Common use of Emergency Department Coverage Clause in Contracts

Emergency Department Coverage. 1. The Employer will employ a core staff in the Emergency Department in order to ensure coverage for all required shifts. The employee may request and the Employer will make every reasonable effort to schedule up to three (3) national Holidays off per year, including at least two (2) Summer and one (1) Winter National Holiday. 2. Availability of shifts will be posted for regular, clinic and on-call employees within the department. 3. The Employer will attempt to distribute overtime equitably among qualified core staff within any job classification concerned within the facility. 4. After equitably rotating any qualified employees who have volunteered for overtime, the Employer will equitably rotate any remaining overtime among qualified employees in reverse seniority order, beginning with the least senior qualified regular or short-hour employee in the job classification concerned within the facility. 5. Employee at risk for assignment will be notified thirty (30) days in advance. 6. The most senior employee drafted will have his or her choice of open shift and location for which they qualify.