Positions for Recent Graduates. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article, the Medical Center shall maintain the right to hire recent RN graduates and to post positions as recent RN graduate positions under the following parameters:
Positions for Recent Graduates. Notwithstanding the provisions of this 21 Article, the Medical Center shall maintain the right to hire a maximum of one hundred 22 sixty-five recent RN graduates per fiscal year unless mutually agreed to by the 23 Association and to post positions as recent RN graduate positions. Recent Graduates 24 are defined as nurses who have graduated with their ADN or BSN up to one year before 25 hire and have been licensed for less than six months and have less than six months of 26 acute care experience as an RN. 28 The Labor Management Committee shall monitor the effectiveness and 29 outcomes of the nurse residency program. This includes collaborating to solicit 1 feedback from frontline nurses, in particular preceptors and recent Nurse Residents for 2 this purpose. The parties mutually agree to collaboratively review the previous year’s 3 turnover and vacancy rates, as well as local, regional and national projections. 5 For the Nurse Residency Competency Development Pool (NRCDP), Nurse 6 Residents will be hired into the program through an interview process that will include 7 frontline caregivers. Upon hire, Nurse Residents in the NRCDP will orient to various 8 units to gain competency in accordance with Article 14.2.2. Once competency is 9 validated, the Nurse Resident in the NRCDP will be invited to apply to open positions 10 within the Medical/Surgical, OHVI 4 & 5 and Observation Unit in accordance with Article
Positions for Recent Graduates. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article, the Medical Center shall maintain the right to hire a maximum of 80 recent RN graduates per fiscal year unless mutually agreed to by the Association and to post positions as recent RN graduate positions. Recent Graduates are defined as nurses who have graduated with their AND or BSN up to one (1) year before hire and have been licensed for less than six (6) months and have less than six (6) months of acute care experience as a RN. These positions may be posted under the following parameters:
Positions for Recent Graduates. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article, the Medical Center shall maintain the right to hire recent RN graduates into unassigned positions to allow these nurses the maximum opportunity for learning and development. Nurses hired into such a position may remain in the position for a minimum of two (2) months, including new graduate orientation, and a maximum of twelve (12) months.
13.13.1 During this 12-month period, such nurses shall have the opportunity, upon becoming qualified, to bid on open positions, including positions available for filling only by recent RN graduates. These positions shall only become available as vacancies occur.
13.13.2 A maximum of one (1) out of every five (5) vacancies that become available on a unit and shift during a fiscal year (excluding vacancies occurring as part of a workforce reorganization) may be posted as recent RN graduate positions. The Medical Center may employ a maximum of twenty (20) nurses in such positions per fiscal year.
13.13.3 The Medical Center will, upon request, supply a list of recent graduate positions filled within the past six (6) months to the Association.
Positions for Recent Graduates. Notwithstanding the provisions of this 13 Article, the Medical Center shall maintain the right to hire a maximum of eighty recent
