Operating Room and Post Anesthesia Care Unit Call Systems Sample Clauses

Operating Room and Post Anesthesia Care Unit Call Systems. An on-call system is required to provide Operating Room (OR) and Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) care services to ensure appropriate staffing to meet the variation in patient care needs. Call coverage hours may change to meet anticipated patient activity, patient care needs and census trends. Management will meet with the affected staff within six (6) months after execution of this contract to discuss the defined call coverage plan, and thereafter at least annually. The call coverage plan will be recorded in the Position Control book and updated as changes occur. Management will notify the affected units and the Union as soon as possible after it determines a change in the call coverage plan may be needed. Notification of the date of implementation of changes in the call coverage plan shall occur no less than six (6) weeks before the schedule change occurs. A. Types of Call OR PACU First Call First Call Second Call Second Call Heart Call B. On-Call Hours 1. OR/PACU First Call coverage will be seven (7) days a week when the units are not fully staffed (fully staffed is defined for the purposes of this article as having sufficient staff with the skill level to provide the patient care needs on site). 2. Second call coverage will be in effect on weekends and holidays when the unit is not fully staffed. In addition, PACU Second Call coverage will be in effect any hours when the OR staff is not available for patient recovery support. 3. Heart Call scrub coverage for heart cases shall be scheduled for all on call hours depending on the presence/availability of a Heart Scrub on the PM shift. C. Assignments/Selections of On-Call Hours 1. Except as in Article XVIII, all nurses, regardless of FTE, shall share call equally. Each nurse is responsible to cover her scheduled on-call hours, but may elect to trade or give away scheduled on-call hours. Changes in scheduled on-call hours must be approved by Management. Nurses taking call for a full weekend may elect to have Monday off without pay, or use Earned Time (ET) if staffing permits. This request must be submitted when the hours are made out. 2. Unit staff and management will meet to develop guidelines for call assignment and equitable selection of individual staff call hours. Call assignment and selection guidelines will be reviewed, at least annually. D. Reimbursement for Hours On-Call and Hours Worked 1. On-Call Pay Three Dollars ($3.00) per hour will be paid for all on-call hours, except holiday hours which wil...
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