Banked time arrangements. 29.1. Banked time is endorsed as a means of creating flexibility at the local level to meet the needs of the nursing and midwifery workforce and service requirements. An employee ‘banks’ hours by mutual agreement through upwards and downwards adjustments in accordance with business rules agreed by the parties.
Banked time arrangements. Banked time is endorsed as a means of creating flexibility at the local level to meet the needs of the nursing and midwifery workforce and service requirements. An hours bank is created by allowing an individual to bank hours by mutual agreement through upwards and downwards adjustments in accordance with business rules. Business rules will be developed by Queensland Health and the QNU and will include: ongoing participation by individual agreement which may be varied or withdrawn by either party at any time by reasonable notice; agreement by the relevant line manager; consideration of the broader organisational needs; ongoing consultation between the individual and relevant line manager; defined maximum credit and debit hours; alignment with the development of the service profile within the BPF; consideration of the need for managers to be able to deploy staff to different clinical units to balance workloads and meet periods of increased and decreased activity, subject to competency/skill set; regular audit of rosters in accordance with the “The Principles of Best Practice Rostering. Queensland Health Guidelines”; appropriate governance arrangements including record keeping.
