Clinton (Mass.) Hospital, a member of Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health Care, intends to eliminate 3.5 full-time equivalent nursing positions, according to the Massachusetts Nursing Association, which represents RNs at the hospital.
The workforce reduction is part of the hospital's plan to consolidate two patient care units, which will result in a decrease in beds at the facility, according to a news release.
The union said the hospital sent letters to 21 nurses who work on the hospital's 18-bed medical-surgical unit and 9-bed specialty care unit, notifying them that the hospital intends to combine these two units into one unit, going from 27 beds to 18 beds, with the option of adding three additional beds if needed.
The plan calls for eliminating the 3.5 full-time equivalent nursing positions, which the union said "will result in significant bumping among nurses, impacting nearly every nurse in the hospital."
UMass Memorial Health Care did not offer a response to the Telegram & Gazette March 12.
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