Floating Workgroups. Nurses will be eligible for a $3.50 per hour float premium for work performed outside their Floating Workgroup. Nurses who work within an identified “Floating Workgroup” will only be eligible for a float premium for work performed outside the working group. The float premium will only be paid for time actually worked. Nurses who volunteer to work in two (2) or more work groups (either by regular schedule, mutually agreed prescheduled change to the posted schedule, voluntary sign up for shifts, or who hold a shared FTE) will not be eligible for the float premium. Newly hired nurses may be prescheduled for orientation at a different campus or in a different work group, but will not be eligible for the Floating Work Group Premium (in these cases). They will not have a full patient assignment in most cases. Nurses may be prescheduled to a different campus for ongoing skill development or to maintain their competencies, but will not be eligible for the Floating Work Group Premium (in these cases). In the case a nurse is floated to maintain their competencies and it was not prescheduled, they will not be eligible to receive the Floating Work Group premium. The Floating Work Group premium will not be triggered when patients overflow from one work group into another. In the event a nursing unit is merged with a unit in a different work group, the float premium will no longer apply. In the event a unit is temporarily closed for more than seven (7) consecutive days but not merged with another unit, nurses from the closed unit working on another unit will be eligible for the six dollar ($6.00) Float Pool Premium for all hours worked starting on the eighth (8th) day. This will continue until the unit is reopened. When a float pool nurse comes to a unit and the unit based nurse floats to any other unit, the unit based nurse will receive three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50) per hour.
Floating Workgroups. Nurses will be eligible for a $3.50 per hour float premium for work performed outside their Floating Workgroup. Nurses who work within an identified “Floating Workgroup” will only be eligible for a float premium for work performed outside the working group. The float premium will only be paid for time actually worked. Nurses who volunteer to work in two (2) or more work groups (either by regular schedule, mutually agreed
Floating Workgroups. Nurses will be eligible for a $3.50 per hour float premium for work performed outside their Floating Workgroup. Nurses who work within an identified "Floating Workgroup" will only be eligible for a float premium for work performed outside the working group. The float premium will only be paid for time actually worked. Nurses who volunteer to work in two (2) or more work groups (either by regular schedule, voluntary sign up for shifts, or who hold a shared FTE) will not be eligible for the float premium. The Floating Work Group premium will not be triggered when patients overflow from one work group into another. In the event a nursing unit is merged with a unit in a different work group, the float premium will no longer apply. In the event a unit is temporarily closed for more than seven (7) consecutive days but not merged with another unit, nurses will be eligible for the five dollar ($5) Float Pool Premium for all hours worked starting on the eighth (8th) day. This will continue until the unit is reopened. When a float pool nurse comes to a unit and the unit based nurse floats to any other unit, the unit based nurse will receive three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50) per hour.
