Work Schedules & Posting — Kaiser Permanente — Northwest RNs (Oregon / SW Washington)

OFNHP – RN 2021-2025 iii. Qualified and UCC trained RNs within the same service area. iv. Qualified and trained RNs within the NW Region. 2) Holiday shifts will be staffed so that at a minimum, 50% of the RNs are UCC core staff. 3) If there are not enough volunteers to cover the holiday shift, the shift will be filled in reverse seniority order from RNs within the worksite’s core UCC staff. 4) Once staff volunteer, or are assigned a holiday shift, they are required to fill that shift unless explicitly released by staffing or their direct supervisor. 5) Management may assign full shifts and will consider partial shifts but is under no obligation to schedule partial shifts. 6) Holiday shifts will be offered 3 months in advance of the shift and will be available for sign-up for two weeks. Shifts will be awarded within two weeks from the end of the sign-up. 12.C.6 Pre-Scheduling Process a. O …

OFNHP – RN 2021-2025 b. Part-time float employees may elect to not be available during four (4) weeks of the year. Requests must be submitted according to the timetable in Appendix B. 10.E.4 Holiday Availability a. Float employees shall be available to work on one (1) Group A holiday, defined as Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Christmas Day or the evening shift of Christmas Eve is required every other year. b. Float employees shall be available to work on one (1) Group B holiday each year, defined as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day. 10.E.5 Pre-Scheduling Process a. Float employees will submit their availability dates for work every fourth (4th) Friday according to the schedule in Appendix B. Late submission will not exclude the employee from scheduling, but seniority will not apply until all timely submitted availability’s are sch …

12.B.1 Change in schedules within current hours of operation Regularly scheduled days on/off and start/stop times will be developed between managers and employees to the extent possible to achieve stability, and consistency among team members. When the Employer requires permanent changes to days on/off or start/stop times of two (2) hours or less to work groups or individual employees and when volunteers cannot be obtained, the least senior employee(s) in the nursing module(s)/department(s) shall accept the required change. 12.B.2 Changes in schedules outside of the current hours of operation, evening scheduling, weekend scheduling or other scheduled segments may be required in the interest of patient access, quality health care or efficiency of operations. If a need to change schedules outside of current hours of operation is identified, the agreed upon LMP entity and process will be ut …

OFNHP – RN 2021-2025 4) Outpatient Nurses will be advised at least twenty-one (21) days in advance of their scheduled hours and days. Any changes in scheduled days off will be by mutual agreement between the employee and the supervisor. b. 5/40 Employees typically will be scheduled for eight and one-half (8 - ½) hours, including the unpaid meal break, or in some cases four (4) hour segments between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. c. 9/40 All Registered Nurses assigned to work a 9/40 scheduling pattern agreed to do so as a result of the development of an alternative schedule according to the process described in this Article. This recognizes those currently occurring alternative schedules, however, future alternative schedules are subject to the same process as described in this Article. d. 4/40 All Registered Nurses assigned to work within a 4/40 scheduling pattern agreed …

OFNHP – RN 2021-2025 b. Limits Per Patient Care Area in the Entire Hospital 1) Patient care areas with twenty (20) or fewer coded RNs shall be limited to one (1) per twenty-four (24) hours. 2) Patient care areas with twenty-one to twenty-five (21-25) coded RNs shall be limited to two (2) per twenty-four (24) hours and on different shifts. The SPU and PACU shall be included in this limit. 3) Patient care areas with more than twenty-five (25) coded RNs shall be limited to three (3) per patient care area per twenty-four (24) hours. These three (3) would be distributed to one (1) per shift, or two (2) per day shift and one (1) on evening or night shift. For inpatient areas in which there are not three (3) shifts operating, the number shall be three (3) per twenty-four (24) hour period. If more units are created, the Employer will meet with the Union for the purpose of adding to the number of …

RN Double Time Incentive Both Parties acknowledge the mutual goal of appropriate staffing for inpatient areas such that double-time incentive is used in a limited fashion. To provide incentive to current inpatient RN staff (all areas), including RAN, to pick up additional unfilled shifts, particularly the less attractive shifts, after exhausting routine scheduling practices: 1. Double-time for working any extra weekend shift (above and beyond regular schedule and job requirements). Weekend defined as Friday Noon through Sunday evening shift. 2. Double-time for working any night shift that would normally be overtime (overtime as defined by current contract language – See Article 10.I.). 3. If a RN calls in sick for a regularly scheduled shift, (excluding FMLA/OFLA covered ill time and Workers Comp medical appointments) during the pay period, they will not be eligible for the incentive dur …

10.I.1 General - Consecutive Day Premium Rules a. Exemptions-overtime: Ill time, vacation, float holidays and funeral leave shall not be counted in the computation of overtime. b. Exemptions-consecutive day pay: holidays taken, float holidays taken, ill time taken, education days, stand-by hours, vacation taken, flex days taken, and non-clinical time above coding will not be included in the compensation of consecutive day pay. c. For the purposes of this provision, the following will count in calculating consecutive days of work: all core shifts, all clinical time above coding, mandatory training events, nursing unit retreats, and bereavement leave. d. Double shift overtime hours worked will not be included in the consecutive day premium calculation except as specified in Article 10.G.2. e. For all shifts shorter than 12 hours, employees’ work schedules shall provide for a minimum of twe …

Employees are entitled to take rest periods daily, which insofar as practicable as determined by the Employer shall be in the middle of each work period. 15.I.1 Departments will be staffed appropriately to provide for RN breaks and lunches. 15.I.2 No wage deduction shall be made for such rest periods. Rest periods for employees working an eight (8) hour shift shall be computed on the basis of fifteen (15) minutes during each half (1/2) of their work shift. Rest periods for employees working a nine (9) or ten (10) hour shift shall be computed on the basis of twenty (20) minutes during each half (1/2) of their work shift. An employee working a twelve (12) hour shift shall be allowed three (3) rest periods of fifteen (15) minutes each. Employees working four (4) hours in a workday shall receive one (1) fifteen (15) minute rest period during such work period. Employees are required to remain …