Assignment in Lieu of Shift Cancellation. Nurses subject to shift cancellation Deleted: Notwithstanding the layoff-recall provisions of may be assigned available work in a helping hands capacity elsewhere in the Medical Center for the duration of the shift as follows:
A. The Medical Center may require any nurse hired after April 19, 2011 to work on another unit in a helping hands capacity if the nurse has at least four (4) months if full-time or six (6) months if part-time of continuous employment with the Medical Center as a nurse.
B. Each nurse employed as of April 19, 2011 who has not indicated that he/she will work in a helping hands capacity will not be required by the Medical Center to do so. Any such nurse who has previously indicated or may at any future time indicate, in writing, that they are willing to work in a helping hands capacity may not later choose to not do so, except pursuant to subsections D and F below. this Agreement,
C. Working as Helping Hands: Helping hands means that the nurse is expected to help out but does not take a nurse assignment.
D. A nurse who has agreed to work as helping hands (as outlined in paragraph B) or who is hired after April 19, 2011 will receive 100% of the hours in which the nurse was working as helping hands as credit toward his or her Mandatory Low Census (as set forth in Appendix B).
E. Nurses who obtain a waiver approved by consensus at the Nursing Task Force will not be required to work in a helping hands capacity. In sensitive situations a nurse may request that the waiver be considered by a subcommittee of the NTF limited to one management representative and one Association representative. In addition, nurses may request that the NTF not be aware of their identity.
F. Nurses who are not required to work in a helping hands capacity pursuant to this section will not be required to work in a helping hands capacity if they return to the bargaining unit after a break in service of less than one year.
G. A nurse who has more than six (6) years of continuous employment as a nurse with the Medical Center may request to be exempt from working as helping hands. Such requests will be considered in good faith by the Medical Center subject to patient care needs.
H. Notwithstanding the above provisions, the Medical Center will endeavor to minimize working in a helping hands capacity when reasonably feasible. When the Medical Center determines that working in a helping hands capacity is needed:
1. Nurses will receive orientation to the unit, including the la...
Assignment in Lieu of Shift Cancellation. Notwithstanding the layoff-recall provisions of this Agreement, nurses subject to shift cancellation may be assigned available work elsewhere in the Hospital for the duration of the shift, if qualified and willing.
Assignment in Lieu of Shift Cancellation. Notwithstanding the layoff-recall provisions of this Agreement, nurses subject to shift cancellation may be assigned available work elsewhere in the Medical Center for the duration of the shift as follows:
a. Within 30 days following ratification of this Agreement, eEach nurse employed as of the ratification of this Agreement will April 19, 2011 has previously indicated, in writing, whether he or she is willing to float. and the Medical Center may require any nurse hired after ratification of this Agreement to float. Such nurses may not later choose not to float. Any such nurse employed on ratification who did does not indicate that he/she will float will not be required by the Medical Center to float. The Medical Center may require any nurse hired after April 19, 2011 to float.
b. A nurse who has agreed to float (as outlined in paragraph a) or who is hired after ratification of this Agreement will receive 50% of the hours in which the nurse was floated as credit toward his or her Mandatory Low Census Factor (as set forth in Appendix B).
c. It is the sole responsibility of the floating nurse to ensure that his or her time spent on the float assignment is properly coded in the Medical Center’s electronic timekeeping system. If the nurse does not properly code the time, the nurse will not have hours in which she/he was floated count towards the Low Census Factor calculation, and the nurse may not file a grievance because the nurse did not receive the Low Census Factor credit as a result of the failure to properly code the time.
d. Notwithstanding the above provisions, the Medical Center will endeavor to minimize floating when reasonably feasible. When the Medical Center determines that floating is needed:
(1) Nurses will receive or have been previously given information needed to work on the unit, including the layout of the unit, codes and passwords, and location of supplies.
(2) Nurses will generally be floated on a rotational basis, unless the charge nurse determines that the skill mix of the unit or the patient needs warrant a change in the rotation.
(3) If a nurse believes that he or she is not qualified for a specific assignment with a primary patient load, the nurse should indicate in writing the reasons why and give them at the time of the request to the appropriate manager or designee for the record. If a nurse provides the written statement described in this paragraph, the nurse will not be required to float to a specific assignment with a primary ...
Assignment in Lieu of Shift Cancellation. Notwithstanding the layoff-recall provisions of this Agreement, nurses subject to shift cancellation may be assigned available work in a helping hands capacity elsewhere in the Medical Center for the duration of the shift as follows:
A. The Medical Center may require any nurse hired after April 19, 2011 to work on another unit in a helping hands capacity if the nurse has at least five hundred (500) hours of continuous employment with the Medical Center as a nurse.
B. Each nurse employed as of April 19, 2011 has previously indicated or may at any future time indicate, in writing, whether he or she is willing to float in a helping hands capacitywho has not indicated that he/she will work in a helping hands capacity will not be required by the Medical Center to do so. Any such nurse who has previously indicated or may at any future time indicate, in writing, that they are willing to work in a helping hands capacity may not later choose to not do so, except pursuant to subsections D and F below.. Such nurses may not later choose not to float. Any such nurse who has not indicated that he/she will float will not be required by the Medical Center to float. The Medical Center may require any nurse hired after April 19, 2011 to float in a helping hands capacity.
Assignment in Lieu of Shift Cancellation. Notwithstanding the layoff-recall 13 provisions of this Agreement, nurses subject to shift cancellation may be assigned
15 A. Each nurse employed as of April 19, 2011 has previously indicated or may 16 at any future time indicate, in writing, whether he or she is willing to float in a helping 17 hands capacity. Such nurses may not later choose not to float. Any such nurse who 18 has not indicated that he/she will float will not be required by the Medical Center to float.
