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slapende nachtdienst

English translation: sleep-in duty, sleep-over duty, in-house on call

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Dutch term or phrase:slapende nachtdienst
English translation:sleep-in duty, sleep-over duty, in-house on call
Entered by: Jack den Haan

09:33 Sep 13, 2012
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care / Nursing
Dutch term or phrase: slapende nachtdienst
A care home organisation distinguishes between three types of night shifts: (1) actieve nachtdienst (also called: wakende dienst, wakkere dienst), (2) slapende nachtdienst (where a nurse or care-giver sleeps on-site and is available to provide help if called upon to do so) and (3) bereikbare dienst (for external back-up). I've translated (1) and (3) as 'active night duty' and 'back-up on call' respectively (although the latter may be more or less tautologous). I'm considering 'passive night duty' for (2), but am not sure about that. Any suggestions would be welcome.
Jack den Haan
Netherlands
Local time: 12:40
SLEEP-IN DUTY
Explanation:
Sheffield Care Trust NHS (UK)

Mental Health and Wellbeing

SLEEP-IN POLICY


PROPOSED CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR STAFF WHO WORK
‘SLEEP-IN’ DUTY
1 Definition of Sleep-in Duty
A sleep –in duty is defined as, a span of duty on site commencing at 23.00
and ending at 07.00 the following day; where the employee although not
working remains on site in a facility provided by the Trust and is regarded as
being available for work, and there is an expectation that they will commence
duties should the need arise.
2 Standard of facility provided for staff on sleep-in duty
- room with a minimum size of 6’ X 6’ and reasonable headroom
available for exclusive use of the employee during the span of duty
- a bed of adequate size and bedding of adequate quality
- reasonable access to washing facilities
- the room not to be used as a kitchen facility at other times
- no domestic or other Trust equipment to be stored in the room
- all sleep-in rooms will be no-smoking areas
3 Definition of Waking hours
The employee working the sleep-in span will be considered on duty where
another staff member or a tenant living in their respective place of residence
requests their assistance.
A client/tenant awake and moving around the site will be considered as
requiring assistance.
4 Conditions applying when staff on sleep-in duty are due to be on normal
duty at end of sleep-in period
Where staff are scheduled to be on normal duty immediately following a
sleep-in and have been awake either intermittently, (15 minutes or more in
each hour), or continuously for a period of 5 hours or more; then the team
leader (or designated person) and employee together, must carry out a risk
assessment (using the agreed form). The assessment will result in either
allowing the employee to take a break of 30 min and then commence their
normal duty or to go home at the end of the sleep-in duty with no loss of pay.
This decision to be recorded in an official record.
Where a staff member is to go home, replacement staff to cover their normal
duty shift must be arranged as a priority. Where this can not be arranged until
TRUST POLICY Sleep-in Policy
09.00 the employee completing the sleep-in will work from 07.00 to 09.00, being paid at plain time
This arrangement to be recorded on the formal record.
5 Frequency of sleep-in duty.
Normal practice is that staff should only work one sleep-in duty in 7 days.

Where an employee has worked 2 sleep-in duties in a 7 day period then they
should not be scheduled for another sleep-in for a minimum of 2 days.
Sleep-ins should be rostered at the end of the working week



Selected response from:

Terry Costin
Netherlands
Local time: 12:40
Grading comment
Both 'sleep-over' and 'sleep- in' seem to be correct. Googling with comes up with significantly more hits than , so I thinks it's fair to award Terry the points. Thank you Terry, Josephine, Francina, Tina, Marijke and off-liner Clem for your help!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2sleep over service
Josephine Isaacs (X)
4SLEEP-IN DUTY
Terry Costin


Discussion entries: 3





  

Answers


1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
sleep over service


Explanation:
active night service
sleep over service
on call service

This what is used here. Also:
live-in night service

Sleep over service is perhaps more often on a casual basis.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-09-13 11:50:05 GMT)
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Sleepover (one word) seems more common.

http://www.siag.com.au/news/award - aged_care ED.pdf

Sleepovers
Employees may, in addition to normal rostered shifts, be required to sleepover.
A sleepover means sleeping in at night in order to be on call for emergencies.

Josephine Isaacs (X)
Australia
Local time: 20:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Francina: http://www.dovehomecare.com/services/sleepover On a Sleepover duty we are on hand,
1 hr
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): But in a hospital or long-term care facility (2) would be called in-house on call. See e.g., http://allnurses.com/ob-gyn-nursing/in-house-call-496908.htm...
3 hrs
agree  Marijke Singer: sleepover shift: http://www.precioushome.com/sleepover.html
1 day 22 hrs
disagree  Terry Costin: I think this is something teenagers do, or girlfriends in TV programmes, not an official term in the nursing or healthcare profession
3 days 2 hrs
  -> It is an official term, see my reference (industry award aged care)
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3 days 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
SLEEP-IN DUTY


Explanation:
Sheffield Care Trust NHS (UK)

Mental Health and Wellbeing

SLEEP-IN POLICY


PROPOSED CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR STAFF WHO WORK
‘SLEEP-IN’ DUTY
1 Definition of Sleep-in Duty
A sleep –in duty is defined as, a span of duty on site commencing at 23.00
and ending at 07.00 the following day; where the employee although not
working remains on site in a facility provided by the Trust and is regarded as
being available for work, and there is an expectation that they will commence
duties should the need arise.
2 Standard of facility provided for staff on sleep-in duty
- room with a minimum size of 6’ X 6’ and reasonable headroom
available for exclusive use of the employee during the span of duty
- a bed of adequate size and bedding of adequate quality
- reasonable access to washing facilities
- the room not to be used as a kitchen facility at other times
- no domestic or other Trust equipment to be stored in the room
- all sleep-in rooms will be no-smoking areas
3 Definition of Waking hours
The employee working the sleep-in span will be considered on duty where
another staff member or a tenant living in their respective place of residence
requests their assistance.
A client/tenant awake and moving around the site will be considered as
requiring assistance.
4 Conditions applying when staff on sleep-in duty are due to be on normal
duty at end of sleep-in period
Where staff are scheduled to be on normal duty immediately following a
sleep-in and have been awake either intermittently, (15 minutes or more in
each hour), or continuously for a period of 5 hours or more; then the team
leader (or designated person) and employee together, must carry out a risk
assessment (using the agreed form). The assessment will result in either
allowing the employee to take a break of 30 min and then commence their
normal duty or to go home at the end of the sleep-in duty with no loss of pay.
This decision to be recorded in an official record.
Where a staff member is to go home, replacement staff to cover their normal
duty shift must be arranged as a priority. Where this can not be arranged until
TRUST POLICY Sleep-in Policy
09.00 the employee completing the sleep-in will work from 07.00 to 09.00, being paid at plain time
This arrangement to be recorded on the formal record.
5 Frequency of sleep-in duty.
Normal practice is that staff should only work one sleep-in duty in 7 days.

Where an employee has worked 2 sleep-in duties in a 7 day period then they
should not be scheduled for another sleep-in for a minimum of 2 days.
Sleep-ins should be rostered at the end of the working week






    Reference: http://www.shsc.nhs.uk/_documentbank/Sleep_InPolicy.pdf
Terry Costin
Netherlands
Local time: 12:40
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Both 'sleep-over' and 'sleep- in' seem to be correct. Googling with <care home "sleep-in duty"> comes up with significantly more hits than <care home "sleep-over duty">, so I thinks it's fair to award Terry the points. Thank you Terry, Josephine, Francina, Tina, Marijke and off-liner Clem for your help!
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