Float Nurse. Floating of nurses shall be subject to patient care considerations and staffing needs, qualifications and patient acuity and shall be in compliance with applicable regulations including Title 22.
Float Nurse. A nurse designated as float in a designated full-time, part-time, or on-call float position who has applied for and been accepted in the position. The float nurse is scheduled to provide replacement for staffing vacancies caused by sick calls and unexpected census increases. The float nurse shall have at least one year's relevant experience and be competent to perform independently in at least three nursing units as determined by the Hospital. In general, designated part-time or full-time status float nurses will be scheduled prior to on-call float nurses. If the Hospital requires additional float nurses to meet its needs, it may provide a period of orientation in a new unit to individuals who have applied for float nurse positions, but will not be required to pay float pool premium during the orientation period.
Float Nurse. An employee assigned to perform bargaining unit work at one or more worksites to replace another employee who is on leave or is absent, to serve in a position while the position is posted and being filled pursuant to Article 9, to assist with the workload of the primary nurse assigned to that building, or to address specific student health needs at the assigned worksite(s).
Float Nurse. A nurse who is hired into a float position, either full- or part- 5 time, and is regularly scheduled to an assigned unit. The float nurse is the 6 first to float out of the assigned unit or operational unit and will equitably 7 rotate low-census days with floats in other units or operational units. Float 8 nurses must meet competency skills for secondary nurses as set forth in the 9 job description for the unit or operational unit to which the float nurse is 10 floating.
Float Nurse. A Float Nurse falls under the Employee Status of 5.2 and 5.3 Regular Full Time and Regular Part Time. The float nurse is not eligible on the wage step scale and will not receive float pay. Float Nurses follow regular full time requirements for vacation scheduling and weekend requirements. Unit Seniority: The float nurses’ unit shall be Logistics. The float nurse(s) will report and will be given their assignment by the Logistics Department.
Float Nurse. Defined as a Registered Nurse who is trained and available to carry
Float Nurse. Defined as a Registered Nurse who is trained and available to carry 14 a patient load in multiple departments and cover hospital staffing needs. These needs 15 include, but are not limited to, responding to codes/rapid response teams/ unit surges;
Float Nurse. Defined as a Registered Nurse who is trained and available to carry 13 a patient load in multiple departments in the hospital. While given a work schedule, they 14 are not assigned a particular nursing unit, but instead are available to assist in nursing 15 units due to higher than usual census, provide meals and rest breaks, etc. They are not 16 to be regularly scheduled to fill known holes in a schedule, but may be used to fill a last 17 minute opening. A Float Nurse should not be used in place of offering department 18 nurses the opportunity to fill such holes. Nurses who are part of the float pool are not 19 included in the mandatory low census rotation.
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