Displaced Nurse definition

Displaced Nurse is a nurse whose position has been eliminated by the Hospital during a layoff but the nurse’s seniority allows the nurse to avoid layoff by bumping into the position(s) of a least senior nurse(s).

Displaced Nurse is a nurse whose position on a unit has been eliminated by the Hospital during a layoff, or whose assigned FTE status has been reduced.

Examples of Displaced Nurse in a sentence

• A "Displaced Nurse" is a nurse whose position has been identified and eliminated by the Hospital during a layoff but the nurse's seniority allows the nurse to avoid layoff by bumping into the position of a least senior nurse.

• If such least senior nurse has a lower FTE status, then the Displaced Nurse may also bump into the position of the next least senior nurse on other shifts within the nurse’s unit, so that the Displaced Nurse retains a position with an equivalent FTE status.

• In the event the above steps do not create positions for Nurses subject to reduction on his/her/their current shift and status, such “Displaced Nurses” shall be permitted to displace the least senior bargaining unit nurse and accept their status and shift, so long as the Displaced Nurse in the judgment of the Director of Nursing or designee, the Nurse who wishes to bump has the qualifications to perform that job or can acquire such qualifications within 16 shifts or less.

• If the least senior nurse’s position has more hours than the Displaced Nurse’s position, the Displaced Nurse may elect to bump into only that portion of the least senior nurse’s position required to allow the Displaced Nurse to retain a Comparable Position, unless in doing so, the nurse would be taking only a portion of a shift, in which event, the Displaced Nurse may be required to take either a full shift or give up the portion of a shift.

• In the event a Displaced Nurse bumps into the positions or portions of positions of more than a single nurse, the nurse shall be deemed to hold a single position/FTE following the bumping; provided, however, a nurse electing to combine positions by bumping may be required to fill all requirements of each position, including standby and weekend coverage (without receiving the 1½x premium provided by Article 7.11 Weekends).

• A Displaced Nurse may choose to bump outside his/her unit in accordance with Appendix C (Clinic Care Groups) from the Low Seniority Roster.

• A Displaced Nurse wishing to remain on his/her unit may bump the least-senior nurse position of equal or lesser FTE value on another shift on the same unit so the Displaced Nurse may retain some level of benefits based on the newly assumed position's benefit status.

• Subject to the provisions hereof, and provided that patient care needs and operational needs of the Hospital are met, Displaced Nurses shall have the following rights to bump into positions of less-senior nurses in the Hospital: • A Displaced Nurse may bump into the Comparable Position of the least-senior nurse in the Hospital.

• A Displaced Nurse may elect to bump either into the position, for which the nurse is qualified, of the least senior nurse in another classification on the same shift with a comparable FTE, or into the position of the least senior nurse on the same shift, regardless of FTE but at least 24 hours per week so the nurse may retain benefits.

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