vacation time...help!

[sassyann8585]

So I will be starting a new job (just got the initial offer from HR, they are just formulating the paperwork and said it will be ready by Friday)--it's a different floor within the same hospital system. So I retain my accumulated vacation days, etc. NOW--on to my question. I have a one week vacation planned for mid-September. This position is 4 10-hour shifts, no weekends. So ultimately, I'd need 4 days off work to cover my 5 day vacation. How do I go about asking for this time off? Do I tell the HR lady when I officially "sign on?" Or do I wait to tell my manager? I honestly have no clue as to how to go about this. At least it isn't prime "summer" vacation time (June, July, or August) but I dont want to go in on a bad foot asking for vacation time already. On the other hand, they have to realize people have a life and I *have* been with this hospital system for several years. I paid for 1/2 my share of the vacation already. Do I suck it up and keep mum, or do I ask for time?

Any thoughts welcomed!

[CodeteamB]

In my system the best thing to do would be to include this time in your contract as a " condition of hire." This is how I got prime summer vacation time off for a honeymoon as new new grad on the bottom of the seniority list. That being said I'm not sure how it works where you are.

[xoemmylouox, ASN, RN]

You need to speak up ASAP. Tell HR. Tell your manager. Tell your scheduler.