AI included; Premium uses custom pricing through Contact Sales. New payment-required companies receive a 30-day no-card trial with no automatic charge, billed in EUR.

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Last verified: 2026-08-07.

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