Common use of Shift Replacement Clause in Contracts

Shift Replacement. A nurse may have a pre-scheduled shift off by finding a qualified replacement to work providing that {1} the Hospital receives and acknowledges written notification not less than twelve- (12-) hours prior to the shift to be worked; and {2} no overtime or premium pay results from the schedule change, with the following exception: PRNresource staff may not be utilized for such replacement without the nurse manager, staffing office, or their designee’s consent. If the PRNresource nurse has already met theirher/his PRNresource obligation and there are no vacanciesholes in the schedule on that day, the nurse manager or their designee must approve the trade. Shift replacement is not meant to circumvent a department’s normal procedure for requests for time off in advance of the regular schedule. Managers are not obligated to approve such trades in the event that the nurseemployee has failed to utilize the time off request procedure. If the nurseemployee has requested and been denied such time off through normal advance procedures or if the request is being made for a day on a schedule that has already been posted, the above will apply. Once approval has been granted it will not be rescinded.