Low Census/Low Need. During a period of temporary low census or low need, the Employer will seek out volunteers to take time off or float to other areas if the need exists before determining and implementing the reduced staffing schedule required within a job classification. In the event there are no volunteers, the Employer will endeavor to rotate low census equitably among all employees, starting with the least senior employee first, providing skill, competence, ability and availability are considered equal as determined by the Employer and patient care needs requiring specific skill level are retained. a. Floating where there is patient care need; b. Voluntary low census; c. Other nursing related work assignments or skill development consistent with organizational and patient care needs as determined by the Employer. These activities will be funded up to a maximum amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) per calendar year. (One fund for all SEIU units.) During periods of low census in the inpatient facility, Tacoma, Bellevue, Capitol Hill ambulatory surgery units, Bellevue and Capitol Hill Shared Procedures Units, or Home Health and Hospice, employees within a job classification on a unit and shift will be released from work in the following order, unless specific skills are needed:
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
