Staffing and Workload. L13.01 Generation of FTE (Full-Time Equivalent) Staff (excluding all programs in the School of Alternate Education)
Staffing and Workload. The Employer recognizes the responsibility of nurses under the Nurse Practice Act and will promote working conditions that enable nurses to meet their responsibilities under the Act. The Employer will continue its commitment to meet core staffing as agreed to in unit staffing plans, which are posted on the units and in the staffing office. Such commitment is in recognition of the mutual desire of the parties to maintain staffing consistent with quality patient care as well as relieve the additional burdens placed on staff by under staffing. The parties recognize that these staffing plans, once approved by the Nurse Staffing and Resource Committee (NSRC), are changed only (1) by the NSRC, based upon recommendations of the appropriate unit-based committee, or (2) if the staffing plan is not adopted by the hospital and the chief executive officer provides a written explanation of the reasons for rejecting the staffing plan to the NSRC. Both parties will work collaboratively through the NSRC to identify new and innovative approaches to staffing which enhance patient safety, clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction, staff satisfaction, promotion of nursing research and optimized financial performance. At a minimum, each unit-based committee shall report semiannually the aforementioned outcomes to the NSRC. Demonstration projects advancing innovative approaches to staffing shall report no less than quarterly to the NSRC utilizing the criteria cited in this Section. The NSRC will continue to work to establish strong, evidence-based staffing plans and toward a goal of reducing the occurrences of five patients being assigned to nurses on the Medical/Surgical units. To facilitate this responsibility, the parties agree to the following process. Immediate staffing shortage: The parties recognize that adherence to the staffing plan can be impacted by the availability of staff, ED admissions, and unexpected events. In the event of such circumstance, the charge nurse shall inform the manager (or designee, or CAR) in order to attempt to rectify the situation and the Employer will make a good faith effort to implement all reasonable alternatives to bring the work area into adherence of the staffing plan as soon as possible, including redistribution of appropriate staff or patients, soliciting volunteers for additional shifts, use of per diem staff, agency/traveler, overtime, nurse managers and supervisors. Continued workload/staffing problems: Whenever employees in a given ...
Staffing and Workload. An Employee shall have the right to file a written complaint regarding their workload. Workload complaints shall be filed directly to the manager, or designate, who shall meet with the Employee and a representative of the Union, if so desired by the Employee, to discuss and resolve the specifics of the complaint. LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING #6 BETWEEN XXXXXXX CARE SOCIETY AND THE ALBERTA UNION OF PROVINCIAL EMPLOYEES
Staffing and Workload. L13.01 Generation of FTE Staff (excluding all programs in the School of Alternate Education) 57 L13.02 Working Conditions 58 L13.03 Class Size 59 L14.00 Staffing Committees L14.01 Joint Staffing Committee 60 L14.02 In-School Staffing Committee 61 L14.03 General 61 L15.00 School Year 62 L16.00 Medical Procedures 62 L17.00 Continuing Education 62 L18.00 Seniority L18.01 Seniority List 63 L18.02 Teachers Employed as Bargaining Unit Members as of April 16, 1998 63 L18.03 Teachers Who Become Bargaining Unit Members after April 16, 1998 64 L19.00 Transfer, Surplus, Redundancy and Recall L19.01 Definitions 65 L19.02 Administrative Transfer 65 L19.03 Voluntary Transfer 66 L19.00 Transfer, Surplus, Redundancy and Recall (continued) L19.04 Declaration of Redundancy 66 L19.05 Surplus to School Declaration 66 L19.06 Assignment of Surplus Members 67 L19.07 Recall 68 L19.08 Assignment, Redundancy and Surplus for Members of the School of Alternate Education 69 L20.00 Professional Development Plan 70 L21.00 Acting Administrative Positions 70 L22.00 Health & Safety 71 L23.00 Occasional Teachers L23.01 Definitions 71 L23.02 Application of L23.00 – Occasional Teachers 72 L23.03 Rights and Responsibilities
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Staffing and Workload a. The parties hereby recognize the importance of providing patients with the highest quality health care and of providing employees with working conditions which are conducive to performing their duties in a safe and healthful atmosphere. Accordingly, it shall be the responsibility of SAH/SAN to provide professional and technical staffing in all hospital units.
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