RE: Shift differential and other pay incentives in the Inpatient environment

[Guest guest]

we pay a differential for working 2 or more Saturdays a month, for PTA

it is $24/hr and PT it is $40. This seems to be an incentive for new

grads, but not the more experienced therapists.

OTR/L

Director of Rehabilitation

Cerenity Residence on Humboldt-TCU

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Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 2:00 PM

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Subject: Shift differential and other pay incentives in the

Inpatient environment

We are a 550-bed inpatient hospital, plus IP Rehab, Transitional Care

unit, and SNF. Recently we have had a few therapists leave to practice

in area nursing homes, etc., that pay more, and thus are looking again

at our pay structure. Do you offer any of the following or other

incentives that are helpful?

1) Increased pay for weekend work (shift differential)?

2) Increased pay for therapists who regularly " float " between

departments? (all those mentioned above).

3) Increased pay structure for PRN therapists (who predominantly work

weekends)?

4) Pool Therapists??

Thank you in advance for your feedback.

Bettyann Shuert,PT

Asst. Dir. Rehab Services

Health

Springfield, MO

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[Guest guest]

Bettyann, We do essentially each of what you mentioned - in one form

or another!

Jeff Wheeler PT GCS

Inpatient Therapy Mgr

Highline Medical Center

>

> We are a 550-bed inpatient hospital, plus IP Rehab, Transitional

Care

> unit, and SNF. Recently we have had a few therapists leave to

practice

> in area nursing homes, etc., that pay more, and thus are looking

again

> at our pay structure. Do you offer any of the following or other

> incentives that are helpful?

> 1) Increased pay for weekend work (shift differential)?

> 2) Increased pay for therapists who regularly " float " between

> departments? (all those mentioned above).

> 3) Increased pay structure for PRN therapists (who predominantly

work

> weekends)?

> 4) Pool Therapists??

>

> Thank you in advance for your feedback.

>

> Bettyann Shuert,PT

> Asst. Dir. Rehab Services

> Health

> Springfield, MO

> bettyann.shuert@...

>

[Guest guest]

We are an 800+ acute care hospital...no SNF, outpatient, etc.

We cover our weekends with Weekend Therapists who get a generous

shift differential. We have not had any difficulty filling these

positions. When our weekday therapist cover weekends (vacations,

illness, etc), they receive a weekend differential that is different

then for those who have hired in to these weekender positions.

While therapists generally work in specific inpatient areas

(trauma,ICU, stroke unit, ortho, etc.) all are expected to work in

other areas if their case load permits and team members need

assistance.......there is no extra pay involved.

We also have a " PRN " pool (stipulation is that they work 8 hours per

pay period if needed,one major and one minor holiday... otherwise it

doesn't make sense to keep them in the pool and con't to pay for

annual regulatory education, etc). They are paid an hourly rate well

above the " staff " therapist rate (by the way, staff therapists are

salaried), and do not have benefits.

Emery, PT, MA

Clinical Learning Specialist

Lakeland Regional Medical Center

Lakeland, Florida

>

> We are a 550-bed inpatient hospital, plus IP Rehab, Transitional

Care

> unit, and SNF. Recently we have had a few therapists leave to

practice

> in area nursing homes, etc., that pay more, and thus are looking

again

> at our pay structure. Do you offer any of the following or other

> incentives that are helpful?

> 1) Increased pay for weekend work (shift differential)?

> 2) Increased pay for therapists who regularly " float " between

> departments? (all those mentioned above).

> 3) Increased pay structure for PRN therapists (who predominantly

work

> weekends)?

> 4) Pool Therapists??

>

> Thank you in advance for your feedback.

>

> Bettyann Shuert,PT

> Asst. Dir. Rehab Services

> Health

> Springfield, MO

> bettyann.shuert@...

>