Common use of Campus Based Committees Clause in Contracts

Campus Based Committees. The responsibility of each campus committee will be to provide oversight of the ongoing staff input in the review and modification of unit based staffing plans that are developed to facilitate staffing effectiveness. This process will include the following elements: 1) Review any staffing variance forms. 2) Monthly, gather and analyze data on all units on the following: a) units that are not consistently meeting the matrix; b) Units where normally unassigned charge RNs are taking patients; c) and PSA usage. 3) Units that are consistently not meeting the matrix at least 85% will be prioritized for improvement. 4) Review, modify and compile all unit based staffing plans into a comprehensive campus report which is submitted to the Joint Staffing Committee; 5) Create a standard template for developing staffing plans. 6) Participate in the determination and evaluation of staffing needs for the campus, including but not limited to unit or cross-unit break strategies, unit based resource needs for admissions and discharges, HUC and transport resources or any campus- wide staffing initiatives. Float pool employees may join campus-based staffing committees where the correct number of float pool positions and staffing levels will be monitored and evaluated. 7) Campus based staffing committees will determine specific data sets which may include but are not limited to: compliance with staffing matrices, admits/discharges/transfers, nurse sensitive quality indicators data, use of overtime, unmet breaks or meals, planned or unplanned absences, vacancies, extra shifts, double shifts, agency, travelers, float and per diem to meet staffing requirement. Trends that continue for three (3) months, for such things as census, acuity, frequency of 1:1 assignments and unit activity will be used as the basis for potential changes in staffing. It shall be the responsibility of the committee to identify solutions to problems indicated by this data.

Campus Based Committees. The responsibility of each campus committee will be to provide oversight of the ongoing staff input in the review and modification of unit based staffing plans that are developed to facilitate staffing effectiveness. This process will include the following elements: 1) Review any staffing variance forms. 2) Monthly, gather and analyze data on all units on the following: a) units that are not consistently meeting the matrix; b) Units where normally unassigned charge RNs are taking patients; c) and PSA usage. 3) Units that are consistently not meeting the matrix at least 85% will be prioritized for improvement. 4) Review, modify and compile all unit based staffing plans into a comprehensive campus report which is submitted to the Joint Staffing Committee; 5) Create a standard template for developing staffing plans. 6) Participate in the determination and evaluation of staffing needs for the campus, including but not limited to unit or cross-unit break strategies, unit based resource needs for admissions and discharges, HUC and transport resources or any campus- campus-wide staffing initiatives. Float pool employees may join campus-based staffing committees where the correct number of float pool positions and staffing levels will be monitored and evaluated. 7) Campus based staffing committees will determine specific data sets which may include but are not limited to: compliance with staffing matrices, admits/discharges/transfers, nurse sensitive quality indicators data, use of overtime, unmet breaks or meals, planned or unplanned absences, vacancies, extra shifts, double shifts, agency, travelers, float and per diem to meet staffing requirement. Trends that continue for three (3) months, for such things as census, acuity, frequency of 1:1 assignments and unit activity will be used as the basis for potential changes in staffing. It shall be the responsibility of the committee to identify solutions to problems indicated by this data.