full shift

A UK term for a (hospital) work shift which divides the total working week into definitive time blocks, with doctors or other staff rotating around the shift pattern. Doctors work for the whole duty period, except for natural breaks; juniors are rostered for duty periods of up to 13 hours.

Mentioned in

European Working Time Directive
full-shift system
New Deal
partial shift
work pattern

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