- Current RN annual salary step raises will continue (on your anniversary date)
- RNs will receive notice within five days when exposed to a communicable disease.
- Title 22 staffing ratios for each hospital specialty unit will be in mou appendix.
- RN committee members will appoint two members of each hospital acuity committee.
- Management shall take steps to correct valid complaints over excessive workload.
- Each acute care hospital’s rapid deployment plan to be available to union RN committee
- Charge RN shall take appropriate action after notified regarding an unsafe assignment.
- DHS will make every effort to fill all allocated and budgeted RN positions.
- DHS to meet with SEIU 721 RN Task Force to discuss “staffing standardization” which shall include “assignment responsibilities” (e.g. RN supervision of RNs, RN coverage of LVNs, charge and preceptor patient assignments, etc.)
- Every effort to provide adequate numbers of computers in each work location.
- RN may request continuous service date (county seniority), classification anniversary date, salary range level, and/or current salary step from facility/dept. Payroll/personnel.
- Adequate rest/break areas and adequate furniture and storage space to be provided.
- Physical exams to be provided during eve and night shift RN’s normal working hours.
- Increased RN bargaining committee members; increased county time to bargain.
- Non-county RN utilized as charge RN or supervisor only if county RN not available.
- When feasible, each RN will be granted continuing education time off.
- New training access – ER, OR, critical care RNs with schedule accommodations.
- New preceptor training program! Work time for weekly preceptee meetings;
- Non-county RN only utilized as preceptor if county RN not available.
- DHS RNs shall be provided with appropriate amount of county time to prepare for competency skills validation.
- RN labor-management committees in facilities and departments – RN member shall have increased preparation time (from one to two hours).
- ADN to MSN degree qualifies for bachelor’s degree bonus.
- County intends to respect no mandatory overtime except in emergencies.
RN Contract Wins Professional Advances For All Nurses
NEW RN PROFESSIONAL PROTECTIONS IN 2009-2011 CONTRACT (MOU) INCLUDE:
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Correction in the 7th line, begining with:
Charge RN shall take appropriate action after noticed regarding an unsafe assignment. The word “noticed” should be “notified”. The rest sounds good. Were there any specific changes to DPH area, or do all of these apply to all areas of the county?
Thank you for all of your hard work. It is appreciated!
Denise
Unless a County department , e.g. DHS or DPH , is specified, the MOU provisions apply to everyone. There are several commitments that DHS made that DPH did not make, especially that address acute care issues.
Most MOU provisions provisions absolutely apply to every 311 – 312 RN.
What exactly is anniversary date? It was supposed to change so that everyones date would be Jan 1st 2007 per last contract!!? During last reclass, some HR personnel said reclass was a promotion and changed anniversary date to date of reclass and deferred MOU defined step increase for 1 year.
I hope this has been solved. I started wok at county April 1997 so should be on step 13 but i am not, others who started with me were changed to step 13th in July 2009, per MOU 2006-2009 that stated everyone should be on correct step by that time?? Can you help me and others obtain our correct step. HR is not answering my queries.
Thanks
Moyna RN spoh steward
Just to clarify the proposed contract regarding Nurse Practitioners:
a. If you’re on step 20, YOU WILL NOT be receiving a raise for at least 2 years. Do note from email correspondence, that the county is still considering RESCINDING the experience steps, which could result in even further income loss. They also have the option to open the contract after the 2 year period and reduce wages.
b. If you’re a Nurse Practitioner with a Master’s Degree (which most of us are), you are STILL NOT QUALIFIED to receive any compensation for your education; Bachelor’s or Master’s degree. Yet, all the other BSN nurses will receive that compensation.
Are you sure you really want to pass this contract when it’s basically a lose/lose for you???
When are Nurse Practitioners going to be recognized for their work and degrees? There will be many of us with DNP’s. We should be compensated for our Degrees ; MSN or DNP. Our issues need to be heard. What about the unfair business of paying much for for a Clinical Nurse Specialist who does LESS WORK than us income producing NP’s?
I am bothered by the fact that I never received by mail any information regarding the new “contract”. Additionally, since when do RN’s, BSN’s or NP’s not get paid time off (as in our previous contract) for CEU’s. As for getting time off for CEU’s, good luck since we are always short staffed. Also, anniversary date salary increase? Anniversary date of hire, of change to a new area or? What happened to our cost-of-living salary increase, or should I be asking Schwarzenegger?
Thank you
The DCFS Labor Management committee has been meeting, trying to get poicy and proceedure in a form that gives PHNs more protection. The use of a Civil Service Law, stating that soemone can be fired if they did not preform up to”expectations” and not have policy puts licenses at risk. DCFS is trying to make PHNs more accountable, like CSWs. Support the Labor Management Team in their quest. However, anyone thinking of a job with DCFS needs to know “they eat their young.”
Hello Michelle,
First, apologies for a late reply – I have just found your comment. 1) ALL (full-time) Registered Nurses are eligible to be paid for twenty hours per Contract Year, which means you can access 40 now plus 20 more after Sept 30, 2011.RN 311 MOU mandates your manager to give you time for CEUs IF you request 45 days in advance. if denied, you can and must file a grievance! call our MRC 877-721-4968 2) please update your personal mailing address – we did mail a ballot & new contract summary Nov 2009. 3) County denied all Cost Of Living Allowances (COLA) 2009-2012 HOWEVER each RN is entitled to a Two Percent Raise on her/his Anniversary Date up until twenty years of RN experience. Please answer back if you’d like more info. Katarina del Valle Thompson, RN, SEIU 721 RN Chief Negotiator