Alternate Scheduling Programs

Alternate Full-Time Program

An Alternate Full-Time position allows nurses to work six shifts of 12-hours per pay period and still receive the same benefits, and benefit costs, as full-time employees.  PTO and sick leave are accrued based on the actual hours worked up to established full-time accrual limits.

Self-Scheduling

We place a high value on providing flexibility for our nurses so they can work around childcare commitments and continuing education. RNs at every level of our hospital may request specific work schedules; that is, when they want to work and when they want time off. Self-Scheduling Committees offer counsel to maintain fairness in the system.

NOTE: Nurses in the Center for Newborn and Infant Critical Care work fixed schedules.

Staff-Managed Unit Committees

We encourage our RNs to be entrepreneurs by creating a climate for ongoing professional excellence and job satisfaction; unit level nurses have created:

• Mock Code Task Forces
• Staff Retention and Recruitment Committees
• Staff Development Committees
• Patient-Family Education Committees
• Documentation Committees