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Join a shift, or leave one

Find a shift with a free place, join it in one tap, and release it if your plans change before it starts.

Last updated: 4 November 2026

In short

Shifts with a free place show a Join button: on Home under Open spots, and on the Shifts page.
One tap and you’re on. Tapped the wrong one? Undo is right there.
Changed your mind? Before the shift starts, open it and tap ⋮, then Can’t make it?. Once it has started, ask a doctor or general manager to swap you.

On this page

Find a free place
Join a shift
Leave a shift before it starts
After the shift has started

Find a free place

There are two places to look. Join only appears on shifts you can still join: not full, not over, and not one you’re already on.

Home: Open spots lists only shifts you can join, in the next 7 days. See Your Home screen.
Shifts: every shift, by Week or Month, with Join where there’s room. Use the arrows to move between weeks.

Join a shift

Open Shifts and choose Week (1). Each shift shows its hours and who is on it. A shift with room also says how many places are open, for example “1 open”.
The week’s shifts. Join appears where there’s a free place.
1. Week view
2. Join

Tap Join (2) next to the shift you want. You’re on it straight away, and a message confirms the day and time.

Tapped the wrong shift? Tap Undo in that message.

You can also open a shift first to see who’s on it and what’s on its checklist, then tap Join shift.
On Home, if the shift overlaps one you’re already on, Relay asks first. Tap Join anyway to join both.
If you see Someone just took that spot, another student was a moment faster. The list updates by itself.

Leave a shift before it starts

Open the shift: tap it on Home or on the Shifts page. Tap ⋮ at the top (1), then Can’t make it? (2).
A shift you’re on, before it starts.
1. ⋮
2. Can’t make it?
Relay asks first, so a stray tap never takes you off. Tap Release shift (2) to confirm, or Cancel to stay on.
Releasing always asks first.
1. The question
2. Release shift

Your place opens for others right away. If you change your mind straight after, tap Undo in the Shift released message.

After the shift has started

Once a shift has started, Can’t make it? no longer takes you off. Instead it says: Need to leave? Ask the doctor or general manager to swap you.

That’s on purpose. Leaving a running shift would leave the team short without anyone knowing. A doctor or general manager can take you off the roster and find someone else.

Good to know

You get a reminder about an hour before each of your shifts. See Notifications.
When you arrive, check in on Home. See Check in and out.
A shift that has ended can’t be joined or released. It stays in the schedule as a record.

Related

Check in and out of a shiftRecord when you arrive and leave, what happens if you’re early or late, and what “waiting for approval” means.
Your Home screenWhat Home shows you, for students and for doctors and general managers, and what each part is for.
Notifications, reminders and quiet hoursWhat Relay tells you about, where to read it, which emails you get, and how to keep nights quiet.

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