Low Census Procedure. When patient census and acuity create a need to 30 reduce nurse staffing after the schedule has been posted, individual nurses will be 31 subject to call off pursuant to the following procedures. In the application of the factors 32 described below relating to call off decisions, the primary considerations shall be the 33 maintenance, at all times, of safe patient care, continuity of care by the nurse currently 34 assigned to such activities, and the maintenance of adequate nursing staff to serve 1 Hospital patients. The appropriate mix of skill sets, certifications required to care for the 2 immediate patient census and continuity of nursing care will be evaluated and 3 determined by Hospital supervisors/managerNursing Leadership. 4 a. Low census call offs may occur for a portion of a scheduled shift (including 5 a decision to delay the start time of a previously scheduled nurse) or for the entire 6 scheduled shift. Nurses who are designated to be called off by Hospital 7 managementNursing Leadership will be provided notice of such call off no less than one (1) hour in advance of the nurse’s scheduled shift by way of a documented telephone 9 call or acknowledged text to the telephone number provided by the nurse to Hospital 10 managementNursing Leadership. Employees may utilize Paid Time Off (PTO) at the 11 employee’s discretion for all low census hours. 13 b. After evaluation of the factors described above, nurse call offs shall occur 14 in the following manner: 15 1. The nurse to be called off shall be any nurse scheduled to work or 20 2. If permitted by the terms of the Agreement between the Hospital 21 and the agency or traveler nurse, agency, traveler or locum tenens shall be the first 22 nurses called off under this procedure. If the Hospital is required to continue to pay 23 agency traveler or locum tenens nurses even if such individuals are called off, such 24 nurses will not be called off pursuant to these procedures but neither shall they displace 25 a nurse working their regularly scheduled and positioned hours; 27 3. The Hospital shall continue to maintain a Hospital wide list of 32 4. Xxxx matter nurses shall be next called off; 34 5. Next in order priority shall be per diem nurses; 2 6. Next in the order of call off priority shall be regular part time and/or 3 regular full time nurses based on the following criteria:.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Low Census Procedure. When the Medical Center experiences a temporary decrease in staffing requirements, the Employer shall exercise its best efforts to rotate mandatory low census hours equitably on a shift by shift basis within a department/unit. The Employer may make exceptions to granting voluntary or assigning mandatory low census based on the number, classification, special expertise/skill of staff required to provide adequate coverage to meet the overall patient census and care or departmental requirements/acuity create a need to 30 reduce nurse staffing after the schedule has been posted, individual nurses will be 31 subject to call off pursuant to the following procedures. In the application of the factors 32 described below relating to call off decisions, the primary considerations shall be the 33 maintenance, at all times, of safe patient care, continuity of care by the nurse currently 34 assigned to such activities, Medical Center and the maintenance of adequate nursing staff to serve 1 Hospital patients. The appropriate mix of skill sets, certifications required to care for the 2 immediate patient census and continuity of nursing care will be evaluated and 3 determined by Hospital supervisors/managerNursing Leadershipoverall cost effectiveness.
4 a. Low census call offs may occur for a portion of a scheduled shift (including 5 a decision to delay the start time of a previously scheduled nurse) or for the entire 6 scheduled shift. Nurses who are designated to be called off by Hospital 7 managementNursing Leadership will be provided notice of such call off no less than one
(1) hour in advance of the nurse’s scheduled shift by way of a documented telephone 9 call or acknowledged text to the telephone number provided by the nurse to Hospital 10 managementNursing Leadership. Employees may utilize Paid Time Off (PTO) at the 11 employee’s discretion for all low census hours.
13 b. After evaluation of the factors described above, nurse call offs shall occur 14 in the following manner:
15 1. The nurse Employer will make a good faith effort to be called off shall be any nurse scheduled to work ordetermine if a need/float opportunity exists in another department in the same job classification.
20 2. If permitted Staff scheduled for overtime/premium pay on their non-regularly scheduled shift may be cancelled.
3. On a shift-to-shift basis, voluntary low census days will be granted by the terms of Employer on a designated volunteer list on a first-requested basis for the Agreement between unit and job classification experiencing the Hospital 21 and the agency or traveler nurse, agency, traveler or locum tenens shall be the first 22 nurses called off under this procedurelow census. If the Hospital employee is required not contacted by the Medical Center, the employee is expected to continue report to pay 23 work.
4. When low census requires further staffing reductions, the Employer will cancel agency traveler staff, then non-overtime supplemental employees, and finally employees working extra shifts (i.e., scheduled on their normal day off) prior to assigning an employee a mandatory low census. Supplemental employees cancelled due to low census shall be cancelled in an equitable rotation, unless specialty skill requirements are needed.
5. An employee will be assigned by the Employer to take mandatory low census on an equitable rotation based on seniority.
6. An employee assigned a mandatory or locum tenens nurses even if such individuals are called off, such 24 nurses will not be called off granted a voluntary low census pursuant to these procedures but neither shall they displace
25 a nurse working their regularly scheduled and positioned hours;
27 3. The Hospital shall continue to maintain a Hospital wide list of
32 4. Xxxx matter nurses this section shall be next called off;
34 5given credit toward seniority, PTO, EIT and insurance benefits. Next in order priority shall In either case, (voluntary or mandatory) it is the responsibility of the employee to enter this information into the time clock system to assure these benefits will be per diem nurses;
2 6. Next in the order of call off priority shall be regular part time and/or 3 regular full time nurses based on the following criteria:credited.
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Samples: Service & Maintenance Agreement
Low Census Procedure. When the Hospital experiences a temporary decrease in staffing requirements, the Employer shall exercise its best efforts to rotate mandatory low census hours equitably on a shift by shift basis within a department/unit. Nothing in this section prevents the Employer from implementing low census practices that apply to all employees working on a shift (e.g. ending all employee's shifts early). The Employer may make exceptions to granting voluntary or assigning mandatory low census based on the number, classification, special expertise/skill of staff required to provide adequate coverage to meet the overall patient care or departmental requirements/acuity of the Hospital and overall cost effectiveness. For low census and acuity create a need to 30 reduce nurse staffing after of individual employees, the schedule has been posted, individual nurses low census procedure will be 31 subject to call off pursuant to the following procedures. In the application of the factors 32 described below relating to call off decisions, the primary considerations shall be the 33 maintenance, at all times, of safe patient care, continuity of care by the nurse currently 34 assigned to such activities, and the maintenance of adequate nursing staff to serve 1 Hospital patients. The appropriate mix of skill sets, certifications required to care for the 2 immediate patient census and continuity of nursing care will be evaluated and 3 determined by Hospital supervisors/managerNursing Leadership.
4 a. Low census call offs may occur for a portion of a scheduled shift (including 5 a decision to delay the start time of a previously scheduled nurse) or for the entire 6 scheduled shift. Nurses who are designated to be called off by Hospital 7 managementNursing Leadership will be provided notice of such call off no less than one
(1) hour in advance of the nurse’s scheduled shift by way of a documented telephone 9 call or acknowledged text to the telephone number provided by the nurse to Hospital 10 managementNursing Leadership. Employees may utilize Paid Time Off (PTO) at the 11 employee’s discretion for all low census hours.
13 b. After evaluation of the factors described above, nurse call offs shall occur 14 implemented in the following mannerorder:
15 1. The nurse Employer will make a good faith effort to be called off shall be any nurse scheduled to work ordetermine if a need/float opportunity exists in another department or another shift in the same job classification.
20 2. If permitted Staff scheduled for overtime/premium pay on their non-regularly scheduled shift may be cancelled.
3. On a shift-to-shift basis, voluntary low census days will be granted by the terms of Employer on a designated volunteer list on a first-requested basis for the Agreement between unit and job classification experiencing the Hospital 21 and the agency or traveler nurse, agency, traveler or locum tenens shall be the first 22 nurses called off under this procedurelow census. If the employee is not contacted by the Hospital the employee is required expected to continue report to pay 23 work.
4. When low census requires further staffing reductions in a job classification (and by department), the Employer will cancel agency traveler staff, then non-overtime supplemental employees, and finally employees working extra shifts (i.e., scheduled on their normal day off) prior to assigning an employee a mandatory low census. Supplemental employees cancelled due to low census shall be cancelled in an equitable rotation, unless specialty skill requirements are needed.
5. An employee will be assigned by the Employer to take mandatory low census on an equitable rotation based on seniority, unless the. Special expertise/skill of the employee(s) is necessary to provide adequate coverage to meet the overall patient care or locum tenens nurses even if such individuals are called off, such 24 nurses will not be called off departmental requirements/acuity of the Hospital and overall cost effectiveness.
6. An employee assigned a mandatory or granted a voluntary low census pursuant to these procedures but neither shall they displace
25 a nurse working their regularly scheduled and positioned hours;
27 3. The Hospital shall continue to maintain a Hospital wide list of
32 4. Xxxx matter nurses this section shall be next called off;
34 5given credit toward vacation, sick leave, and insurance benefits. Next in order priority shall In either case, (voluntary or mandatory) it is the responsibility of the employee to enter this information into the time clock system to assure these benefits will be per diem nurses;
2 6. Next in the order of call off priority shall be regular part time and/or 3 regular full time nurses based on the following criteria:credited.
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Samples: Union Representation Agreement
Low Census Procedure. When patient census and acuity create a need to 30 reduce nurse staffing after the schedule has been posted, individual nurses will be 31 subject to call off pursuant to the following procedures. In the application of the factors 32 described below relating to call off decisions, the primary considerations shall be the 33 maintenance, at all times, of safe patient care, continuity of care by the nurse currently 34 assigned to such activities, and the maintenance of adequate nursing staff to serve 1 Hospital patients. The appropriate mix of skill sets, certifications required to care for the 2 immediate patient census and continuity of nursing care will be evaluated and 3 determined by Hospital supervisors/managerNursing Leadershipmanager.
4 a. Low census call offs may occur for a portion of a scheduled shift (including 5 a decision to delay the start time of a previously scheduled nurse) or for the entire 6 scheduled shift. Nurses who are designated to be called off by Hospital 7 managementNursing Leadership management will be provided notice of such call off no less than one
one (1) hour in advance of the nurse’s scheduled shift by way of a documented telephone 9 call or acknowledged text to the telephone number provided by the nurse to Hospital 10 managementNursing Leadership. Employees may utilize Paid Time Off (PTO) at the 11 employee’s discretion for all low census hoursmanagement.
13 b. After evaluation of the factors described above, nurse call offs shall occur 14 in the following manner:
15 1. The nurse Hospital shall continue to maintain a Hospital wide list of volunteers which will be updated no less than once per quarter. Nurses who have signed the volunteer call off list will be the first nurses called off shall be any nurse scheduled to work oroff;
20 2. If permitted by the terms of the Agreement between the Hospital 21 and the agency or traveler nurse, agency, traveler or locum tenens shall be the first 22 nurses called off under this procedure. If the Hospital is required to continue to pay 23 agency traveler or locum tenens nurses even if such individuals are called off, such 24 nurses will not be called off pursuant to these procedures but neither shall they displace
25 a nurse working their regularly scheduled and positioned hoursprocedures;
27 3. The Hospital next nurse to be called off shall continue be any nurse scheduled to maintain a Hospital wide list ofwork or actually working overtime or premium shifts;
32 4. Xxxx matter nurses shall be next called off;
34 5. Next in order priority shall be per diem nurses;
2 6. Next in the order of call off priority shall be regular part time and/or 3 regular full time nurses.
c. It is agreed and understood that in the event two (2) or more nurses based on are in the following criteria:same category regarding the priority of call offs, once consideration of the nurses necessary skill mix, certifications, and continuity of patient care have been considered and two (2) or more nurses are considered equal under this evaluation, the call off decision will be made by seniority in the bargaining unit. The selection of the nurse to be sent home due to low census shall not be subject to a grievance unless the House supervisor/manager making the decision fails to follow the procedures described above and/or such decision is made by the manager in an arbitrary or capricious fashion.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
