On-Call Rooms. University Hospital shall provide and maintain adequate on-call rooms for use by Housestaff Officers while on duty. All on-call rooms will be maintained in accordance with reasonable health and sanitation standards. University Hospital will make a reasonable effort not to require Housestaff Officers of different sexes to use the same on-call room, at the same time. Where on- call rooms are equipped with locks, the assigned Housestaff Officer will be given a key for the time of the room assignment. When on-call rooms are being repaired or facility construction renders them uninhabitable, the Hospital shall provide reasonable notice to the Union and identify comparable alternate rooms.
On-Call Rooms. A. The hospital shall provide on-call rooms, bathrooms, and shower facilities which are safe and secure and readily accessible to patient-care areas. The number of on-call rooms shall be sufficient for housestaff officers on duty at night. On-call rooms shall have functional locks and a key shall be issued to applicable housestaff officers. On-call rooms shall be properly maintained. Such maintenance shall include, but not be limited to: sufficient blankets, pillows, clean linen and towels daily; on-call room bathrooms and showers should be mopped and sanitized on a regular basis. Each on- call room shall have appropriate lighting, chair, working telephones, and a computer when feasible.
B. A list of on-call rooms shall be provided to the union. The hospital shall not change those rooms without sufficient advance notice and discussion with the union and without providing comparable or better facilities.
C. A Union-Management Committee shall be established to: evaluate the current arrangements regarding on-call rooms; make recommendations establishing priorities and time lines for improvements; monitor implementation of the terms of this Article. The committee’s recommendations shall be forwarded to the Senior Vice-President for Medical Affairs for a final decision. The committee shall consider such issues as: replacing rooms housing more than four (4) on-call housestaff; having as many of the designated on-call rooms as possible limited to a maximum of two housestaff per room; ensuring gender privacy; providing lighting, work, and phone facilities that minimize sleep disruption of roommates; and increasing the accessibility of in-hospital “(dummy)” computer terminals in or near on-call rooms.
On-Call Rooms. Resident will be entitled to utilize the designated on-call rooms provided by Broward Health to its residents when on-call.
On-Call Rooms. Fellow will be entitled to utilize the designated on-call rooms provided by Memorial to its Fellows when on-call.
On-Call Rooms. The Medical Center shall provide and maintain safe sleep/rest quarters in conformance with ACGME requirements. The Medical Center shall notify the CIR/SEIU of any changes in the location of on-call rooms thirty (30) days prior to the implementation of the change. The Medical Center will work with the CIR/SEIU to resolve issues around the on-call rooms should they occur.
On-Call Rooms. The University, through agreement with the affiliated hospitals, will ensure that HSP is provided with appropriate on-call room facilities.
On-Call Rooms a. The Hospital shall provide and maintain an adequate number of on-call rooms. The Hospital must notify CIR/SEIU of any change in the location of on-call rooms.
b. Should staffing or scheduling changes necessitate the addition or deletion of on- call rooms, the Hospital shall notify CIR and follow the criteria described in this Article. There shall be no more than two (2) Housestaff Officers per on-call room. There shall be sufficient rooms to allow separation of genders.
c. There shall be a telephone in each on-call room with access to local area codes. There shall be reasonably convenient access from on-call to bathroom facilities and shower facilities. The Hospital shall provide daily changes of bed linen and general housekeeping of on-call rooms. The Hospital shall provide a desk or table and a locker for each on-call room.
d. On-call rooms shall have functional locks and readily available keys.
e. The Hospital shall notify CIR of the Hospital staff member responsible for supervising the maintenance of on-call rooms. A list of on-call rooms and their locations shall be provided to CIR.
f. The third year resident call-room shall contain a computer with approved internet and intranet service.
On-Call Rooms. On-call rooms shall be available to male and female Resident Physicians when assigned to a required rotation. Rooms shall include a bed with bedding, blankets, and pillows, a bathroom (including shower), desk, chair, telephone, and bedside lighting. Wherever possible there shall only be one Resident or Intern assigned to each call room. AHS shall change the linen for all call room beds daily. Locks that can be operated from both inside and outside will be provided.
On-Call Rooms. 1. On-call rooms shall be properly maintained seven (7) days a week. Maintenance shall include, but not be limited to, clean linens and towels daily; rooms and bathrooms swept and/or mopped and fixtures cleaned on a regular basis. Effective immediately, at Xxxxxx Division Doctors Dorm, bathrooms and showers for the exclusive use of Housestaff Officers shall be located on the same floor as and in proximity to on-call rooms. At the Concourse Division, the Hospital will have bathrooms and showers for the exclusive use of the Housestaff Officers located on the same floor as and in proximity to on-call rooms (except floors 2 and 3).
2. The bathrooms and showers shall be gender limited.
3. The Hospital shall use its best efforts to ensure that the number of on- call rooms shall be sufficient so that there shall be no more than two HSO's assigned to any room.
4. On-call rooms shall be located in the new building and at the Xxxxxx Division in areas as close as possible to the patient care area in which the Housestaff Officer is assigned for Specialty Care Units, OB/GYN, Pediatrics and Medical Code teams.
5. On-call rooms shall be provided with locks and telephones in working order as soon as practicable. Said rooms also shall receive pest extermination on a regular basis, and shall have proper heating and air conditioning.
6. The Hospital will attempt to provide lounges within available space limitations and resources. The Hospital agrees to provide the on-call suite lounges on the 9th floor of Concourse and the 5th floor of Xxxxxx with a full size refrigerator, a microwave and a television.
7. The parties agree to convene an ad hoc committee of five (5) Housestaff Officers who will meet with the Assistant Vice President - Engineering and Facilities Planning or his designee to identify issues and discuss solutions concerning the number of Housestaff Officers assigned to any one on-call room, lockers, and lounges.
8. The provisions of Paragraph 7 of this article shall not be subject to the Grievance and Arbitration procedure.
9. BCHS will provide on call room keys to each Housestaff Officer as appropriate.
10. BCHS will make its best efforts not to reduce the existing on call rooms.
On-Call Rooms. 1. The Medical Center shall provide and maintain safe sleep/rest quarters in conformance with ACGME requirements. The Medical Center shall notify the CIR/SEIU of any changes in the location of on-call rooms thirty (30) days prior to the implementation of the change. On call rooms shall be cleaned on a daily basis and furniture shall be cleaned regularly and replaced when in disrepair. Phones, computers, air conditioning and heat shall be in working order. If something is not in working order, it will be a priority of the hospital to fix these things within 48 hours. The Hospital shall provide and post phone numbers for the appropriate person to contact in order to fix such problems. The Medical Center will work with the CIR/SEIU to resolve issues around the on-call rooms should they occur.
2. The hospital agrees to make best efforts to find and designate a lounge space for the exclusive use of House Staff Officers located in the main hospital complex. Once designated, the hospital agrees to make best efforts to include the following: Appropriate number of working phones and computers Microwave, refrigerator and coffee access Appropriate number of furnishings such as couches and chairs
3. The hospital agrees to make best efforts to provide coffee, tea, juice and healthy snacks (to include fruit, sandwiches, and an assortment of healthy pre-packaged food such as yogurt, breakfast bars, granola bars, cereal) to designated lounge space once daily after 4 PM for House Staff on overnight and call shifts.
4. Both parties agree that implementation of section 2 and 3 of this article will be done via joint committee which must consider and collaborate on barriers to implementation including but not limited to space constraints, current and future hospital construction projects, feasibility of implementation and cost.
