Emergency Department Critical Care Differential. Effective March 26, 2020, registered nursing employees permanently assigned to the Emergency Department Critical Care Unit shall be paid an ED Critical Care differential of $4.00 per hour for all hours worked. For all new graduate Registered Nurses and those who are new to the Emergency Department as a critical care area, the ED Critical Care Differential will be applied following completion of required training necessary for the Emergency Department critical care unit and once the employee is authorized by RUHS to work independently in the Emergency Department.
a. After three (3) full cumulative years of permanent assignment in the RUHS-MC Emergency Department Unit, or three (3) full cumulative years of permanent assignment in any hospital-based Emergency Department in the United States, the employee’s ED Critical Care differential shall be a total of $5.50 per hour for all hours worked.
b. After six (6) full cumulative years of permanent assignment in the RUHS- MC Emergency Department Unit, or six (6) full cumulative years of permanent assignment in any hospital-based Emergency Department in the United States, the employee’s ED Critical Care differential shall be a total of $7.00 per hour for all hours worked. In order to be eligible for the increased ED Critical Care differential, all six (6) full years of permanent assignment in a qualifying Emergency Department must be performed within the immediately preceding nine (9) years.
c. Nursing Education Instructors, who as part of their regularly assigned duties, are required to teach Emergency Department Critical Care classes to nurses assigned to the RUHS, will receive the ED Critical Care differential for all hours worked in the Emergency Department. Employees receiving an Emergency Department Critical Care differential for work performed in the Emergency Department shall not receive a Difficult-to-Recruit differential for assignment or work performed in Emergency Department. While permanently assigned to the Emergency Department, the ED Critical Care differential will be applied to all paid hours when using the employee’s accrued sick and/or vacation leave balances. For purposes of the Emergency Department Critical Care Differential, approved leaves of absence (paid or unpaid) while employed in a permanent assignment to a qualifying Emergency Department shall not be considered as a break in service for purposes of calculating cumulative years of permanent assignment.
Emergency Department Critical Care Differential. Effective March 26, 2020, Rregistered nursing employees permanently assigned to the Emergency Department Critical Care Unit shall be paid an ED Critical Care differential of $4.00 per hour for all hours worked. For all new graduate Registered Nurses and those who are new to the Emergency Department as a critical care area, the ED Critical Care Differential will be applied following completion of required training necessary for the Emergency Department critical care unit and once the employee is authorized by RUHS to work independently in the Emergency Department.
a. After three (3) full cumulative years of permanent assignment in the RUHS-MC Emergency Department Unit, or three (3) full cumulative years of permanent assignment in any hospital-based Emergency Department in the United States, the employee’s ED Critical Care differential shall be a total of $5.50 per hour for all hours worked.
b. After six (6) full cumulative years of permanent assignment in the RUHS-MC Emergency Department Unit, or six (6) full cumulative years of permanent assignment in any hospital-based Emergency Department in the United States, the employee’s ED Critical Care differential shall be a total of $7.00 per hour for all hours worked. In order to be eligible for the increased ED Critical Care differential, all six (6) full years of permanent assignment in a qualifying Emergency Department must be performed within the immediately preceding nine (9) years.
