Help Needed: Want to Pick Up Overtime or Extra Time?
UMass Memorial needs help during this COVID-19 surge. Right now, they need SHARE members who are willing to pick up extra shifts doing:
One-to-one patient observing for COVID patients
Testing Tent staff, for swabbing or registering patients
“Runners” for the Emergency Rooms –patient care experience needed, so this role is good for PCAs, Techs, LPNs, etc.
Visitor Screeners
Patient Transport
Voluntary Redeployment is good for SHARE Members
SHARE has been encouraging management to look for volunteers, rather than redeploy people. Redeployment worked well for some SHARE members last spring, but other SHARE members had a tough time with the schedule they were redeployed to, or with what kind of work they were asked to do. The voluntary approach is really working well for the one-to-one patient observer work, so we hope there are lots of volunteers for these roles too. We know lots of people want to help, and lots of people are happy to have the extra money! Application details here.
SHARE Opposes Contracting-Out of Food Service and Housekeeping at Health Alliance
UMass Memorial recently told current Health Alliance food service workers and housekeepers that they would soon become employees of Sodexo. Those employees will all have jobs, with health insurance, and their pay rate will stay the same, UMass Memorial announced. These staff are not represented by any union, but all of us in the UMass Memorial community should be concerned by this move. Read more . . .
Employee Symptom Reporting: Tips and Tricks to Remember
The daily symptom tracker started out on an honor system, but now UMass Memorial will pursue disciplinary action for employees who don’t use it daily. This month, disciplinary action began in some departments. The policy says that if you miss reporting twice out of ten work shifts, you can get in trouble. Most of the meetings with SHARE members so far have focused on how to remember to do the symptom reporting. People want to do it, they just forget. Discover strategies and tools to help you remember here.
