Common use of Float Assignments Clause in Contracts

Float Assignments. Nurses shall receive float assignments 27 commensurate with their skills, competencies and the patient populations to 28 which they have been oriented. Among nurses on a unit who are competent to 29 perform a float assignment, volunteers shall be first, followed by agency, traveler 30 and temporary nurses, then Float Pool Nurses, and then by an equitable system 31 of rotation among the remaining nurses on the unit. All nurses shall have the 1 ability to view the floating tracking data for their unit. The system of rotation shall 2 be in accordance with float guidelines established between the unit manager(s) 3 and a majority of the nurses on the nursing unit. These float guidelines shall be 4 written and available for review on each nursing unit. At a minimum, nurses 5 assigned to float will receive or will have previously received basic information 6 needed to work on the unit, including unit layout, location of supplies, and 8 time during the float assignment process determines in their professional 9 judgment that the nurse does not have the skills or experience required for the 10 assignment, the nurse’s judgment will be respected. In that situation, another 11 nurse who has received sufficient orientation may be floated, or the assignment 12 shall be modified. A Charge Nurse may be required to float when not assigned 13 to perform the duties of the Charge Nurse for that shift. A bargaining unit nurse 14 who is assigned primary preceptor duties for that shift shall not be subject to the 15 float rotation for that shift. The Medical Center shall make best efforts to 16 minimize floating between the RiverBend and University District campuses after 17 the start of their shift and will seek volunteers prior to assigning such floating.

Float Assignments. Nurses shall receive float assignments 27 commensurate with their skills, competencies and the patient populations to 28 which they have been oriented. Among nurses on a unit who are competent to 29 perform a float assignment, volunteers shall be first, followed by agency, traveler 30 and temporary nurses, then Float Pool Nursesfloat pool nurses, and then by an equitable system 31 of rotation among the remaining nurses on the unit. All nurses shall have the 1 ability to view the floating tracking track data for their unit. The system of rotation shall 2 be in accordance with float guidelines established between the unit manager(s) 3 and a majority of the nurses on the nursing unit. These float guidelines shall be 4 written and available for review on each nursing unit. At a minimum, nurses 5 assigned to float will receive or will have previously received basic information 6 needed to work on the unit, including unit layout, location of supplies, and 8 essential unit protocols prior to receiving a patient assignment. If a nurse at any time during the float assignment process determines in their his or her professional 9 judgment that the nurse does not have the skills or experience required for the 10 assignment, the nurse’s judgment will be respected. In that situation, another 11 nurse who has received sufficient orientation may be floated, or the assignment 12 shall be modified. A Charge Nurse may be required to float when not assigned 13 to perform the duties of the Charge Nurse for that shift. A bargaining unit nurse 14 who is assigned primary preceptor duties for that shift shall not be subject to the 15 float rotation for that shift. The Medical Center shall make best efforts to 16 minimize floating between the RiverBend and University District campuses after 17 the start of their shift and will seek volunteers prior to assigning such floating. Nurses shall not be required, but may volunteer, to float for a partial shift at each campus (RiverBend or University District). Any nurse required to float to a different campus, outside of their home unit, must have received prior orientation to the campus, to the unit(s) layout, procedures, meal and rest period plans and its patient population.