Floating at Alta Bates

[catholicrn]

I just wanted to put it out there that there is A LOT of floating at Sutter's Alta Bates campus in Berkeley. If you are an ICU RN or even Step-Down/Tele, you WILL be floated to Med/Surg 90% of the time you work. I'm not saying anything good or bad. It will be in your contract that you will float but they are NOT really honest about just how much. If it doesn't bother you, then no worries but just be informed that it's almost every shift. They have also started pulling after the first 4 hours as well. To those of you who work Kaiser, this will not be unfamiliar. Not sure if the float is as much at the Summit location. It wasn't for me 2 years ago. I worked in ICU and only got floated 2 or 3 nights out of two 8 week contracts. I am at Berkeley, and I've worked the floor (NOT tele) more than I've been in the unit. Just a heads up.

[NedRN]

No. The hospital to agency contract doesn't allow it. The agency could request an addendum but the hospital will just move to a different candidate. They have their way of managing travelers and it would be impossible to manage staffing needs if every one of a hundred travelers had special requirements.

Lots of jobs out there so it is far easier for a traveler to just move on to a better fit for them rather than getting a specific hospital to bend to their needs. We are traveling for their needs, not the other way round.