Incentives for Radiologic Technologists to Work Weekends
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Most people do not like to work weekends, but in the healthcare field, weekends for some radiologic technologists are a must. Hospitals must be staffed all the time. However, almost any radiologic technologist will tell you that they would rather not work weekends. There are many other things a radiologic technologist would prefer to do over the weekends, especially if they have families who have the weekends off. There are many ways that hospitals can make it worthwhile for a radiologic technologist to work weekends.
Hospitals often get creative to remain staffed over the weekends. Some hospitals offer bonuses for radiologic technologists working weekends. Often a radiologic technologist will be motivated to work weekends for the extra money, which can add up to an extra 9 dollars per hour to a radiologic technologist’s wage.
Another approach that hospitals will take to get weekend radiologic technologists is to offer long weekend shifts adding up to 24 hours in exchange for no week day shifts, while still paying the radiologic technologist for a full 40 hour week. This is a very tempting offer for many a radiologic technologist, since it actually gives them more free time each week with the same pay.
Also, hospitals must keep radiologic technologists on call in case another employee gets sick or the hospital demands more staff due to an unexpected overflow of patients. This requires more creative solutions. Often, a radiologic technologist will simply be offered extra money to be on call.
These solutions usually successfully enable hospitals to remain staffed during weekends while keeping the radiologic technologists working these weekend shifts satisfied.
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Source:
- Willis, Marc (2006, September 18) Weekend Work. Advance for Imaging and Radiation Thereapy Professionals, 31.
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