Float Premium. A nurse floating from his/her work unit to a different clinical area to assume a regular patient assignment will be paid two dollars and fifty centers ($2.50) per hour over the employee’s regular hourly rate of pay for all hours floated. Clinical areas include: OB; Emergency Department; Medical/Surgical (2 Main, 2 West); Surgery/PACU/Endoscopy; Short Stay Unit and Critical Care/Telemetry. Exceptions: Employees are not eligible for float premium in the following circumstances: a. When being cross-trained pursuant to Article 5.13. b. When an employee requests a floating assignment in lieu of low census c. When an employee is hired to work in more than one work unit d. When an employee voluntarily signs up to work additional shifts on unit different from the unit in which the employee was hired to work
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement