Nurse Scheduling · Pulse AI · Coaching

Nurse scheduling software, built around your unit.

Preference-based scheduling that builds fair, compliant schedules automatically, with a clear view of who's working where and when.

Soonest platform: AI nurse scheduling, shift management, payroll, Pulse AI, and coaching

Trusted by healthcare organizations

Utah Emergency Physicians
House of Hearing
University of Utah Health
CarePoint
Pure Pediatrics
My Emergency Room 24/7
Utah Emergency Physicians
House of Hearing
University of Utah Health
CarePoint
Pure Pediatrics
My Emergency Room 24/7
Utah Emergency Physicians
House of Hearing
University of Utah Health
CarePoint
Pure Pediatrics
My Emergency Room 24/7
Utah Emergency Physicians
House of Hearing
University of Utah Health
CarePoint
Pure Pediatrics
My Emergency Room 24/7

Most schedules are built for compliance, not the nurse.

Short-staffed shifts, mandatory overtime, floating to units they've never worked, self-scheduling requests that get overridden. Each one gets justified as compliance or coverage. None of it accounts for the nurse working the shift.

Preferences disappear into the system

Preference requests go into a spreadsheet and come out unrecognizable. When a nurse can't shape their own schedule, or flag that they're stretched too thin, that gets absorbed silently, shift after shift.

Self-scheduling requests routinely overridden

Nurse managers are buried

Building a compliant, fair schedule across med-surg, ICU, and ED and other units while covering call-outs, approving swaps, and chasing down open shifts eats the week before it even starts.

15+ hours lost per scheduling cycle

The toll compounds

Twelve-hour shifts, short staffing, and back-to-back stretches don't reset between weeks. By the time it shows up as a resignation letter, it's been building for months.

Nursing turnover costs $40K–$60K per nurse

Nurse scheduling, wellbeing, and coaching, all in one platform.

Soonest flags nurse burnout risk early, and that signal shapes next week's schedule and points to the right coaching.

For Admins
AI schedule building for nurses
Automated shift, trade, and call-out management
Dedicated human Schedule Assistant
Payroll & time clock, unified
15+ hours saved
Monthly
Soonest the platform
For Nurses
Preference-based self-scheduling
Trade / Release / Call-out flows staff can self-serve
Well-being check-ins after each shift
Coaching programs
Turnover reduced
Staff who feel heard stay longer

See what Soonest can do for your team.

Tell us about your unit, and we'll tailor a demo to your actual scheduling setup

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Other nurse scheduling software manages shifts. Soonest also looks after the people.

Built by healthcare providers

Soonest started because our founder got tired of building his own group's schedule by hand. It was designed from the ground up to tackle the burnout crisis sweeping healthcare organizations.

AI drafts the schedule. A person reviews it.

Every group gets a dedicated Schedule Assistant, a real person who sets up your unit's rules and steps in for any questions that may come up along the way.

One system instead of four different tools.

Scheduling, trades, payroll, messaging, and coaching live in the same place, so nothing gets tracked in a separate spreadsheet or a second tool.

Everything your nursing unit needs, in one platform.

From AI-generated schedules to real-time wellness intelligence and targeted coaching, all built for the complexity of nursing units.

AI Scheduling

Preference-based nurse scheduling that builds itself

Nurses set preferences, admins set rules, and the solver handles the rest. Multi-unit, multi-role schedules are resolved simultaneously.

  • Auto-generates nurse schedules from templates and preferences
  • Cross-unit scheduling — all units resolve at once
  • Schedule Grade — system rates fairness and constraint coverage
  • Draft → Review → Publish workflow — you stay in control
  • Nursing staff see exactly which preferences were honored and why
Soonest nurse schedule view
Shift Management

Trades, releases, and call-outs, without the admin work

There are three distinct workflows for shift changes. Nurses self-serve through the platform, and you set whether admin approval is required.

  • Trade: 1-for-1 swaps, direct or unit-wide
  • Release: "I'd prefer not to work this, but I will if no one picks it up"
  • Call-out: last-minute illness with immediate admin notification
  • Open shift marketplace — post to a unit or facility-wide
  • "Need staff?" button connects to a staffing partner
Soonest trade shift view
Payroll & Clock

Clock in, clock out, export to payroll. Done.

Time tracking is built directly into Soonest. Export directly to ADP, Paycom, Paylocity, or any provider.

  • Clock in/out from mobile or desktop with geofencing
  • Automatic overtime and differential calculations
  • Export to ADP, Paycom, Paylocity, and others
  • Real-time hours tracking by unit and facility
  • Flag discrepancies before payroll runs
Soonest time tracking view
Pulse AI

Know how your team is doing before retention is at risk

Nurses rate how heavy the shift felt and optionally share what drove it with a 30-second end-of-shift check-in. Pulse AI surfaces burnout signals, safety flags, and at-risk staff, so you can act before it becomes a retention problem.

  • "How heavy was today?" — 1–10 scale, voice or text response
  • Anonymous posting option — staff share what they actually feel
  • AI sentiment analysis, topic clustering, smart safety alerts
  • Predictive risk scoring by unit and individual
  • Connected coaching recommendations for at-risk staff
Soonest Pulse AI
Coaching

Targeted support driven by your team's own signals

Pulse AI identifies what your team needs, and expert coaching delivers it. From 1:1 burnout recovery to team-level facilitation and safety training, Soonest offers programs recommended based on your real data.

  • Burnout Recovery: 8-week 1:1 program for decompression and sustainable pacing
  • Resilience Training: stress management, mental health first aid, recovery skills
  • Team Dynamics: facilitation to rebuild trust, handoffs, and communication norms
  • Workplace Safety: training for aggressive patient encounters and escalation
  • Leadership: new manager foundations, charge nurse programs, executive development
Coaching Programs
Recommendations powered by Pulse AI signals
AI Recommended
1:1 Coaching
Burnout Recovery
8-week program · Decompression, boundary setting, sustainable pacing
Team Seminar
Team Dynamics
Rebuild trust, handoffs, and communication norms across your team
Course
Workplace Safety
Aggressive patient encounters, escalation protocols, rapid response
Team Seminar
Resilience Training
Stress management, recovery skills, mental health first aid

Frequently asked questions.

Soonest's nurse scheduling software usually takes 3–5 business days to implement, from data collection to your first published schedule. This only takes up about 4 hours of your team's time total, spread across a few short calls — your Schedule Assistant handles the setup.
Yes. The solver is built around your nursing unit's actual constraints, including staffing ratios, certification requirements, seniority-based preference weighting, float pool logic, and more. Hard rules and soft preferences are treated differently, so the system knows "I can't" from "I'd rather not."
No, your nursing unit will not need to download an app. Nurses can set preferences and manage shifts from any browser, including on a phone. If they prefer to use a mobile app, Soonest is available in the App Store and on Google Play.
Many nursing units using an existing tool still have someone doing the manual work around preferences, swaps, and coverage gaps, with zero visibility into how staff are actually doing shift to shift. Let us build a free custom schedule from your real data, no commitment required.

See what this looks like for your nursing unit

Send us your shifts, units, and headcount in whatever format you have it. We'll build the demo around your actual scheduling setup.