Preceptor Duties & Recognition — Kaiser Permanente — Northwest RNs (Oregon / SW Washington)

Proposal for R.N. Preceptor Differential April 5, 1999 Ms. Helen Moss Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Care Professionals P. O. Box 1566 Clackamas, OR 97015 Re: Proposal for R.N. Preceptor Differential Dear Ms. Moss: The purpose of this letter is to clarify our agreement regarding the R.N. Preceptor Differential as indicated below: Goal To provide a financial incentive/reward to staff with strong clinical and preceptor skills, who accept the additional responsibility and workload of precepting novices on their units. The differential is proposed at this time due to the increased volume of preceptor needs throughout the nursing units. Eligibility for Preceptor Differential 1. Inpatient Registered Nurses working at Sunnyside Hospital. This includes IV Therapy Nurses. 2. Must have attended an approved (by Staff Development) preceptor training course within the last three (3) years; fo …

33.A. New employees shall receive orientation to her/his facility and area of work. Prior to completion of orientation in a patient care area or department, she/he will not be considered part of the normal staffing complement of the patient care area or department. 33.B. The orientation will be individualized according to the employee’s previous experience and familiarity with patient care area or department. Input from the employee will be considered. 33.C. The Employer shall consider recommendations from the Professional Forums regarding the content and means of evaluating the orientation.

Regular, short-hour, temporary and on-call employees shall be considered probationary during the first one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days of their employment. During the probationary period, employees may be discharged without recourse to the grievance procedure. The current employee who moves into a new RN graduate position will have 500 work hours of probation. These probationary employees will have a review involving a manager, preceptor and union representative every 30 days for the length of the probationary period. Failure to succeed the probationary period will result in automatic referral to HR to explore other employment opportunities. Current qualified KPNW employees with good work and attendance records and positive evaluations who apply for new graduate positions will be hired over external applicants.

New Graduate RN Nurse Residency for Specialty Units May 3, 1999 Ms. Helen Moss Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals P. O. Box 1566 Clackamas, OR 97015 Subject: New (Grad) RN Nurse Residency for Specialty Units Dear Ms. Moss: Purpose To provide an opportunity for recent RN graduates, with no acute care RN experience, to develop competence in a specialty nursing field, in exchange for a work commitment to Kaiser Permanente. 1. Residency will be posted per policy; requirements would include:  current RN Oregon license  copy of nursing school transcript  two letters of reference  current CPR  (some specialty areas may require ACLS)  prefer nurses with student/work clinical experience in the specialty area  willingness to commit in writing to 2 year KP hospital commitment in full time RN role, following completion of Residency program. [Edit to read hospital vs KSMC add …

OFNHP – RN 2021-2025 float out of his/her arena once all other options have been exhausted, and patient safety is at risk. f. Under normal circumstances, RN’s shall be floated within the following arena’s based on qualifications and competency: 1) Critical Care 2) Med/Surg 3) Maternity/Women’s Health g. A list of cross-trained nurses will be kept in the Staffing office. It will be updated by the Unit Managers or Nurse Educators annually or more frequently as required by employee, unit manager, or Charge RN. The Staffing office will maintain updated records of RN’s who are qualified and have agreed to float to any given unit. This information will be documented in ANSOS and available 24 hours per day. h. When RN’s are required to float, they will be given brief orientation, as needed, to the unit at that time by the Charge Nurse. i. New Graduates completing their nursing orientation will …

The parties recognize that new job titles may be developed to reflect the evolution of care delivery. Prior to the posting of the newly created job, the parties will meet to determine representation status. Any newly created job agreed upon by the Employer and Union will be accreted into the agreement for the relevant bargaining unit. This section shall apply to newly created Professional/Technical positions related to direct/indirect patient care delivery. Positions to which this section shall apply shall include, but not be limited to, any newly created position which will perform duties currently performed by bargaining unit employees or for which the educational, certification, credential or licensure requirements are equivalent to existing represented positions. The above paragraph does not apply to positions which meet the criteria for management/supervisory employee, or confidenti …

OFNHP – RN 2021-2025 6.2. The Manager/Director may consider and incorporate feedback from a Supervisor, educator, Charge Nurse, Team lead, Preceptor, Mentor, MD and/or any other individual experts that have worked with and/or observed the participant during the Fellowship program. 6.3 Successful Completion 6.3.1. Participants that successfully complete an Fellowship will be assigned an RN position within the specialized area of practice or arena. 6.3.2. Successful Fellows will be placed before other internal UNION job applicants, based upon available positions and staffing limitations identified by the receiving manager. 6.3.3. Successful participants will continue to work in the area associated with the Fellowship until provided with a new position and schedule. A position and work schedule will be provided within 30 days of completion of the program. 6.4. Unsuccessful Completion - Part …

OFNHP – RN 2021-2025 6.D.7 The Employer may hire a temporary Registered Nurse to replace Registered Nurses on a Union-related leave. The temporary may be hired for the duration of the leave. 6.D.8 Union-related leaves may not be added to other types of leaves of absence. 6.E. Union representatives will have the opportunity to meet with newly hired employees as part of the orientation process for the purpose of furnishing them with information about the Union. The Union’s segment of this process will be for thirty (30) minutes and will be considered as paid time for the orientee. The provision of orientation will not drive overtime. 6.F. Bargaining Unit members, serving as members of the Union Negotiating Team, shall be credited with seniority for time spent in contract negotiations equal to her/his normal work shift spent when negotiations occur on the employee’s scheduled work day. 6.G. …