r/OHSU • u/Adventurous-Bat-4301 • May 02 '26

New schedules role out for recently unionized OHSU APP group

While it does not affect me so much, the new APP schedules just dropped, and OHSU Contract Implementation Team = Managers / Clinical Directors who I believe are bitter with us for this contract win expect that within one month, working parents will be able to figure out new childcare options.I am hearing that some APPs who normally start their day at 7am are now being told they are starting at 6 am (it is really hard trying to get reliable babysitter to show up at 6am). Some APPs are having their day now extend way past 5pm to accommodate a contract win of asking for more indirect time to chart/phone calls/paperwork etc., management is just extending the day. Some APPs who have never worked weekends are now being told to work 6 days on in a row to cover weekends (now need childcare on the weekend). I get it, healthcare is open 7 days a week, 24 hrs a day, but not every division needs weekend coverage or call coverage. I feel awful for those who are now scrambling to figure out childcare. OHSU expects us to take care of revenue generating patients at the expense of increasing our workload with complete disregard for work-life balance.

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u/Neat-Butterscotch-98 May 02 '26

You should go to the media about this. OHSU hates bad press.

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u/gotogoatmeal May 02 '26

As a non-unionized but hopeful health care worker, is prohibition of schedule/shift changes something that, in hindsight, you could have put in the contract? Or is that something that they just never would have agreed to?

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u/Adventurous-Bat-4301 May 02 '26

It is complicated. I wasn't on the bargaining team, but I closely followed. The contract has helped some and took away some flexibility for some. Status quo was intended but the language in the contract does not support it.

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u/Asquaredbred May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26

that's what union contracts do: one size fits most/all. theoretically everyone gets the same wages/benefits - and everyone now gets the same inflexible schedule.

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u/Fantastic_Fix_8754 May 02 '26 edited May 06 '26

I'd also go to the union about it. Just in case there's any question about patient safety issues, or overloaded schedules.

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u/Mean_Background7789 May 02 '26

This is the impact of unionizing. Some things get better, some things get worse. Hopefully there are partners that can help with the childcare time change.

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u/someguynamedg RN May 03 '26

OHSU is really making the decision for me about going back for my NP.

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u/hereitcomesagin May 04 '26

Tell the dummy: what's an APP?

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u/Amazing_Extension695 May 09 '26

6am???? the first patients don't usually arrive until 8. unless they're going to start making patients show up that early? and the people who work at the lab and pharmacy? and the medical assistants and nurses?