Posting a shift is free and simple, and you can post unlimited shifts for your practice. If you are posting multiple shifts, you can also set up a shift template to save time in the process. We'll cover how to post a new shift, edit or delete and existing shift, and setting up a shift template.

Here's how it works - click on any link below to jump directly to each section:

After logging into your account, click on the "quick post" button at the top beside the search bar. Select "post a shift".

This will launch the new shift posting popup. Select the location, position and template (if applicable) in the left-hand panel.

You'll then need complete further shift details like the title, date, pay (in USD per hour), shift hours, type and other information. Some of these fields may be pre-filled from a template, depending on whether an existing shift template has been set up.

As you fill in the shift hours, the expected worker pay, shift booking fee and total expected cost will be automatically calculated based on what you specified for the pay.

Note that the shift booking fee is based on the total hours of the shift and not the worker pay - this is the only fee that you are paying on Hound. (Shift booking fees are DVM: $15/hr booked and non-DVM: $3/hr booked). The expected worker pay will be paid directly to the relief professional, and managed directly between you and them. In most cases the relief professional will email an invoice directly to you.

Simply click preview & post to continue, or click save template to save this shift post as a future template to use.

You can edit any shifts that have not been booked by a relief professional yet. Simply go to the shift page by clicking "shifts" in the left-hand menu bar.

From here, you can click the "edit" button on any shift. This opens the shift edit mode, where you can make edits to any field.

When you're finished, simply click "preview & post" to publish your changes, or click "save template" to save this as a new template.

Deleting a shift posting is different from deleting a job posting, because any shifts that already have applicants are considered cancellations. You can tell if there are applicants to any shift if the shift card displays an "applicants" button. To learn more about cancelling a shift, check out this article.

To delete a shift posting, simply hover over the shift card, and click the red x in the top right corner.

You'll see a popup confirming if you'd like to cancel the shift. Click "cancel shift" to continue with the cancellation, or click the red x to close this popup.

Your account automatically comes with pre-populated default shift templates for veterinarians and technicians, but you'll want to customize these to suit your needs and make your practice stand out. 🤩

To locate these default shift templates, simply hover over the left-hand menu bar and click on your practice logo and name at the top.

From here, you'll see your practice profile page. Here you can make edits anywhere you see the pen and checkbox icon, or preview how your profile appears to job seekers by clicking the button "preview as job seeker".

Scroll down to the section labelled "shift templates". You can add new shift templates, edit any existing templates, or post a new shift using one of the existing templates.

That's it! If you have any questions about this, reach out to us via the chat widget or email us at hey@hound.vet.