NURSING RESOURCE TEAM (NRT). V.1 A Nursing Resource Team (NRT) can be utilized to meet the Hospital’s need to replace short term absences, fill temporary vacancies and unforeseen increases to patient volume in units and as a method of creating full-time positions.
V.2 The Collective Agreement shall apply to all aspects of the NRT Nurse.
V.3 For the purposes of vacation, leaves of absence, lay-off or any other seniority or service entitlement under the collective agreement the NRT shall be treated as a separate unit.
V.4 The utilization of a NRT shall not cause the short term or long term lay off of any nurse covered by the collective agreement or a reduction in the scheduled hours of regular part-time nurses on the unit.
V.5 Prior to assigning a NRT/SRT Nurse, the Hospital must satisfy its obligations under the collective agreement with respect to the scheduling or calling in of regular part- time and/or casual nurses for scheduled tours and/or additional tours that become available after the schedule has been posted save and except that NRT’s may be utilized to fill temporary full-time vacancies due to sick leave absences, leaves of absence and pregnancy/parental leaves while the Employer makes proper arrangements to fill the vacancy under Article 10.07(d).
V.6 To ensure quality patient care, each nurse assigned to a unit shall receive the orientation specific to the program prior to the commencement of the assignment. Dated at Scarborough , Ontario, this 13 day of May , 2021 FOR THE EMPLOYER FOR THE UNION Labour Relations Officer Xxxxxxx XxxXxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx Between: And:
NURSING RESOURCE TEAM (NRT). The purpose of NRT is to provide internal 16 staffing within the hospital units to cover anticipated and short-term absences 17 of core staff. NRT nurses are a valuable and highly skilled resource for the 18 Hospital. Nurses shall demonstrate and maintain competency, skills and 19 certifications required to work within their clinical grouping service. NRT 20 clinical grouping services currently include: 21 Med-Surg: Cardiac Center 22 Ortho-Neuro, Med Oncology 23 Post-Surgical and 24 General Medicine 25 Critical Care: 26 ICU, IMCU, CCE and ED 27 Women’s and Children’s: 28 Peds, Maternal Child 29 Special Care Nursery and 30 NICU 32 The Hospital may add to or reconfigure clinical grouping services, or add 33 additional services, after prior notice to and consultation with bargaining unit 34 representatives.
1 7.5.1 Each NRT RN will be assigned a primary unit within their clinical 2 grouping service for purposes of Staffing Standby rotation, job bidding, 3 and layoff under Article 8.
5 7.5.2 As with other positions in the bargaining unit, the Hospital may post 6 NRT positions as full time or part time, in its discretion. In addition, an 7 NRT RN may request a reduction in hours in accordance with Section 8 1.2(G)(4).
10 7.5.3 Daily staffing assignments while on shift will be designated in 11 accordance with the following:
12 1. Assignments will generally follow four-hour blocks with 13 equitable rotation throughout the clinical grouping service.
15 2. An NRT nurse will be assigned to a unit outside of their primary 16 clinical grouping service only when an NRT in that clinical 17 grouping service is unavailable, and patient needs require the 18 assignment. An NRT required to float outside of their clinical 19 grouping service may request and receive a modified 20 assignment consistent with their skill set. If an NRT nurse, in 21 their professional judgment, determines that they do not 22 possess the skills or experience required for the assignment, 23 the nurse’s judgment will be respected.
25 3. An NRT nurse shall have the option to reorient to any unit 26 within their clinical grouping service if it has been more than six 27 months since their last rotation to that unit.
