Can Consultus Nurses work more than 70 hours per week?
We ensure our live-in staff have the stamina and fitness to work long hours. There are no implications under the Working Time Directive because they get plenty of time off once each 2-week assignment is over and nurses in this situation are exempted. Of course, it would not be reasonable to expect Nurses to undertake arduous levels of overtime. If they regularly do not get enough sleep, they will not be able to function effectively and we will offer to provide a second staff member or ask you to arrange local cover.
Working Time regulations recommend a minimum break of 20 minutes in any period of work of six hours or more, however due to the nature of the Nurses’ workload we ask for two hours (unpaid) break in any day-long shift.
