PRN Nurse. A nurse employed to be scheduled on an intermittent basis 15 as needed. PRN nurses are expected to provide written notice of availability (or 16 unavailability) at least ten (10) days prior to the posting date for each schedule period.
PRN Nurse. Section 1. In order to enhance the Commonwealth's ability to attract registered nurses who may not be available for full-time or regular part-time employment, the parties have established a separate and distinct classification which is known as "PRN Nurse". When staff level bargaining unit work is assigned from a pool of PRN Nurses on a day to day basis, such nurses shall be, for the period of their employment, bargaining unit employees, and subject to the terms of this Agreement excepting those Articles specified in Section 3 of this Article. It is understood that this classification may be used at all locations throughout the Commonwealth and that no use will be permitted through the reclassification of existing positions.
Section 2. PRN Nurses shall be paid an hourly rate of $26.73. Effective July 1, 2005, the hourly rate will be increased to $27.53. Effective January 1, 2007, the hourly rate will be increased to $28.49. PRN Nurses who work on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day shall be paid one and one-half times their regular hourly rate.
Section 3. The following Articles of the Collective Bargaining Agreement shall not apply to PRN Nurses: Article 4; Articles 7 through 16; Article 17, Sections 3, 4 and 9 Articles l9 through 24; Article
Section 4. PRN Nurses who have at least one year of service since their most recent appointment with the Commonwealth on July 31, 2004; July 31, 2006; January 31, 2007 as appropriate and who transfer from PRN status to full-time status will be eligible to receive a one step service increment effective the first day of the first full pay period in July 2004; July 2006; and January 2007, as appropriate.
Section 5. The Union and the applicable Department shall "meet and discuss" regarding the institutions at which PRN Nurses will be employed. Additionally, prior to the employment of PRN
a. PRN Nurse pools shall not be used to the disadvantage of regular complement nurses with respect to the frequency of holiday or weekend work, or evening and night shift scheduling.
b. PRN Nurses shall be, on an aggregate basis, scheduled for an equitable number of evening and night shifts, weekends and holidays on a proportionate basis to the number of such shifts and days assigned to regular complement nurses.
c. An individual PRN Nurse shall not be scheduled for more than six shifts in a pay period except by mutual agreement of the Employer and the Union.
d. All newly hired PR...
PRN Nurse. A Nurse hired for a period of three (3) months or more in a position that has no regular schedule and/or hours but is assigned by a department director if the work schedule cannot be covered by full-time, regular part-time, weekend package, weekend package plus, or part time accruing nurses.
PRN Nurse. 7 A Nurse employed to be scheduled on an intermittent basis as needed.
PRN Nurse. A Nurse employed on an intermittent basis as needed. Prior to the posting of 10 the schedule, PRN Nurse shall not be scheduled when full or part time Nurses are available to 11 be scheduled without creating an overtime situation.
PRN Nurse. A nurse who is scheduled on an as-needed basis with no assigned
PRN Nurse. Section 1. In order to enhance the Commonwealth's ability to attract registered nurses who may not be available for full-time or regular part-time employment, the parties have established a separate and distinct classification which is known as "PRN Nurse". When staff level bargaining unit work is assigned from a pool of PRN Nurses on a day to day basis, such nurses shall be, for the period of their employment, bargaining unit employees, and subject to the terms of this Agreement excepting those Articles specified in Section 3 of this Article. It is understood that this classification may be used at all locations throughout the Commonwealth and that no use will be permitted through the reclassification of existing positions.
PRN Nurse. A non-regularly scheduled nurse who works during any period when additional work of any nature requires a temporarily augmented work force or in the event of an emergency or nurse absenteeism. PRN nurses shall not accrue seniority. Regularly scheduled full-time and part-time nurses who change to PRN status and subsequently return within one (1) year shall have seniority and PTO accruals previously earned as a regularly scheduled full-time or part-time nurse reinstated excluding the time spent on PRN status.
