L ow Census Tracking Sample Clauses

L ow Census Tracking. The Employer will track use of low census hours. On a quarterly basis, the Employer will provide a report to the ABC Committee about the use of low census hours paid from the fund, hours used as vacation or otherwise, including the units in which such hours have been used. The ABC Committee will review the report and, if appropriate, provide recommendations to the Employer regarding use of low census hours. The ABC Committee will identify the area(s) where utilization has been the highest and determine if steps can be taken in those areas to reduce utilization. The ABC committee may determine the best way to disseminate the information to appropriate units in addition to placing the information, minimally on a quarterly basis, on the Swedish Intranet. A RTICLE 8 – FLOATING 8.1 F loating Assignments. Floating is defined as: 1. A change in home campus work unit for a shift or partial shift 2. In the case of float pool employees, it is defined as the compensated flexibility of an employee who is assigned daily to various units/departments based on the staffing needs of the campus. The float pools on each campus will serve as primary resources for meeting floating needs within a campus. The Employer retains the right to float employees on a shift by shift basis to meet patient care and departmental needs. Floating is defined as the reassignment of an employee to work their scheduled shift on a unit or work other than the unit or work area to which the employee is scheduled. Provided safe and cost effective staffing alternatives are available, Floating assignments will normally be confined to areas where the employee has been adequately cross trained unless the employee and manager agree otherwise. Employees who float will be adequately oriented and have the appropriate basic skills for the units to which they float. Managers will proactively schedule orientation/training of staff prior to floating staff. Employees will be expected to perform all basic functions of their classifications but will not be required to perform tasks or procedures specifically applicable to the work unit for which they are not qualified or trained to perform. 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 staffing committee.