Clinical Group Bumping Sample Clauses

Clinical Group Bumping. 1) Nurses who are not able to or elect not to remain on their unit may select an open comparable position or may choose to take a vacant position outside the affected clinical group for which he/she is qualified if the nurse so desires. 2) If there is no vacant comparable position, the nurse must bump the least senior nurse in a comparable position. 3) If none, the nurse must select into a vacancy of equivalent hours on the other two shifts within the clinical group or if no vacancy, bump the least senior nurse on the remaining two (2) shifts with an equivalent number of hours within the Clinical Group. 4) If none, the nurse must first take a vacant position within the Clinical Group of twenty (20) hours a week or more, or if no vacant positions exist, bump the least senior nurse in the Clinical Group with a lesser number of hours but at least twenty (20) hours per week so the nurse may retain benefits (unless the displaced nurse is in a current budgeted position of lesser hours). 5) If none, take a vacant position if qualified of equivalent hours or fewer hours but at least twenty (20) hours per week so the nurse may retain benefits (unless the displaced nurse is in a current budgeted position of lesser hours) outside the Clinical Group. 6) If no vacant position exists, bump the least senior nurse in a position of equivalent hours or fewer hours but at least twenty