https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/30184/nursing-rota-at-vets4pets Hi Just wondering if any of you work at a vets4pets and how you organise your rota with the weekends e.g. time off in lieu, hours per shift etc Or if any one as a template? As the rota is being done by the vet so we are looking to take it overen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/168025?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 01 Mar 2017 10:17:37 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:b4de17a7-3403-4901-aa60-b115ec93685aTania Ford<p>You may be right Sal, I cant remember when I signed my contract if this was the case or not. You are however legally allowed to &#39;opt in or out&#39; at any time without it compromising your position as it is deemed voluntary. Your boss is not allowed to discriminate or terminate your contract so long as it is put in writing and they are given notice. The link I have&nbsp;previously given tells you how to go about&nbsp;opting &#39;in or out&#39;&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/167985?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 25 Feb 2017 09:14:30 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:40f2c128-1dc9-407e-a23f-8960044ec698Sal the 1st<p>[quote user=&quot;Alison Clare Hickman&quot;]</p> <p>[quote user=&quot;Sal the 1st&quot;]</p> <p>[quote user=&quot;katseyez&quot;]</p> <p>I think if you are contracted to work more than 40 hours per week, you may be contravening the 48 hour working week rule and need to either opt in or opt out, as it is taken as an average over the working&nbsp;year. You can find info of this on the .gov website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/maximum-weekly-working-hours">https://www.gov.uk/maximum-weekly-working-hours</a></p> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>the opt out was part of the contract when I worked at v4p - you signed the contract /you signed the opt out - although its some years ago so might have changed now</p> <p>[/quote]</p> <p></p> <p>Sal is correct - still is this way. You can&nbsp;opt out but you have to give V4P&nbsp;3 months notice in writing. Always felt this was a bit fast of them&nbsp;as you can&#39;t give notice of this before you start! Hey ho.</p> <p>Ali h</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>you aren&#39;t the only one who thought it was a bit fast - but it is legal. I signed my contract but refused to accept(in writing) the inventions/ideas clause because I already had a few bits and bobs on the back burner and didn&#39;t want v4p claiming the rights to them.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/167971?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 24 Feb 2017 10:16:46 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:518f1b92-e60c-45c5-acc0-da1cd7148463Alison Clare Hickman<p>[quote user=&quot;Sal the 1st&quot;]</p> <p>[quote user=&quot;katseyez&quot;]</p> <p>I think if you are contracted to work more than 40 hours per week, you may be contravening the 48 hour working week rule and need to either opt in or opt out, as it is taken as an average over the working&nbsp;year. You can find info of this on the .gov website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/maximum-weekly-working-hours">https://www.gov.uk/maximum-weekly-working-hours</a></p> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>the opt out was part of the contract when I worked at v4p - you signed the contract /you signed the opt out - although its some years ago so might have changed now</p> <p>[/quote]</p> <p></p> <p>Sal is correct - still is this way. You can&nbsp;opt out but you have to give V4P&nbsp;3 months notice in writing. Always felt this was a bit fast of them&nbsp;as you can&#39;t give notice of this before you start! Hey ho.</p> <p>Ali h</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/167969?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 24 Feb 2017 09:10:49 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:deda7179-cfe9-43d1-8f3a-84a57b0c93d6Suzanne Hall<p>We have 3 nurses, 1 part time, 2 full time. Our V4P is a standalone so only open until 1pm on a Saturday and shut on a Sunday.</p> <p>Our rota is on a 3 week rotation, each&nbsp;doing&nbsp;a saturday&nbsp;and work out so it equals to 40hrs per week for these 3 weeks. So 1wk will be 45hrs, 1 wk will be 35hrs and 1wk will be 40hrs</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/167963?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 23 Feb 2017 22:32:46 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:8be3cb6f-faf0-4986-991e-ef230b8d054cSal the 1st<p>&nbsp;[quote user=&quot;katseyez&quot;]</p> <p>I think if you are contracted to work more than 40 hours per week, you may be contravening the 48 hour working week rule and need to either opt in or opt out, as it is taken as an average over the working&nbsp;year. You can find info of this on the .gov website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/maximum-weekly-working-hours">https://www.gov.uk/maximum-weekly-working-hours</a></p> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>the opt out was part of the contract when I worked at v4p - you signed the contract /you signed the opt out - although its some years ago so might have changed now</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/167962?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 23 Feb 2017 22:29:21 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:0dd50d1b-aef5-488a-9e1e-9def346c6045Ellie P<p>We have 4 nurses and work various hours. We all work 1 in 4 with our vca working every other as a receptionist. We get a friday prior to our weekend off and a monday just after our weekend. Our head nurse has no days off as it makes her full monthly hours she is contracted to do. This is because we open as long as the shop below opens so both weekend days are fairly long. I nurse does the early shifts all week, one does the mid shifts and the other does the late. The 4th nurse does the hours that need covering. But with a part time nurse, two students and the vca, we tend to have fairly equal shifts. We can swap as and when needed as long as shifts are covered and the PM is aware.Hope that helps to give you an idea x</p> <p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/167786?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 07 Feb 2017 12:02:41 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:60bd60bd-57ac-4fed-a9ee-c1f0b46fcadfTania Ford<p>I think if you are contracted to work more than 40 hours per week, you may be contravening the 48 hour working week rule and need to either opt in or opt out, as it is taken as an average over the working&nbsp;year. You can find info of this on the .gov website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/maximum-weekly-working-hours">https://www.gov.uk/maximum-weekly-working-hours</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/167742?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 04 Feb 2017 20:13:10 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:2bdabbdc-a490-40bb-b0b4-9a35c49545ccPJ Zurawel<p>With regards to time off in lieu where I work now we are contracted to 43 point something hours a week and work one in 3 weekends without an extra day off because the extra contracted hours made up the difference however our kennel assitants do every other weeked and get a day off so I suppose it depends on what works for your practice and your staff.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/167715?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 03 Feb 2017 09:13:19 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:84cea82e-e63c-4460-b338-7fc19304eccdMark Hedberg<p>the immortal &#39;it depends&#39; - how many nurses do you have?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>