Common use of Floating Clause in Contracts

Floating. The Employer retains the right to change the nurse’s daily work assignment on a shift-by-shift basis to meet patient care needs. Nurses required to float to a different unit will receive orientation to the unit which is appropriate to the assignment. Orientation will be dependent upon the nurse’s previous experience and familiarity with the nursing unit to which such nurse is assigned. 4.4.1 Subject to patient care and safety considerations, the Employer and the Association further agree that: a. floating assignments shall be equitably rotated on each unit with the order of rotation based on inverse seniority; b. nurses placed on-call shall normally be on-call for their care set only; c. once a staff nurse successfully completes orientation, that nurse shall be included in the float rotation for that unit; and d. while a nurse is on orientation they may float in rotation with their preceptor