SURGICAL SERVICES PROVISIONS. 21 1. Surgical Services departments shall be comprised of the Operating Room, 22 Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Cardiac Cath Lab, and Short Stay/Endoscopy.
24 2. Surgical Services nurses will be available to assist in units within Surgical 25 Services areas and will not be assigned outside of Surgical Services to 26 take a patient assignment.
28 3. On-call is required for nurses covered by this section. However, Per Diem 29 nurses shall not be required to be scheduled for on call on holidays. On- 30 call pay shall continue during periods of call-back. The number of hours 32 number of hours assigned as the on call period.
1 4. OR nurses' share of the number of OR call shifts shall be proportional to 2 their FTE regular shifts. The total number of call shifts may vary according 3 to the number of nurses available to take call. Volunteers may arrange 4 additional on-call shifts or trades with co-workers from their unit in 5 accordance with Medical Center policy provided it does not set up 6 additional overtime liability for the departments. Additional call shifts, if 7 any, shall not be considered under the proportionality rule.
9 5. Short Stay and PACU nurses shall equally divide the number of call shifts 10 available for their respective units. The total number of call shifts may vary 11 according to the number of nurses available to take call. Volunteers may 12 arrange additional on-call shifts or trades with co-workers from their unit in 13 accordance with Medical Center policy provided it does not set up 14 additional overtime liability for the departments. Additional call shifts, if 15 any, shall not be considered part of the equal division.
17 6. An ongoing rotational holiday call schedule will be established in writing by 18 each individual unit within Surgical Services.
20 7. Nurses who agree to pick up an “Orphan Call” (a previously assigned on 21 call shift) which has become available due to illness, injury, 22 termination/resignation shall be compensated for that on call shift at a rate 23 of eight ($8.00) dollars per on call hour. If no one volunteers to take the 24 orphan call, it will be assigned on a rotational basis with consideration 25 given to extenuating circumstances.
27 8. The nurse's work on call back during his/her on-call shift shall be paid at 28 the rate of time and one half (1½) the nurse’s straight time rate of pay plus 29 weekend differential, if applicable. If a nurse is called back to work during 30 his/her on-call shift, or requi...
SURGICAL SERVICES PROVISIONS. Surgical Services departments shall be comprised of the Operating
SURGICAL SERVICES PROVISIONS. 10 Surgical Services departments shall be comprised of the Operating Room and 11 Ambulatory Surgery (Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Outpatient Surgery, and Endoscopy).
SURGICAL SERVICES PROVISIONS. 12 A. The Surgical Services department shall be comprised of the following units: 13 Operating Room (OR), Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), Cardiac Cath Lab,
SURGICAL SERVICES PROVISIONS. 14 1. Surgical Services departments shall be comprised of the Operating Room, 15 Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Cardiac Cath Lab, and Short Stay/Endoscopy.
17 2. Surgical Services nurses will be available to assist in units within Surgical 18 Services areas and will not be assigned outside of Surgical Services to 19 take a patient assignment.
21 3. On-call is required for nurses covered by this section. However, Per Diem 22 nurses shall not be required to be scheduled for on call on holidays. On- 23 call pay shall continue during periods of call-back. The number of hours 24 paid at the call back rate of time and one half (1 ½) shall not exceed the 25 number of hours assigned as the on call period. 27 4. OR nurses' share of the number of OR call hours shall be proportional to 28 their FTE regular shifts. The total number of call hours may vary 29 according to the number of nurses within each specialty team available to 30 take call. Volunteers may arrange additional on-call hours or trades with 31 co-workers from their unit in accordance with Medical Center policy 32 provided it does not set up additional overtime liability for the departments. 33 Additional call hours, if any, shall not be considered under the 34 proportionality rule.
SURGICAL SERVICES PROVISIONS. 2 Surgical Services departments shall be comprised of the Operating Room and 3 Ambulatory Surgery (Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Outpatient Surgery, and Endoscopy ).
4 A. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
1. Regular nurses in Surgical Services (except Surgery Pre-Admission Nurse) shall be required to be on-call as scheduled. Nurses scheduled for on-call will be paid $4.2500 for each hour of scheduled on-call.
2. Holiday on-call will be compensated at the rate of $5.00 per hour.
3. On-call pay shall continue through periods of call back.
4. On-call is scheduled and posted. Surgical Services nurses may trade on- call or pick up extra on-call after the schedule is posted.
5. Nurses who voluntarily accept additional call from peers are not eligible for a premium.
6. Orphan on-call is defined as previously scheduled on-call which must be filled after the schedule is published and the vacancy is posted by a supervisor. Volunteers who agree to take orphan call will receive Bonus Call payment. If there are no volunteers to take orphan on-call, it will be assigned on a rotating basis.
a. Bonus on-call rate shall be double the regular standby rate. Call back shall be compensated at the rate of time and one half the nurse’s regular hourly rate and ten ($10.00) dollars per hour.
b. Orphan turn is defined as:
1. From end of shift to 2300 2. From 2300 to 0700 / / 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 B. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
SURGICAL SERVICES PROVISIONS. 2 Surgical Services departments shall be comprised of the Operating Room and 3 Ambulatory Surgery (Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Outpatient Surgery, and Endoscopy, 4 and Infusion Services). 5 A. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
1. Regular nurses in Surgical Services (except those in Infusion and the Surgery Pre-Admission Nurse) shall be required to be on-call as scheduled. Nurses scheduled for on-call will be paid $4.00 for each hour of scheduled on-call.
2. Holiday on-call will be compensated at the rate of $4.50 per hour.
3. On-call pay shall continue through periods of call back.
4. On-call is scheduled and posted. Surgical Services nurses may trade on- call or pick up extra on-call after the schedule is posted.
5. Nurses who voluntarily accept additional call from peers are not eligible for a premium.
6. Orphan on-call is defined as previously scheduled on-call which must be filled after the schedule is published due to illness, injury or termination/resignation. Volunteers who agree to take orphan call will receive Bonus Call payment. In lieu of the hourly on-call pay rate specified above, Surgical Services nurses will be paid double the on-call rate for each hour of such on-call. If there are no volunteers to take orphan on- call, it will be assigned on a rotating basis.
a. Bonus on-call rate shall be double the regular standby rate. Call back shall be compensated at the rate of time and one half the nurse’s regular hourly rate and Ten ($10.00) dollars per hour for all hours compensated.
b. Orphan turn is defined as:
1. From end of shift to 2300 Date Accepted / / Accepted by ONA Accepted by Employer ONA reserves the right to add, change, modify or delete any of the above proposals at any time during negotiations. ONA/Samaritan Albany General Hospital Contract (7/1/1008 – 6/30/12) 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 B. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
SURGICAL SERVICES PROVISIONS. 2 Surgical Services departments shall be comprised ofcomprise the Operating Room and 3 Ambulatory Surgery (Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Outpatient Surgery, and Endoscopy).
SURGICAL SERVICES PROVISIONS. 2 Surgical Services departments shall be comprised ofcomprise the Operating Room and 3 Ambulatory Surgery (Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Outpatient Surgery, and Endoscopy). 5 Surgical Services is a closed unit which means that Surgical Services nurses will not 6 float to other departments within the Hospital unless they request to do so and other 7 nurses do not float into Surgical Services unless they request to do so. Floating requires 8 management approval and maintenance of Surgical Services competencies. As a 9 result, Surgical Services nurses cover all fluctuations in census on the unit. The House 10 Supervisor and/or Vice President of Patient Care Services may initiate staffing changes 11 outside of this guideline if there is an emergent or critical need to maintain short-term 12 safe patient care; this does not apply to routine staffing issues.
SURGICAL SERVICES PROVISIONS. 25 Surgical Services departments shall be comprised of the Operating Room and 26 Ambulatory Surgery (Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Outpatient Surgery, and Endoscopy ).
27 A. ON-CALL
28 1. Regular nurses in Surgical Services (except Surgery Pre-Admission 29 Nurse) shall be required to be on-call as scheduled. Nurses scheduled for 30 on-call will be paid $4.00 for each hour of scheduled on-call.
32 2. Holiday on-call will be compensated at the rate of $4.50 per hour.
34 3. On-call pay shall continue through periods of call back.
1 4. On-call is scheduled and posted. Surgical Services nurses may trade on- 2 call or pick up extra on-call after the schedule is posted.
4 5. Nurses who voluntarily accept additional call from peers are not eligible for 5 a premium.
7 6. Orphan on-call is defined as previously scheduled on-call which must be 8 filled after the schedule is published due to illness, injury or
