Floating Rotation. The Medical Center agrees to orient Resource Team Nurses to help cover the needs of each care set.
a. Volunteers,
b. Agency nurses/contracted nurses/traveler nurses,
c. The remaining staff including preceptors shall be rotated on an equitable basis according to who last had been floated to another unit, beginning with the least senior nurse.
Floating Rotation. Swedish agrees that reassignments from a posted schedule will be minimized as reasonably possible and will be covered generally by the UB-MCF on the unit when available. When it is necessary to float an employee to another unit or department or to assign an employee to another campus, the Employer agrees to follow 8.
1.1 floating sequence and when necessary to float a unit based staff member, first seek volunteers from the employees working or scheduled, provided skill, ability and competence are substantially equal in the opinion of the Employer. In the event there are no volunteers, the Employer will rotate floating or reassignments equitably among all employees in the affected job classification on a unit on each shift, starting with the least senior employee first, provided skills, competence, ability and availability are considered substantially equal in the opinion of the Employer. If an individual volunteers to float or to go to another campus that shall be counted for purposes of the rotation list. The rotation list will be restarted January 1 and July 1 of each year, beginning with the least senior employee. Upon request by the employee, when the employee does not have their own transportation, the Employer will be responsible to provide transportation between campuses or home if the employee is not able to get back to their home campus before the end of shift.
Floating Rotation. Swedish Xxxxxxx agrees that reassignments from a posted schedule will be minimized as reasonably possible. When it is necessary to float a nurse to another unit or department the Employer agrees to follow 7.
1.1 floating sequence and when necessary to float a unit based staff member In the event there are no volunteers, the Employer will rotate floating or reassignments equitably among all employees in the affected job classification on a unit on each shift, starting with the least senior employee first, provided skills, competence, ability and availability are considered substantially equal in the opinion of the Employer. If an individual volunteers to float that shall be counted for purposes of the rotation list. The rotation list will be restarted January 1 and July 1 of each year, beginning with the least senior employee.
Floating Rotation. If staff cannot be floated from a unit leaving the unit below core or staffing matrix:
a) Per diem
b) Staff working additional shifts or overtime The employer will endeavor to minimize floating to multiple units during a shift when reasonably feasible. When unit-based staff are floated more than once during their shift and to more than two units during a shift it will be tracked on a staffing variance form and reviewed by the manager and a union delegate. Employees required to float within the hospital will receive orientation appropriate to the assignment, department or unit and will be assigned a resource person for guidance as needed. Orientation/training will be appropriate to the assignment and will be dependent upon the employee’s previous experience and familiarity with the work unit to which the employee is assigned. Utilizing a standardized tool, each direct patient care unit with the delegate and manager will create and review a unit specific outline of the care guidelines for the typical patients found on these units, to be used as a reference before and during the shift. The guidelines will include a description of the patient population, the care environment, any specialized documentation, and the unit’s general schedule of activities. It will be updated as needed for new competencies or procedures. The tool will feature a checklist that details the specialized competencies or procedure required of regularly assigned staff. Staff floating will check off or initial the unit’s specialized procedures that he or she is competent to perform. Any specialized competencies will be assigned to the resource person on the unit. The tool will be utilized for both cross training and daily floating. A record will be kept by each employee detailing units for which they have been oriented/trained with the date. A copy of that record will be furnished to the home unit manager. If during the floating assignment a staff member is asked to perform a task or procedure for which the staff member is not qualified, the staff member should immediately discuss the matter with the lead, charge nurse or manager. If the lead, charge nurse or manager is not available and the situation continues, the nursing supervisor should be paged immediately to address the situation. In areas where patient care is provided, staff will be expected to perform all basic patient care functions, but may not be required to perform tasks or procedures uniquely applicable to the department or ...
Floating Rotation. Swedish agrees that reassignments from a posted schedule will be minimized as reasonably possible and will be covered generally by the UB-MCF on the unit when available. When it is necessary to float a nurse to another unit or
7.1.1 floating sequence and when necessary to float a unit based staff member, will first seek volunteers from the employees working or scheduled, provided skill, ability and competence are substantially equal in the opinion of the Employer. In the event there are no volunteers, the Employer will rotate floating or reassignments equitably among all employees in the affected job classification on a unit on each shift, starting with the least senior employee first, provided skills, competence, ability and availability are considered substantially equal in the opinion of the Employer. If an individual volunteers to float or to go to another campus that shall be counted for purposes of the rotation list. The rotation list will be restarted January 1 and July 1 of each year, beginning with the least senior employee. When volunteers, non-multi-campus designated float employees are regularly being relied on to cover staffing needs outside of their region, the unit based staffing committee will meet to consider adding UB-MCF opportunities. Upon request by the employee, when the employee does not have their own transportation, the Employer will be responsible to provide transportation between campuses or home if the employee is not able to get back to their home campus before the end of shift.
Floating Rotation. In extenuating circumstances, if a staff must be floated leaving a unit below core staffing, the unit will use the following order to address staffing needs:
Floating Rotation. The Medical Center agrees to orient Float Pool Nurses to help cover the needs of each care set.
Floating Rotation. The order of float for employees within a unit or cluster will be on a rotational basis within each of the categories of employees described above. Volunteers for floating would be allowed within B. 4 to B.6. Floating decisions shall be based on the needs of the patients/department, on the sending and receiving units and the floating conditions and provisions in this Article.
Floating Rotation. Once employees in categories A and B have floated, the order of float for employees within a unit will be on a rotational basis within each of the remaining categories. Volunteers for floating will be allowed first within C through E above. After volunteers are sought, if there are no volunteers or not enough volunteers, floating shall be done first among per diem employees (whether scheduled or working an extra shift); if additional floating is required and/or there are no per diem employees working that day, floating shall be done among part-time employees (whether scheduled or working an extra shift), and the same process shall be followed. Full-time employees (whether scheduled or working an extra shift) are the last option. Floating decisions shall be based on the needs of the patients or department (if non-patient care unit) on the sending and receiving units and the floating conditions and provisions in this Article.
Floating Rotation. Swedish agrees that reassignments from a posted schedule will be minimized as reasonably possible and will be covered generally by the UB-MCF the unit when available. When it is necessary to float a nurse to another unit or department or to assign an employee to another campus, the Employer agrees to first seek volunteers from the employees working or scheduled, provided skill, ability and competence are substantially equal in the opinion of the Employer. In the event there are no volunteers, the Employer will rotate floating or reassignments equitably among all employees in the affected job classification on a unit on each shift, starting with the least senior employee first, provided skills, competence, ability and availability are considered substantially equal in the opinion of the Employer. If an individual volunteers to float or to go to another campus that shall be counted for purposes of the rotation list. The rotation list will be restarted January 1 and July 1 of each year, beginning with the least senior employee. When non-multi-campus designated float employees are regularly being relied on to cover staffing needs outside of their region, the unit based staffing committee will meet to consider adding UB-MCF opportunities. Upon request by the employee, when the employee does not have their own transportation, the Employer will be responsible to provide transportation between campuses or home if the employee is not able to get back to their home campus before the end of shift.
