Common use of Staff Development Programs Clause in Contracts

Staff Development Programs. This section applies only to registered nurses. A. The University shall provide staff development programs as required by the New Jersey Department of Health and the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations. Such programs may include training in the form of orientation programs, continuing education and/or critical care courses. Subject to operational needs, the University will provide adequate coverage for patient care assignments in order to complete mandatory training during the regularly scheduled shift. If such adequate coverage is not available, the mandatory training will be rescheduled. B. The University shall, subject to the availability of funds and operational requirements, offer a program of continuing education. Such programs will take place during work time, and coverage will be provided for participating registered nurses, where in the discretion of the University it is required. Time spent at these programs will be considered time worked and the registered nurse shall be compensated accordingly. C. Full-time registered nurses may utilize up to twenty-four (24) hours of conference time per calendar year. This benefit shall be pro-rated for regular part-time registered nurses. A registered nurse may request in writing to his/her supervisor, permission to participate in work-related educational workshops, seminars, conferences and/or conventions. The University will make a reasonable effort to approve such participation, subject to operational needs and the availability of funds. The University, if it approves such participation, will grant time off without loss of the registered nurse's pay, at his/her regular rate of pay, and subject to the limitations set out in the paragraph above, will grant financial assistance to attend such programs. If an approved conference falls on a day when the registered nurse is not scheduled to work, the registered nurse shall receive time off with pay equivalent to the time of the conference, to a maximum of twenty-four (24) hours. This time off shall be scheduled by management within sixty (60) days of the conference. Night shift registered nurses who are scheduled to attend such a program shall be given as a conference day, either the night before, or the night after. Registered nurses will receive a response to their request for participation within two (2) weeks of submission. The University may set a deadline for receipt of requests for specific conferences. Reimbursement of expenses incurred shall be made within a reasonable time after submission of a request for reimbursement. All travel arrangements must be made in conformance with University policy in order to be reimbursable. Approval for participation in continuing education programs necessary for the maintenance of registered nurse's certification in his/her specialty area and/or University requirement shall receive priority consideration. D. The annual registered nurse performance evaluation will be done on a prompt and timely basis. At the time of the evaluation, the registered nurse will be provided a copy of his/her job description. The registered nurse being evaluated will be provided with a copy of his/her performance evaluation and will have three (3) calendar days, excluding weekends and holidays, to review the evaluation. The registered nurse may take a copy of the evaluation home during the three (3) calendar day review period. By the conclusion of the time period, the registered nurse may add his/her comments to the original performance evaluation and shall sign the original performance evaluation. Comments added by the registered nurse shall be included in the registered nurse's personnel file in Human Resources. If comments are not made within this period, or the registered nurse does not sign within this period, the right to comment will be forfeited, the supervisor will note the refusal to sign and forward the evaluation to Human Resources for inclusion in the personnel file. Once the evaluation has been signed by the supervisor and the registered nurse, or where the time for the registered nurse to sign has passed, no additional comments will be added to the evaluation. At the registered nurse's verbal or written request, the registered nurse will be given a copy of the evaluation within three (3) days of such a request. Prior to evaluating a registered nurse as less than satisfactory, the registered nurse's supervisor must notify the registered nurse that his/her performance is deficient and that his/her merit/step increment may be delayed or denied, if applicable. Such notification shall be made in a timely manner through a written memorandum, a counseling notice, and/or written warning regarding performance issues. In addition, such notification shall contain a description of the performance deficiencies and the corrective actions needed to remedy the performance deficiencies. Further, the registered nurse's supervisor shall meet with the registered nurse to discuss the performance deficiencies and a corrective plan of action. Upon mutual consent of the registered nurse and his/her supervisor, a Union Representative shall be present at this meeting. In the case where a registered nurse is not notified before the annual evaluation that his/her work performance is deficient, the registered nurse will be re-evaluated in ninety (90) days, and if the work performance is satisfactory, the previous evaluation shall be removed and replaced with the re-evaluation. If work performance remains at an unsatisfactory level, the re-evaluation shall be added to the initial evaluation and both shall remain in the registered nurse's file. In the event the registered nurse's evaluation is not provided in a timely manner or notification, as specified above, is not provided, the registered nurse shall receive the merit/step increment, if applicable. If notice of performance deficiencies and a corrective plan of action is provided in a timely manner and the registered nurse receives a less than satisfactory evaluation, the registered nurse shall be reevaluated after ninety (90) days. During this period, the supervisor shall meet regularly with the registered nurse to review his/her performance and the status of the corrective plan of action. If the registered nurse receives a satisfactory evaluation at the end of ninety (90) days, the registered nurse shall receive the merit/step increment effective that date, if applicable. The University shall notify the Union by email, fax, or mail of any registered nurse who has received a less than satisfactory evaluation within seventy two (72) hours of the registered nurse receiving a less than satisfactory evaluation. The meetings discussed in this section shall not be considered part of the grievance procedure. Further, the performance rating of a registered nurse is not subject to the grievance procedure.

Staff Development Programs. This section applies only to registered nurses. A. (A) The University shall provide staff development programs as required mandated by the New Jersey Department of Health and the Joint Commission on Department of Corrections and the Accreditation of Health Care OrganizationsNCCHC. Such programs may include training in the form of orientation programs, programs and continuing education and/or critical care coursesor other required courses or programs. Subject to operational needs, the University will provide adequate coverage for patient care assignments in order to complete mandatory training during the regularly scheduled shift. If such adequate coverage is not available, the mandatory training will be rescheduled. B. (B) The University shall, subject to the availability of funds and operational requirements, offer a program of continuing education. Such programs will take place during work time, and coverage will be provided for participating registered nursesemployees, where in the discretion of the University it is required. Time spent at these programs will be considered time worked and the registered nurse employee shall be compensated accordingly. The University will provide notice through email and/or other media of its programs which have been granted Continuing Education Recognition Points by an appropriate professional association. The University will use reasonable efforts to post this notice at least two (2) weeks prior to the program commencing. C. (C) Full-time registered staff nurses may utilize up to twenty-four (24) hours of conference time per calendar year. This benefit shall be pro-rated for regular part-time registered staff nurses. A registered nurse An employee may request in writing to his/her supervisor, permission to participate in work-work- related educational workshops, seminars, conferences and/or conventions. The University will make a reasonable effort to approve such participation, subject to operational needs and the availability of funds. The University, if it approves such participation, will grant time off without loss of the registered nurseemployee's pay, at his/her regular rate of pay, and subject to the limitations set out in the paragraph above, will grant financial assistance to attend such programs. If an approved conference falls on a day when the registered staff nurse is not scheduled to work, the registered staff nurse shall receive time off with pay equivalent to the time of the conference, to a maximum of twenty-four (24) hours. This time off shall be scheduled by management within sixty (60) days of the conference. Night shift registered nurses employees who are scheduled to attend such a program shall be given as a conference day, either the night before, or the night after. Registered nurses Employees will receive a response to their request for participation within two (2) weeks of submission. The University may set a deadline for receipt of requests for specific conferences. Reimbursement of expenses incurred shall be made within a reasonable time after submission of a request for reimbursement. All travel arrangements must be made in conformance with University policy in order to be reimbursable. Approval for participation in continuing education programs necessary for the maintenance of registered nurseemployee's certification in his/her specialty area and/or University requirement shall receive priority consideration.. If, in the future, the State and/or the University requires the obtaining or maintaining of a certification in a specialty area for UCHC employees, it is the intention that the University or UCHC provide the course requirements for that certification. If it is not able to do so the University shall make available, within the scope of the same rules and regulations as it has for other UMDNJ employed RNs, funds for the tuition necessary for obtaining and maintaining the specialty certification. (Refer to Tuition Assistance Program Policy ▇▇-▇▇-▇▇-▇▇:00) D. (D) The annual registered nurse employee performance evaluation will be done on a prompt and timely basis. At the time of the evaluation, the registered nurse employee will be provided a copy of his/her job description. The registered nurse employee being evaluated will be provided with a copy of his/her performance evaluation and will have three (3) calendar days, excluding weekends and holidays, to review the evaluation. The registered nurse employee may take a copy of the evaluation home during the three (3) calendar day review period. By the conclusion of the time period, the registered nurse employee may add his/her comments to the original performance evaluation and shall sign the original performance evaluation. Comments added by the registered nurse employee shall be included in the registered nurse's personnel employee’s Personnel file in Human Resources. If comments are not made within this period, or the registered nurse employee does not sign within this period, the right to comment will be forfeited, the supervisor will note the refusal to sign and forward the evaluation to Human Resources for inclusion in the personnel Personnel file. Once the evaluation has been signed by the supervisor and the registered nurseemployee, or where the time for the registered nurse employee to sign has passed, no additional comments will be added to the evaluation. At the registered nurse's employee’s verbal or written request, the registered nurse employee will be given a copy of the evaluation within three (3) days of such a request. Prior to evaluating a registered nurse an employee as less than satisfactory, the registered nurse's employee’s supervisor must notify the registered nurse employee that his/her performance is deficient and that his/her merit/step increment may be delayed or denied, if applicabledeficient. Such notification shall be made in a timely manner through a written memorandum, a counseling notice, and/or written warning regarding performance issues. In addition, such notification shall contain a description of the performance deficiencies and the corrective actions needed to remedy the performance deficiencies. Further, the registered nurse's employee’s supervisor shall meet with the registered nurse employee to discuss the performance deficiencies and a corrective plan of action. Upon mutual consent of the registered nurse employee and his/her their supervisor, a Union Representative shall be present at this meeting. In the case where a registered nurse is not notified before the annual evaluation that his/her work performance is deficient, the registered nurse will be re-evaluated in ninety (90) days, and if the work performance is satisfactory, the previous evaluation shall be removed and replaced with the re-evaluation. If work performance remains at an unsatisfactory level, the re-evaluation shall be added to the initial evaluation and both shall remain in the registered nurse's file. In the event the registered nurse's evaluation is not provided in a timely manner or notification, as specified above, is not provided, the registered nurse shall receive the merit/step increment, if applicable. If notice of performance deficiencies and a corrective plan of action is provided in a timely manner and the registered nurse employee receives a less than satisfactory evaluation, the registered nurse employee shall be reevaluated after ninety (90) days. During this period, the supervisor shall meet regularly with the registered nurse employee to review his/her performance and the status of the corrective plan of action. If the registered nurse receives a satisfactory evaluation at the end of ninety (90) days, the registered nurse shall receive the merit/step increment effective that date, if applicable. The University shall notify the Union by email, fax, or mail of any registered nurse employee who has received a less than satisfactory evaluation within seventy two (72) hours of the registered nurse employee receiving a less than satisfactory evaluation. The meetings discussed in this section shall not be considered part of the grievance procedure. Further, the performance rating of a registered nurse is not subject to the grievance procedure.