At one of my Perdiem jobs, the director of nursing is not winning friends with her way of communicating or lack there of. I picked up a few more shifts than I usually do there this month.
I picked up a day shift where I came into work and found that she had switched my role without telling me in advance. This is a tiny hospital and they have a float position and one nurse in the ER during both day and night. When I arrived I found my work assignment was the ER.
Even though I'm comfortable in the ER, I was a little upset at not being informed via text or an email, since I had signed up for a different role.
I discussed it with a coworker and she said it's against our contract. I discussed it with the director of nursing who is essentially the manager. She said that she counted on the shift planning computer program sending me an email.
I told her that I would expect to be informed by personal email if there was a change in a shift that I voluntarily signed up for. She's an older gal who's not real comfortable with technology obviously. Also, all her interactions with staff are very formula and canned. She's from out of town, she's of retirement age, I think they were desperate when they were recruited her. In other words she doesn't have a personal stake in the community or the hospital.
At my main job, the normal way of communicating changes is a simple text from the manager that is very personal and quick.
I'm wondering how people here feel about work assignment changes without notification? I understand about floating as a necessity but the ER nurse who was scheduled was also upset at being switched to the float position.
