Floating & Reassignment — Kaiser Permanente — Washington RNs & ARNPs

SEIU RN/ARNP 2023-2027 6.9 In-service and Orientation. In-service education and orientation programs shall be instituted and maintained, with programs posted in advance. In-service education programs will be scheduled in an effort to accommodate varying work schedules. The procedures and content for such programs shall be appropriate subjects for discussion by the Nursing Practice Committees. Such programs shall be consistent with the standards established by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. Participation in in- service education shall be one criterion used in performance evaluation. 6.10 Personnel Policies. All Employees of this bargaining unit, in addition to being governed by this Agreement, shall also be subject to the personnel policies published by the Employer having general applicability to all employees of the Employer and any subsequent personnel policies, ru …

SEIU RN/ARNP 2023-2027 would a position be considered comparable under similar geographic location if the distance between the staff member’s home address and the nearest geographic location that is 20 miles or greater. In-Patient Hospital Units: 1) North: Peace Health (Bellingham), Providence Everett 2) Central: Overlake (Bellevue), Swedish (Cherry Hill & First Hill), CHIPS (Cap Hill) 3) South: St Joes (Tacoma), St Peters (Olympia), St Michaels Harrison (Bremerton) 13.7.9 Qualified. For purposes of this Agreement, an employee will be considered qualified if, in the opinion of the Employer, the employee has the skills, competence and ability based on established criteria to perform the responsibilities of a particular position within the time period normally expected of an employee new to the position. If, after four (4) weeks of orientation, the employee has not achieved a satisfactory …

6.11.1 Floating for non-designated employees outside of the assigned work facility. It is the Employer’s intent to utilize designated Travel Group or Float Pool employees prior to offering voluntary floating to employees who are not designated specifically as Travel Group or Float Pool employees. Floating outside of the assigned facility for the shift of regular, temporary, and probationary employees who are not specifically designated to a Travel Group or Float Pool, will be on a voluntary basis only. If employees who are not designated specifically to a Travel Group or Float Pool volunteer to go to a facility other than where they are assigned they will be paid the appropriate float premium and mileage reimbursement. 6.11.2 Designated Float Pool or Travel Group Employees. Work Unit: Unless otherwise specified in the CBA, the work units for staff designated to a Float Pool or Travel Gro …

The Perioperative Services Float Pool Pilot’s purpose is to improve staffing across the perioperative service line. This covers the job classifications outlined above within the Surgery Centers (ORs) and Shared Procedure Units (SPU). Periop Float Pool Pods: o Capitol Hill (Seattle) & Bellevue (Home Base: Capitol Hill) o Bellevue & Tacoma (Home Base: Bellevue) o Tacoma & Capitol Hill (Seattle) (Home Base: Tacoma) 6.12 Transfer. Nurses may transfer within KFHPWA without loss of accrued benefits provided for in this Agreement. When skill, competency and ability are considered substantially equal in the judgment of the Employer, seniority shall be a controlling consideration in the transfer and promotion to other positions within the bargaining unit. A “transfer” shall be defined as an employee-initiated change in employment status, location or shift. Upon being selected for a new position, …

9.1 Holidays. The following holidays shall be granted with regular pay including shift differential: New Year’s Day Labor Day Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Thanksgiving Presidents’ Day Christmas Memorial Day Floating Holiday Independence Day The floating holiday will be scheduled off with the approval of supervision. New employees shall not be eligible to take the floating holiday until after six (6) months of continuous employment. Floating holidays must be taken in the same calendar year as an employee becomes eligible for the floating holiday. 9.2 Holiday During Paid Time Off. If a holiday falls during an employee’s Paid Time Off, the day will be charged as a holiday. 9.3 Holiday “Premium” Pay. Employees who work on the actual and/or observed holiday will receive 1.5x their regular rate of pay for all hours worked that day. When an actual holiday and observed holiday are two diffe …

SEIU RN/ARNP 2023-2027 When Occupational Health staff work outside their assigned geographic pod, they shall be paid the float premium which corresponds to their job classification. 6.11.4.5 Perioperative Services Float Pool Pilot Starting January 1, 2024, the parties shall meet to jointly develop a Perioperative Float Pool Pilot, to include defining pods, work units, roles and scope. The pilot will include o Staff Nurses (RNs), Endo Techs, Surgical Techs, Anesthesia Techs, Patient Care Techs (PCTs), Central Sterilizing (CS) Techs, and Health Unit Coordinators (HUCs). Other conditions of work for the pilot shall be consistent with those of other float pool/travel group employees that are negotiated in this Agreement. Launch of the pilot would be dependent on reaching mutual agreement around the details outlined above. The parties agree that the float pool is not intended to replace the p …

7.12 Low Census. During a temporary period of low census, the Employer will seek out volunteers to take time off before determining and implementing the reduced staffing schedule required. 7.12.1 Hospital/Home Health and Hospice Low Census. Hospital/Home Health & Hospice, Ambulatory Surgical Departments, Shared Procedures Low Census. Where unanticipated low census occurs in the inpatient facility, Tacoma, Bellevue, Capitol Hill ambulatory surgery units, Bellevue and Capitol Hill Shared Procedures Units, or Home Health and Hospice, the following steps will be taken in the order below: 1. Floating where there are patient care needs 2. Voluntary low census. 3. Other nursing related work assignments or skill development consistent with organizational and patient care needs as determined by the Employer. These activities will be funded up to a maximum amount of $100,000 per calendar year (one …

3.1 Union Access. The Union’s authorized staff representatives may have access to the Employer’s premises where employees covered by this Agreement are working, excluding direct patient care areas, for the purpose of investigating grievances and contract compliance at reasonable times, after notifying the Employer. Access for other purposes shall not be unreasonably denied by the Employer. The Union’s representatives shall advise the Employer as to which department or area the staff representative wishes to visit, and will confine such visits to the department or areas agreed upon. Such visits shall not interfere with or disturb employees in the performance of their work during working hours and shall not interfere with patient care. 3.1.1 New Employee Orientation. During the Employer’s new hire orientation program, KFHPWA will make a conference room available for up to one-half (½) hour …