Scheduling

SCHEDULING

Use of "Request Off" Guidelines
This document was created by the joint labor-management Scheduling Task Force and is intended to help nurses and scheduling representatives better understand how to use the term "x-request off" and "x-school" and how they interact with our contract.

Tip Sheet for Cancellation of Extra Hours and Cancellation Algorithm
These documents were created by the joint labor-management Scheduling Task Force and are intended to help nurses, especially Charge Nurses, ensure that when there is a need to reduce staff on a unit the contract is followed. 

Cancellation of Extra Hours on a Holiday
This sheet is intended to provide clarity and certainty for, nursing supervisors, nurses, and managers on how Extra Hours are to be cancelled on a Holiday.

Guidelines for Floating when Precepting
Nurses who are precepting shall not be floated when at all possible.

2022 Schedule Period Dates
2022 Schedule Period Dates - Float Pool

Holiday Benefit vs Holiday Premium - 4th of July 2021
This document covers the holiday premium date and holiday benefit day and the difference when the holiday falls on a weekend, specific to the 2021 Fourth of July Holiday.

Holiday Benefit vs Holiday Premium - Christmas and New Year's 2021
This document covers the holiday premium date and holiday benefit day and the difference when the holiday falls on a weekend, specific to the 2021 Christmas and New Year's Holidays.

If you have questions about the Scheduling Task Force's work, please contact OSUNO Co-Chair Amy Pompeii at amy.pompeiiOsuno@gmail.com.




VACATION SCHEDULING

UPDATE (August 6, 2021): A revised MOU (click here) has been signed that ends the trimester portion of the trial effective January 1, 2022.

Per the Side Letter on Vacation Scheduling (see page 57 of the contract),in Summer 2020 we formed a joint labor-management task force to explore a new way to do vacation scheduling.  The outcome of that task force is a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that would revise how we do vacation scheduling.  

The Vacation Scheduling Task Force MOU can be found here.

The revised Scheduling Periods can be found here: 2021 and 2022.

A sample trimester request form can be found here.

An explainer sheet can be found here.

The request process will go into effect December 1,2020 for the summer trimester request period that begins May 1, 2021 and will be a pilot until the next contract negotiations. The vacation scheduling taskforce will continue to meet monthly to discuss feedback and evaluate the process.  If you have questions or concerns about this process, please contact OSUNO VSTF Co-Chair Elizabeth DiGiannantoni at elizabeth.osuno@gmail.com.



FTE CHANGES

OSUNO worked with senior nursing leadership to develop a standard for FTE changes in UH.  (The James refused to participate.)

You can read the process and standards here.