Floating Assignments. Employees will be required to work only in those areas within the Hospital where they have received orientation. Employees shall not be required to perform tasks or procedures for which they have not been trained or to which they have not been oriented. Circumstances permitting, qualified volunteers will be sought first when floating is necessary.
Floating Assignments. Floating is defined as:
Floating Assignments. Floating is defined as: 1. a change in home campus work unit for a shift or partial shift (see 8.2 for premium eligibility).
Floating Assignments. Provided safe and cost effective staffing alternatives are available, every effort will be made to limit floating assignments to areas where staff have been cross-trained or will have the appropriate basic skills for the areas to which they float. The Employer retains the right to change the employee’s daily work assignment on a shift by shift basis to meet operational needs. Staff will receive orientation to the department or unit and will be assigned a resource person for guidance as needed. Orientation will be appropriate to the assignment and will be dependent upon the staff member’s previous experience and familiarity with the area to which such staff member is assigned. If during the floating assignment a staff member is asked to perform a task or procedure for which the staff member is not qualified, the staff member should immediately discuss the matter with the lead, charge nurse or manager. If the lead, charge nurse or manager is not available and the situation continues, the nursing supervisor should be paged immediately to address the situation. In areas where patient care is provided, staff will be expected to perform all basic patient care functions, but may not be required to perform tasks or procedures uniquely applicable to the department or unit that they are not qualified or trained to perform.
Floating Assignments. Nurses shall receive float assignments consistent with their skills, competencies, and the patient population to which they are oriented. At a minimum, nurses assigned to float will receive or will have previously received basic information needed to work on the unit, including unit layout, location of supplies, and essential unit protocols prior to receiving a information for their unit. Non-oriented nurses and/or non-competent nurses can only assume supplemental assist assignments, which will not include taking a primary patient assignment. If a nurse determines in his/her professional judgement that he/she is not unit competent for the float assignment, the nurse may indicate the reasons why, at the time of the assignment, to either the individual making the float assignment, or to the designated individual in charge of the unit to which the nurse has been assigned to float, in an attempt to mutually agree on an accommodation or a supplemental assist position. There shall be no retaliation for a nurse raising a concern with a floating assignment. Floating assignments shall be made in the following order: ONA/PHMC Collective Bargaining Agreement February 1, 2020 April 1, 2024 through March 31, Page 28 202824
Floating Assignments. Nurses shall receive float assignments consistent with their skills, competencies, and the patient population to which they are oriented. If a nurse determines in his/her professional judgement that he/she is not unit competent for the float assignment, the nurse may indicate the reasons why, at the time of the assignment, to the designated individual in charge of the unit to which the nurse has been assigned to float, in an attempt to mutually agree on an accommodation. Floating assignments shall be made in the following order:
Floating Assignments. 2 At the beginning of the shift, upon shift assignment, floating will be assigned 3 to qualified Clinical Float nurses first, and then to qualified volunteers and 4 then as determined in unit specific rotation. Nurses will not be floated by the 5 Hospital to cover a nurse in another unit who voluntarily requested to be 6 placed on call unless the volunteering nurse has obtained the agreement of 7 the nurse to be floated. The designated resource nurse and/or specialty 8 trained nurse (independent pediatric, chemotherapy, or labor nurse, etc.) 9 may be by-passed for floating turn to maintain optimal patient care in a 10 department. 11
