Preceptor Duties & Recognition — Stanford Health Care RNs

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -15- 7.9 Staff and Committee Meetings. 7.9.1 Staff Meetings. Nurses will be paid for attending staff meetings outside of the Nurse’s regularly scheduled shift. If the meeting is contiguous with the Nurse’s shift, the pay rate will include the Nurse’s regular shift differential, if any, and overtime premium, if applicable. 7.9.2 Committee Meetings. Nurses will be paid for time spent attending and performing required duties as a member of a committee created, recognized and sponsored by the Employer. The Employer and the Nurse must agree on the appointment to, or participation in, such a committee and the extent to which the Nurse is authorized to perform duties other than attendance at the meeting. If the meeting is contiguous with the Nurse’s shift, the pay rate will include applicable shift differential, if any, and overtime premium, if applicable. 7 …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -18- is not considered to be an involuntary reclassification under Section 6.3.2 of the Agreement. 8.1.2 Current Nurses who apply to Extended Orientation Training Programs will be given preference, if qualified, over external applicants unless in the judgment of the Employer the external applicant is better qualified. Selection for such training programs is not otherwise reviewable under the terms of this Agreement. 8.1.3 A current Regular Nurse accepted into an Extended Orientation Training Program will maintain their appropriate Employer hire date and will suffer no loss of related Nurse benefits during the period of time in the program. 8.2 Tuition Based Specialty Training Programs. To the extent the Employer provides Tuition Based Specialty Training Programs, participation in such programs is open, subject to enrollment limitations, to all qualifi …

15.1 Summary of Responsibilities. The Relief Nurse provides a per diem staffing resource to supplement the regular and part time staffing on Nursing Units. The Relief Nurse may be designated to act as Resource Nurse and is responsible for the delivery of coordinated Nursing care for a patient or a group of patients within a specified patient care unit. They perform the clinical related activities according to the respective assigned unit’s criteria. All terms and conditions for the Employer’s employment of Relief Nurses are set forth in this Section unless as otherwise expressly provided in another Section of this Agreement. 15.2 New Hires. All newly hired Relief Nurses will serve a trial period. After completion of no more than three (3) months of employment, the Employer will give the Relief Nurse an evaluation in writing if they are having difficulty in meeting expectations. This prov …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -22- the supplemental short term disability plan will increase from $0.410 per $10 weekly benefit to $0.416 per $10 weekly benefit for the rest of the 2024 plan year. Premiums may change for subsequent plan years based on insurance company renewal. The pre-existing condition exclusion clause will continue to apply to claims for which the date of disability is on or before May 31, 2024. No pre-existing condition exclusion will apply to any claims with a disability start date on or after June 1, 2024. Claims will be approved by the insurance provider subject to the terms of the policy and applicable law. 9.11 Supplemental Group Life Insurance. Eligible Regular Nurses and eligible Relief Nurses may purchase Supplemental Group Life Insurance in accordance with the applicable plan provisions contained in the Staff Benefits Handbook and/or on file in the Be …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -36- 14.7 Program, Course, and/or Exam Qualifications. 14.7.1 Only courses taken for credit, certification exams and renewals, according to the following criteria, will be accepted for tuition assistance. A grade of “C” or higher must be obtained in a course taken for credit to qualify for reimbursement. Criteria. a. Courses required for undergraduate, graduate or professional degree in the field of Nursing. b. Vocational, correspondence, extension, college or occupational skills courses, certification exams and renewals, and workshops which are clearly and demonstrably related to the effective performance of the eligible Nurse’s present job or which in the judgment of the Employer will increase the Nurse’s knowledge and effectiveness as a Registered Nurse with the Employer. 14.7.2 The approval of apparent course compliance will be made by the eligibl …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -54- the Holiday Shifts on Christmas and Christmas Eve pursuant to this provision shall be available to be assigned to work on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, and vice versa. For purposes of this provision, the Holiday Shifts are the shifts occurring during the 48-hour period commencing with the start of the Nurse’s shift on the day before each holiday (i.e., Christmas Day or New Year’s Day). 20.2 It shall be the responsibility of the Regular Nurse to request, according to established departmental policy, their preference with regard to this holiday time, including choice of holiday and whether it should be scheduled as a regular day off or PTO time. If it is not feasible to grant the holiday as a day off, PTO or “A” time shall be used. 20.3 The Employer shall, on the basis of the Employer’s needs, decide which of the holidays shall be granted. 20. …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -16- 7.10.7 Preceptor competency shall be completed annually. Individual training needs will be identified annually by the Manager or designee through completion of the Preceptor competency. 7.10.8 A qualified Preceptor may request to be removed from the Preceptor program or to be relieved temporarily of Preceptor duties by making a request to their Manager and such request shall not be unreasonably denied, taking into consideration the staffing and training needs of the unit and patient care. A manager who denies a request shall provide an estimate in writing of the time period by which the Nurse’s request may be granted. 7.10.9 Each unit will maintain a list of qualified preceptors. In the event that a unit does not or will not have a sufficient number of qualified Preceptors, the matter will be discussed at Nurse Practice Committee. CRONA and the E …

The Employer supports job oriented training and professional enrichment through the provision of selected Employer programs offering expanded specialty training opportunities. The Employer has the responsibility to make the final determination of the need for and definition of such programs at its sole discretion. 8.1 Extended Orientation Training Programs. 8.1.1 To the extent the Employer provides in house Extended Orientation Training Programs in certain specialty areas participation is open, subject to enrollment limitations, to all current Regular Nurses of the Employer who have successfully completed their trial period and to other external Registered Nurse applicants deemed qualified by the Employer. Successful applicants will be eligible to fill available positions within the specialty area upon successful completion of the program. a. Current Regular Nurses of the Employer who ap …