The Open shifts screen is where you bid for shifts posted by your facility or colleagues. Or post your own shifts that you want to swap or give away for your colleagues to bid.

View eligible open shifts

Open shifts eligible to you are shown as a list of cards under the Facilities or the Colleagues tab, depending on if they are posted by the facility or by individual nurses.

When there are a large number of open shifts, you can apply filters or change the sorting order to help you quickly find what you may be interested in.

You will get notifications when open shifts eligible for you are posted. If you happen to be viewing the corresponding open shift list at the time, the refresh symbol (two arrows forming a circle) right below the tabs will become enabled with a red dot indicating new updates. Tapping on the refresh symbol would refresh the list. This manual refresh is intended to avoid interfering with what you are doing on the UI (e.g., scrolling through the list looking for open shifts to bid). However, if you are not viewing the corresponding open shift list when a relevant notification comes in, it will refresh automatically.

Please be aware that when the open shift list refreshes, any filters and sorting order changes you made will be reset.

Bid for an open shift

Tapping on an open shift card under the Facilities or Colleagues tab takes you to the Open shift details screen, from where you can bid for it.

When there are additional details, such as a crisis rate associated with the open shift, an info symbol (a circle with the letter “i” inside) will show up on the card. Tapping it brings up an action sheet showing the additional details. If the open shift is "first come, first served", an FCFS indicator will show up in the top right corner of the card. Any comments provided when posting the open shift can be viewed under the Comments tab.

To bid for the open shift, tap the gavel symbol on the top bar. An alert will pop up asking you to confirm.

After confirming your bid, you will be taken back to the Open shifts screen.

If the open shift is first come, first served and your bid has gone through, the corresponding card will disappear from the list. And you will be awarded the shift, which you can later see on the home screen or the schedule screen.

If the open shift is not first come, first served, a Bid indicator will show up in the top right corner of the card. And you will only be awarded the shift if the user who posted it manually selects you among all the bidders.

Multiple users of the NurseBrite mobile app can bid on the same open shift simultaneously. Therefore, your bidding could fail if others acted faster than you did. In that case, you will see a pop-up message after you tap the gavel symbol telling you the open shift is no longer available. And the corresponding card will disappear from the list on the Open shifts screen.

Cancel your bid

If the open shift is not first come, first served, you can cancel your bid anytime before the user who posted it selects you among all the bidders. To do so, tap the corresponding open shift card, then on the Open shift details screen, tap the gavel symbol with an x in its lower right corner on the top bar. An alert will pop up asking you to confirm.

Post your own shifts

When you want to swap your shift to a different date or give it away but don't know which colleague is up for the swap or wants to take your shift, you can post it as an open shift. Colleagues eligible for that shift will get a notification through the NurseBrite mobile app and can then bid for it. To post your shift, tap the + symbol on the top bar and select an open shift type from the action sheet.

Giveaway

1. Choose Giveaway from the Select open shift type action sheet.
2. On the Create open shift screen, tap the pen symbol on the Facility card to select a facility.
• If you only joined one facility, it will be automatically selected for you.

3. Tap the pen symbol on the Give away shift card, which takes you to the Select a shift screen. On that screen, tap the date containing the shift you want to give away, then tap the check mark symbol on the top bar to confirm your selection.
• When needed, tap the calendar symbol on the top bar to bring up the date-picker for quicker navigation to a specific date.

4. Back on the Create open shift screen, the criteria of eligible colleagues are automatically populated for you based on the shift you selected above. And colleagues who meet these criteria will get notifications. You can make changes to the criteria by tapping the pen symbol on the Eligible colleagues card.

5. Optionally, enter any comments you may have under the Comments tab, then tap the paper plane symbol on the top bar to create the open shift.

Shifts you posted will be shown as a list of cards under the My tab.

Swap

1. Choose Swap from the Select open shift type action sheet.
2. On the Create open shift screen, tap the pen symbol on the Facility card to select a facility.
• If you only joined one facility, it will be automatically selected for you.

3. Tap the pen symbol on the Swap shift card, which takes you to the Select a shift screen. On that screen, tap the date containing the shift you want to swap, then tap the check mark symbol on the top bar to confirm your selection.
• When needed, tap the calendar symbol on the top bar to bring up the date-picker for quicker navigation to a specific date.

4. Back on the Create open shift screen, tap the pen symbol on the To card, which takes you to the Select dates screen. On that screen, tap the date(s) that you prefer to swap your shift to, then tap the check mark symbol on the top bar to confirm your selection.
• You can select multiple dates here. Colleagues who bid for this open shift can only choose one of the dates to swap with you.
• Dates you cannot swap your shift to will be disabled (indicated by a lighter text color).

5. Back on the Create open shift screen, the criteria of eligible colleagues are automatically populated for you based on the shift you selected above. And colleagues who meet these criteria will get notifications. You can make changes to the criteria by tapping the pen symbol on the Eligible colleagues card.

6. Optionally, enter any comments you may have under the Comments tab, then tap the paper plane symbol on the top bar to create the open shift.

Shifts you posted will be shown as a list of cards under the My tab.

Select bidder

You will get notifications when colleagues bid for the shifts you posted. You can also see the total number of bidders for each open shift in the top right corner of the corresponding card.

Tapping on a card under the My tab takes you to the Open shift details screen. All bidders are listed under the Bidders tab. Select the colleague you would like to swap with or give away your shift to. Then tap the paper plane symbol on the top bar to confirm the selection.

An alert will pop up asking you to confirm. After you confirm the colleague to swap with or give away your shift to, a request of the corresponding type will be created automatically.

If your facility has partnered with us, their management or nursing operations departments will be notified of your request. If your facility is not using NurseBrite yet, you (and the colleague you confirmed) will still need to go through the request submission process per your facility. Then manually update the status of the request in the NurseBrite mobile app. Refer to the requests chapter for more details on how to handle requests.

Delete open shift

If you no longer want to swap or give away your shift, you can delete your open shift by tapping on the corresponding card under the My tab, then tap the trash can symbol on the top bar. An alert will pop up asking you to confirm. The same group of colleagues who were notified when you created this open shift will be notified that you no longer want to swap or give away your shift. An alert will pop up asking you to confirm.

On this page

• View eligible open shifts
• Bid for an open shift
• Cancel your bid
• Post your own shifts
• Giveaway
• Swap
• Select bidder
• Delete open shift