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Post by Kra on Jul 9, 2021 17:52:20 GMT
Have any of you all considered leaving the Biomed position and going to be a PCT for the overtime. Here we having to leave early during the week just to come on a Saturday night to do a rebed. So go home early one day so you wont get overtime on Saturday for the rebed.
Are you all getting overtime if your oncall go home and get called in after hours. Or are those hours being added to your regular time and then you have to go home early one day during the week. Are they only giving overtime hrs after Friday once you have gone home. |
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Post by Stuff on Jul 9, 2021 19:13:13 GMT
I was a PCT and moved to Biomed. Its all the same. as a PCT you have a life you worry about, but at the end of the day your worries are done. As technical you don't have a life to worry about but your problems can continue multiple days.
Overtime here is frowned upon unless there is justification.
In your case should you stop in your tracks doing the rebed once you hit 40 hours and say well i am not supposed to get overtime and walk out the door?
If I go home for the day and get called back I texted my supervisor hey got called in, this is my clock in. I do not get paid to be on call so soon as i get a call i am technically on the clock.
They want me to go home early but I will not stop in the middle of what I am doing so they can save some cash. This will eventually lead to being so backed up you wont have time to finish anything
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Post by dave74 on Jul 10, 2021 2:45:46 GMT
I am curious as to why you would do the rebed on a Saturday night instead of Sunday during the day. I am not a night person. Working at night messes me up that night and at least a day afterwards. I would take an entire day off during the week and work Sunday. If it is a question of working a full shift, there are always enough miscellaneous duties I can take care of while the unit is quiet.
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Post by Chuck Weddle on Jul 10, 2021 11:47:56 GMT
I guess it's a company specific thing. With us, overtime is frowned upon but is allowed when justified. I don't need the blessing from higher up to authorize overtime for myself or my team. My bosses know that we have specific duties that have to be performed after hours or on weekends that can't always be planned for because of normal workday obligations. As techs, we also know that our jobs require us to be flexible and that after hour/weekend work will be needed at times and that we need to limit overtime IF possible.
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Post by Doctor Zoidberg on Jul 10, 2021 12:33:04 GMT
I am curious as to why you would do the rebed on a Saturday night instead of Sunday during the day. I am not a night person. Working at night messes me up that night and at least a day afterwards. I would take an entire day off during the week and work Sunday. If it is a question of working a full shift, there are always enough miscellaneous duties I can take care of while the unit is quiet. I'm assuming that they may be soaking the carbon overnight? Rebed sat night, overnight soak, then rinse on Sunday. Overnight soaks are becoming the norm for some RO systems. |
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Post by Breakfast on Jul 15, 2021 13:18:18 GMT
I've been in dialysis since 1985, about half of that as a PCT. Last time I worked as a PCT was for about a year and a half from early 2010 to mid 2011. I had to move to that position because I had been in a inventory management position which was done away with and there were no biomed positions open. As soon as a biomed position opened I jumped on it and will never go back unless I have to in order to keep a roof over my head. I've had people ask me if I ever miss working the floor and I tell them that even though biomed can be hard at times with unpredictable hours, I've never had a machine call me a MFer, spit at me, threaten me, get ugly with me when they don't get on the machine on time because of an emergency on the treatment floor, etc.
I've known 2 biomed in recent years that would work the floor as PCTs on Saturdays and holidays when they weren't on call as biomeds. One finally gave it up and let their certification expire for many of the same reasons I gave above.
ETA: We can get OT as long as it's justified. right now we're short on biomeds in my area, so I've had OT every week for the past three months and they haven't gotten on me about it because my boss knows I can show why I needed to do it if asked. Once things get back to normal we'll be asked to go back to 40 hours unless there's an emergency or we're on call and get a Saturday call that involves actually having to go to a clinic (RO issues, no backups, etc). |
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Post by DIATECH on Aug 19, 2021 21:53:00 GMT
All company does not like OT. However, if it is justified - OT is always approved.
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Post by gnurk on Aug 20, 2021 12:56:46 GMT
I like working on sundays no one there I can get a bunch of work done
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Post by DTECH on Sept 1, 2021 10:48:52 GMT
Where I am in south wales we dont look after the patients, we just look after and carry out preventative maintenance on the equipment, there is room for overtime but only when we are going to satellite units to carry out a service on the chairs/beds due to the contract we have with the dialysis company which is normally carried out on a sunday, otherwise our on call we do 1 in 4. If we are late returning from a tough job then we wont get paid overtime but we will get the time back, working past 4pm rarely happens for us.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2021 9:37:21 GMT
I have been in dialysis for 20 years. I started as a PCT and after 5 years moved to Biomed. For the first couple of years I missed the interaction with patients. Since then I have not had the first desire to return to patient care. I believe we are the first line of defense in protecting the patients. That is my mission in this profession. When it comes to overtime, I feel the most important thing is communication. I agree with DIATECH, no company likes overtime. Whether the company you work for is for profit, not for profit or non profit, overtime is a hit to the budget. If there is a need for overtime, speak with your supervisor/manager and let them know the situation; let them decide. If your boss is worth their salt they will understand this. Remember they should be a resource for you. If you can, take time off to mitigate the overtime (but we all know everything happens on a Friday). Just my two cents.
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Post by bcjammerx on Sept 27, 2021 14:37:22 GMT
I wouldn't do it...it's a horrible job imo
I started as a dialysis pct...I couldn't get the hang of sticking people...always hurt them, even after a year. I was relieved when a biomed position opened.
Also dealing with chronic patients is, honestly, unpleasant. I got cussed out more times than I can count because I was letting my patient in and another one was trying to budge through when their tech was not ready for them and their chair time was NOW...so getting on late made them PISSED. Wasn't even my fault but I got the abuse. Our clinic even discharged a patient for doing that. Also had a lady ask for a benadryl and at the end of her shift she was passed out still and couldn't hold her site...I had three patients coming off at the same time thanks to terrible scheduling by manager and so did everyone else. So I put a clamp on her access while I re-setup her machine. She woke up and lost her mind. She started tearing off the clamps and I grabber her site so she wouldn't bleed to death and she started cussing me and telling me not to put my hands on her. I kept telling her "I'm keeping you from bleeding to death!" Finally the nurse came over...told her the same thing and she got cussed out too. Her next treatment we put her with a different tech since she was yelling at me and it was lab day. Her tech was busy, I went to draw labs from her lines and she acted like I was about to beat her to death...acted terrified and screaming...I'm not an intimidating or aggressive person btw...she was just nuts.
then there are the patients you DO like, and they end up dying.
Seriously it's not a job you do "for overtime hours"...you REALLY have to love doing it. I prefer working with machines, I hated being a pct
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Post by briancanufixthis on Oct 22, 2021 14:54:08 GMT
Get them a price to have an outside company do the rebed! the little amount of overtime is still cheaper!!
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Post by jaretac on Nov 10, 2021 4:58:40 GMT
Overtime is usually frowned on for me at my clinics of responsibilities unless there is some project going on that is beyond my normal responsibilities. If I help out at other clinics I’m normally given the option to keep it or cut it, my choice. OT is normally not too much of a problem for me. The issue for me locally is that there have been significant pay raises for PCTs and nurses over the past few years to keep competitive but nothing on the biomed side. As a result out of 4 clinic positions over 5 years we have had a total turnover of 13 biomeds. Insane turnover rate
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