Flexible working hours

[paris2]

My staff nurse wants to reduce her hours from 37.5 to 24.

She has came up with set hrs and set days she would like to do.

Serive we work in is unplanned patient activities and flexibility is priority.

A full time person is needed to meet the quality care. Jobs share is not apropriate in for this service.

Human resource agrees with my decision.

I need strong and logical argument if i am going to reject her request.

Any ideas or suggestion?

Thankyou.

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

Update: I offered this nurse 4 days over a week but she refused to accept it. I offered her 4 days normal shift with reduced 32 per week (against my lead nurse's advice), but she also declined this offer. I aksed her if she has any other option in her mind, she said she hasn't and insisting to have her original request. My lead nurse is insisting that the job must remain full time.

This nurse handed her resignation today. I ask her to remain on NHSP (agency) so that she can work when she like and where she likes.

I am going to be advertising for her post tomorrow.

been reading this with interest. Atleast you did try something even if she didn't accept

Good luck on the advert

[madwife2002, BSN, RN]

Sounds like you made it easy for her to resign-she obviously was as unhappy with your unit as you were with her. So best outcome for both of you