Common use of Extended Work Hours Clause in Contracts

Extended Work Hours. In order to provide medical services in an efficient manner, HHSA has established a twelve-hour work shift for the following classifications, on an assigned basis, which is based on the needs of the work location in which assigned: Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, Registered Nurse, Licensed Vocational Nurse, Health Aide, and Clerk. 1) All staff assigned to work on these teams will work three (3) twelve (12) hour days for a total of thirty- six hours per week. 2) Employees working this schedule will be paid for forty (40) hours. 3) HHSA will solicit qualified volunteers to work this extended schedule, but the department reserves the right to decline an offer from an employee to volunteer for an extended hours schedule. Should there be insufficient volunteers to maintain adequate coverage at a given work location, staff will be assigned to the schedule with consideration given to seniority, workload, and departmental needs. 4) Once an employee is assigned to an extended hours schedule, this will be their regular work assignment. Employees may request to be added to or removed from an extended hours schedule effective the beginning of each calendar quarter. Once assigned to the extended hours schedule, employees must work that schedule for the entire quarter. The department reserves the right to remove an employee from an extended hours schedule.