Common use of Partial Shift Low Census Clause in Contracts

Partial Shift Low Census. a. If the Medical Center cannot grant a nurse’s request for full shift low census, it will place the nurse on partial shift low census. Partial shift low census will be limited to one (1) instance per shift, and result in not less than four (4) hours of work. If standby is needed by the Medical Center, the nurse will be given the option to be on standby during the low census portion of the nurse’s shift. While on standby, the nurse may receive an assignment commensurate with the floating grid. If the nurse is called in to work during the time the nurse is on voluntary standby, the standby provisions of this contract will apply. Nurses on mandatory low census will not be required to be on standby during such hours. b. If the Medical Center places a nurse on partial shift low census, whether voluntary or mandatory, and the nurse has informed the Medical Center of their preference to be placed on full shift low census, that nurse will be moved to the top of the list for voluntary low census. c. To better ensure consistency of patient care and safety, if there is subsequent low census in that nurse’s cluster before the nurse has reported to work such that the nurse could be given full shift low census, the Medical Center will grant that nurse’s request for voluntary low census before granting the request of any other nurse who has already reported to work or who would have been ahead of the nurse on the voluntary low census list. d. If the nurse works only the last four or six hours of a scheduled shift due to low census, the nurse will be credited with the entire length of the nurse’s shift as credit towards the nurse’s Low Census Factor. Evening shift nurses (3:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.) will receive this credit if they work any four-hour segment of their shift.

Partial Shift Low Census. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Shift. 29 30 31 32 33 34 a. If the Medical Center cannot grant a nurse’s request for full shift low census, it will place the nurse on partial shift low census. Partial The nurse will then receive a scheduled partial shift low census of either four, six or eight hours (10- or 12-hour night shift nurses will be limited to one (1) instance per shift, and result in not less than four (4) hours have a partial shift length of work8 hours). If standby is needed by the Medical Center, the nurse will be given the option to be on standby for the nurse’s cluster during the low census portion of the nurse’s shift. While on standby, the nurse may receive an assignment commensurate with the floating grid. If the nurse is called in to work during the time the nurse is on voluntary standby, the standby provisions of this contract will apply. Nurses on mandatory low census will not be required to be on standby during such hours. b. If the Medical Center places a nurse on partial shift low census, whether voluntary or mandatory, census and the nurse has informed the Medical Center of their the nurse’s preference to be placed on full shift low census, that nurse will be moved to the top of the list for voluntary low census. c. To better ensure consistency of patient care and safety, if . If there is subsequent low census in that nurse’s cluster before the nurse has reported to work such that the nurse could be given full shift low census, the Medical Center will grant that nurse’s request for voluntary low census before granting the request of any other nurse who has already reported to work or who would have been ahead of the nurse on the voluntary low census list. d. c. If the nurse works only the last four or six hours of a scheduled shift due to low census, the nurse will be credited with the entire length of the nurse’s shift as credit towards the nurse’s Low Census Factor. Evening shift nurses (3:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.) will receive this credit if they work any four-hour segment of their shift.p.

Partial Shift Low Census. 28 a. If the Medical Center cannot grant a nurse’s request for full shift 29 low census, it will place the nurse on partial shift low census. Partial The nurse will then 30 receive a scheduled partial shift low census of either four, six or eight hours (10- or 12-hour 31 night shift nurses will be limited to one (1) instance per shift, and result in not less than four (4) hours have a partial shift length of work8 hours). If standby is needed 32 by the Medical Center, the nurse will be given the option to be on standby for the 33 nurse’s cluster during the low census portion of the nurse’s shift. While on standby, the nurse may receive an assignment commensurate with the floating grid. If the nurse is 34 called in to work during the time the nurse is on voluntary standby, the standby 35 provisions of this contract will apply. Nurses on mandatory low census will not be required to be on standby during such hours. 36 b. If the Medical Center places a nurse on partial shift low census, whether voluntary or mandatory, census 37 and the nurse has informed the Medical Center of their the nurse’s preference to be 38 placed on full shift low census, that nurse will be moved to the top of the list for 1 voluntary low census. c. To better ensure consistency of patient care and safety, if . If there is subsequent low census in that nurse’s cluster 2 before the nurse has reported to work such that the nurse could be given full shift 3 low census, the Medical Center will grant that nurse’s request for voluntary low 4 census before granting the request of any other nurse who has already reported 5 to work or who would have been ahead of the nurse on the voluntary low census 6 list. d. 8 c. If the nurse works only the last four or six hours of a scheduled 9 shift due to low census, the nurse will be credited with the entire length of the 10 nurse’s shift as credit towards the nurse’s Low Census Factor. Evening shift 11 nurses (3:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.) will receive this credit if they work any four-four hour 12 segment of their shift.. 13

Partial Shift Low Census. 24 a. If the Medical Center cannot grant a nurse’s request for full shift 25 low census, it will place the nurse on partial shift low census. 26 Partial shift low census will be limited to one (1) instance per 27 shift, and result in not less than four (4) hours of work. If standby 28 is needed by the Medical Center, the nurse will be given the 29 option to be on standby during the low census portion of the 30 nurse’s shift. While on standby, the nurse may receive an 31 assignment commensurate with the floating grid. If the nurse is 32 called in to work during the time the nurse is on voluntary 33 standby, the standby provisions of this contract will apply. . 1 Nurses on mandatory low census will not be required to be on standby during such hours.on 4 b. If the Medical Center places a nurse on partial shift low census, 5 whether voluntary or mandatory, and the nurse has informed the 6 Medical Center of their preference to be placed on full shift low 7 census, that nurse will be moved to the top of the list for 8 voluntary low census. 10 c. To better ensure consistency of patient care and safety, if there 11 is subsequent low census in that nurse’s cluster before the 12 nurse has reported to work such that the nurse could be given 13 full shift low census, the Medical Center will grant that nurse’s 14 request for voluntary low census before granting the request of 15 any other nurse who has already reported to work or who would 16 have been ahead of the nurse on the voluntary low census list. 18 d. If the nurse works only the last four (4) or six (6) hours of a 19 scheduled shift due to low census, the nurse will be credited 20 with the entire length of the nurse’s shift as credit towards the 21 nurse’s Low Census Factor. Evening shift nurses (3:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.) will receive this credit if they work any four-hour segment of their shift.–

Partial Shift Low Census. 2 a. If the Medical Center cannot grant a nurse’s request for full shift low 3 census, it will place the nurse on partial shift low census. Partial shift 4 low census will be limited to one (1) instance per shift, and result in not 5 less than four (4) hours of work. If standby is needed by the Medical 6 Center, the nurse will be given the option to be on standby during the 7 low census portion of the nurse’s shift. While on standby, the nurse 8 may receive an assignment commensurate with the floating grid. If the 9 nurse is called in to work during the time the nurse is on voluntary 10 standby, the standby provisions of this contract will apply. Nurses on 11 mandatory low census will not be required to be on standby during 12 such hours. 14 b. If the Medical Center places a nurse on partial shift low census, 15 whether voluntary or mandatory, and the nurse has informed the 16 Medical Center of their preference to be placed on full shift low 17 census, that nurse will be moved to the top of the list for voluntary low 18 census. 20 c. To better ensure consistency of patient care and safety, if there is 21 subsequent low census in that nurse’s cluster before the nurse has 22 reported to work such that the nurse could be given full shift low 23 census, the Medical Center will grant that nurse’s request for voluntary 24 low census before granting the request of any other nurse who has 25 already reported to work or who would have been ahead of the nurse 26 on the voluntary low census list. 28 d. If the nurse works only the last four (4) or six (6) hours of a scheduled 29 shift due to low census, the nurse will be credited with the entire length 30 of the nurse’s shift as credit towards the nurse’s Low Census Factor. Evening shift nurses (3:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.) will receive this credit if they work any four-hour segment of their shift.