Non-clinical departments or operational areas with limited or no volume during holidays may suspend their operations for designated dates.

• New Year’s Day

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Easter Sunday

• Memorial Day

• Independence Day (July 4th)

• Labor Day

• Thanksgiving Day & Day After

• Christmas Eve & Christmas Day

Clinical and support staff required to work on designated holidays will receive additional compensation as incentive to work Designated Holiday Compensation The following holidays will be recognized for premium holiday pay:

• New Year’s Eve (3:00 p.m. through midnight) / New Year’s Day

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Easter Sunday

• Memorial Day

• Independence Day (July 4th)

• Labor Day

• Thanksgiving Day and Day After Thanksgiving

• Christmas Eve / Christmas Day

Watauga Medical Center and Cannon Memorial Hospital do not close for holidays. All scheduled personnel are required to report to work. The holiday closing dates have been approved for the following services/departments. Please refer to Policy HR-305 for holiday compensation and closure details. 

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  • Administration
  • Finance
  • Patient Financial Services
  • Revenue Integrity
  • Medical Records
  • Human Resources during weeks with no payroll
  • The Learning Center
  • Community Outreach
  • Corporate Communications
  • Foundation
  • Medical Staff Relations
  • Grandfather Clinic
  • ARMA Administration
  • All ARMA Practices
  • The Sleep Centers
  • Outpatient Imaging Center
  • Outpatient Cardiopulmonary
  • Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
  • The Rehabilitation Centers
  • THRIVE: Transition to Wellness
  • The Cardiology Center Practice
  • Infection Control
  • Risk Management 

Areas where an interruption in services would have a negative effect on necessary or essential patient care or operations will need to triage patient or operational needs to identify the minimum required staffing and schedule a portion of staff to be available on the days designated for Holiday closing. Areas required to schedule either minimum staff or on-call staff as needed are:

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  • Wound Care
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Medical Oncology
  • Outpatient Behavioral Health
  • Human Resources during payroll weeks
  • Cardiac Diagnostic Testing
  • Cardiovascular Lab
  • Surgical Services

Please note: Changes to these dates must be approved by an appropriate member of Senior Leadership.

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