Staff Development Programs. (A) The Hospital shall provide staff development programs as required by the New Jersey Department of Health and The Joint Commission. Such programs may include training in the form of orientation programs, continuing education and/or critical care courses. Subject to operational needs, the Hospital will provide adequate coverage for patient care assignments in order to complete mandatory training during the regularly scheduled shift. If such adequate coverage is not available, the mandatory training will be rescheduled. The Hospital will make available a listing of mandatory training requirements, including the dates, times and locations of the mandatory trainings where available. (B) The Hospital shall, subject to the availability of funds and operational requirements, offer a program of continuing education. Such programs will take place during work time, and coverage will be provided for participating employees, where in the discretion of the Hospital it is required. Time spent at these programs will be considered time worked and the employee shall be compensated accordingly. The Hospital will post a notice on each nursing unit bulletin board on each campus of its programs which have been granted Continuing Education Recognition Points by an appropriate professional association. The Hospital will use reasonable efforts to post this notice at least two (2) weeks prior to the program commencing. (C) Critical care courses will be offered to all new employees in critical care areas who require such training as determined by the Hospital, within a reasonable time from the date of employment. Such courses will be offered to employees who transfer into critical care areas who require such training within such employee’s transfer probationary period. All time spent at these courses will be considered as time worked and the employee shall be compensated accordingly. (D) Full-time staff nurses may utilize up to twenty-four (24) hours of conference time per calendar year. This benefit shall be pro-rated for regular part-time staff nurses. An employee may request in writing to his/her supervisor, permission to participate in work- related educational workshops, seminars, conferences and/or conventions. The Hospital will make a reasonable effort to approve such participation, subject to operational needs and the availability of funds. The Hospital, if it approves such participation, will grant time off without loss of the employee's pay, at his/her regular rate of pay, and subject to the limitations set out in the paragraph above, will grant financial assistance to attend such programs. If an approved conference falls on a day when the staff nurse is not scheduled to work, the staff nurse shall receive time off with pay equivalent to the time of the conference, to a maximum of twenty-four (24) hours. This time off shall be scheduled by management within sixty (60) days of the conference. Night shift employees who are scheduled to attend such a program shall be given as a conference day, either the night before, or the night after. Employees will receive a response to their request for participation within two (2) weeks of submission. The Hospital may set a deadline for receipt of requests for specific conferences. Reimbursement of expenses incurred shall be made within a reasonable time after submission of a request for reimbursement. All travel arrangements must be made in conformance with Hospital policy in order to be reimbursable. Approval for participation in continuing education programs necessary for the maintenance of employee's certification in his/her specialty area and/or Hospital requirement shall receive priority consideration.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Staff Development Programs. (A) The Hospital University shall provide staff development programs as required by the New Jersey Department of Health and The the Joint CommissionCommission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations. Such programs may include training in the form of orientation programs, continuing education and/or critical care courses. Subject to operational needs, the Hospital University will provide adequate coverage for patient care assignments in order to complete mandatory training during the regularly scheduled shift. If such adequate coverage is not available, the mandatory training will be rescheduled. The Hospital University will make available a listing of mandatory training requirements, including the dates, times and locations of the mandatory trainings where available.
(B) The Hospital University shall, subject to the availability of funds and operational requirements, offer a program of continuing education. Such programs will take place during work time, and coverage will be provided for participating employees, where in the discretion of the Hospital University it is required. Time spent at these programs will be considered time worked and the employee shall be compensated accordingly. The Hospital University will post a notice on each nursing unit bulletin board on each campus of its programs which have been granted Continuing Education Recognition Points by an appropriate professional association. The Hospital University will use reasonable efforts to post this notice at least two (2) weeks prior to the program commencing.
(C) Critical care courses will be offered to all new employees in critical care areas who require such training as determined by the HospitalUniversity, within a reasonable time from the date of employment. Such courses will be offered to employees who transfer into critical care areas who require such training within such employee’s transfer probationary period. All time spent at these courses will be considered as time worked and the employee shall be compensated accordingly.
(D) Full-time staff nurses may utilize up to twenty-four (24) hours of conference time per calendar year. This benefit shall be pro-rated for regular part-time staff nurses. An employee may request in writing to his/her supervisor, permission to participate in work- work-related educational workshops, seminars, conferences and/or conventions. The Hospital University will make a reasonable effort to approve such participation, subject to operational needs and the availability of funds. The HospitalUniversity, if it approves such participation, will grant time off without loss of the employee's pay, at his/her regular rate of pay, and subject to the limitations set out in the paragraph above, will grant financial assistance to attend such programs. If an approved conference falls on a day when the staff nurse is not scheduled to work, the staff nurse shall receive time off with pay equivalent to the time of the conference, to a maximum of twenty-four (24) hours. This time off shall be scheduled by management within sixty (60) days of the conference. Night shift employees who are scheduled to attend such a program shall be given as a conference day, either the night before, or the night after. Employees will receive a response to their request for participation within two (2) weeks of submission. The Hospital University may set a deadline for receipt of requests for specific conferences. Reimbursement of expenses incurred shall be made within a reasonable time after submission of a request for reimbursement. All travel arrangements must be made in conformance with Hospital University policy in order to be reimbursable. Approval for participation in continuing education programs necessary for the maintenance of employee's certification in his/her specialty area and/or Hospital University requirement shall receive priority consideration.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Staff Development Programs. (A) A. The Hospital University shall provide staff development programs as required by the New Jersey Department of Health, the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, and The Joint Commissionprograms as mandated by the Department of Corrections and the NCCHC. Such programs may include training in the form of orientation programs, continuing education and/or critical care courses. Subject to operational needs, the Hospital University will provide adequate coverage for patient care assignments in order to complete mandatory training during the regularly scheduled shift. If such adequate coverage is not available, the mandatory training will be rescheduled. The Hospital University will make available a listing of mandatory training requirements, including the dates, times and locations of the mandatory trainings where available.
(B) B. The Hospital University shall, subject to the availability of funds and operational requirements, offer a program of continuing education. Such programs will take place during work time, and coverage will be provided for participating employees, where in the discretion of the Hospital University it is required. Time spent at these programs will be considered time worked and the employee shall be compensated accordingly. The Hospital University will post a notice on each nursing unit bulletin board on each campus of its programs which have been granted Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs) by an appropriate professional association. The Hospital University will use reasonable efforts to post this notice at least two (2) weeks prior to the program commencing.
(C) C. Critical care courses will be offered to all new employees in critical care areas who require such training as determined by the HospitalUniversity, within a reasonable time from the date of employment. Such courses will be offered to employees who transfer into critical care areas who require such training within such employee’s transfer probationary period. All time spent at these courses will be considered as time worked and the employee shall be compensated accordingly.
(D) D. Full-time staff nurses may utilize up to twenty-four (24) hours of conference time per calendar year. This benefit shall be pro-rated for regular part-time staff nurses. An employee may request in writing to his/her supervisor, permission to participate in work- work-related educational workshops, seminars, conferences and/or conventions. The Hospital University will make a reasonable effort to approve such participation, subject to operational needs and the availability of funds. The HospitalUniversity, if it approves such participation, will grant time off without loss of the employee's pay, at his/her regular rate of pay, and subject to the limitations set out in the paragraph above, will grant financial assistance to attend such programs. If an approved conference falls on a day when the staff nurse is not scheduled to work, the staff nurse shall receive time off with pay equivalent to the time of the conference, to a maximum of twenty-four (24) hours. This time off shall be scheduled by management within sixty (60) days of the conference. Night shift employees who are scheduled to attend such a program shall be given as a conference day, either the night before, or the night after. Employees will receive a response to their request for participation within two (2) weeks of submission. The Hospital may set a deadline for receipt of requests for specific conferences. Reimbursement of expenses incurred shall be made within a reasonable time after submission of a request for reimbursement. All travel arrangements must be made in conformance with Hospital policy in order to be reimbursable. Approval for participation in continuing education programs necessary for the maintenance of employee's certification in his/her specialty area and/or Hospital requirement shall receive priority consideration.four
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Staff Development Programs. (A)
A. The Hospital University shall provide staff development programs as required by the New Jersey Department of Health, the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, and The Joint Commissionprograms as mandated by the Department of Corrections and the NCCHC. Such programs may include training in the form of orientation programs, continuing education and/or critical care courses. Subject to operational needs, the Hospital University will provide adequate coverage for patient care assignments in order to complete mandatory training during the regularly scheduled shift. If such adequate coverage is not available, the mandatory training will be rescheduled. The Hospital University will make available a listing of mandatory training requirements, including the dates, times and locations of the mandatory trainings where available.
(B) B. The Hospital University shall, subject to the availability of funds and operational requirements, offer a program of continuing education. Such programs will take place during work time, and coverage will be provided for participating employees, where in the discretion of the Hospital University it is required. Time spent at these programs will be considered time worked and the employee shall be compensated accordingly. The Hospital University will post a notice on each nursing unit bulletin board on each campus of its programs which have been granted Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs) by an appropriate professional association. The Hospital University will use reasonable efforts to post this notice at least two (2) weeks prior to the program commencing.
(C) C. Critical care courses will be offered to all new employees in critical care areas who require such training as determined by the HospitalUniversity, within a reasonable time from the date of employment. Such courses will be offered to employees who transfer into critical care areas who require such training within such employee’s transfer probationary period. All time spent at these courses will be considered as time worked and the employee shall be compensated accordingly.
(D) D. Full-time staff nurses may utilize up to twenty-four (24) hours of conference time per calendar year. This benefit shall be pro-rated for regular part-time staff nurses. An employee may request in writing to his/her supervisor, permission to participate in work- work-related educational workshops, seminars, conferences and/or conventions. The Hospital University will make a reasonable effort to approve such participation, subject to operational needs and the availability of funds. The HospitalUniversity, if it approves such participation, will grant time off without loss of the employee's pay, at his/her regular rate of pay, and subject to the limitations set out in the paragraph above, will grant financial assistance to attend such programs. If an approved conference falls on a day when the staff nurse is not scheduled to work, the staff nurse shall receive time off with pay equivalent to the time of the conference, to a maximum of twenty-four (24) hours. This time off shall be scheduled by management within sixty (60) days of the conference. Night shift employees who are scheduled to attend such a program shall be given as a conference day, either the night before, or the night after. Employees will receive a response to their request for participation within two (2) weeks of submission. The Hospital may set a deadline for receipt of requests for specific conferences. Reimbursement of expenses incurred shall be made within a reasonable time after submission of a request for reimbursement. All travel arrangements must be made in conformance with Hospital policy in order to be reimbursable. Approval for participation in continuing education programs necessary for the maintenance of employee's certification in his/her specialty area and/or Hospital requirement shall receive priority consideration.four
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Staff Development Programs. (A) The Hospital University shall provide staff development programs as required by the New Jersey Department of Health and The the Joint CommissionCommission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations. Such programs may include training in the form of orientation programs, continuing education and/or critical care courses. Subject to operational needs, the Hospital University will provide adequate coverage for patient care assignments in order to complete mandatory training during the regularly scheduled shift. If such adequate coverage is not available, the mandatory training will be rescheduled. The Hospital will make available a listing of mandatory training requirements, including the dates, times and locations of the mandatory trainings where available.
(B) The Hospital University shall, subject to the availability of funds and operational requirements, offer a program of continuing education. Such programs will take place during work time, and coverage will be provided for participating employees, where in the discretion of the Hospital University it is required. Time spent at these programs will be considered time worked and the employee shall be compensated accordingly. The Hospital University will post a notice on each nursing unit bulletin board on each campus of its programs which have been granted Continuing Education Recognition Points by an appropriate professional association. The Hospital University will use reasonable efforts to post this notice at least two (2) weeks prior to the program commencing.
(C) Critical care courses will be offered to all new employees in critical care areas who require such training as determined by the HospitalUniversity, within a reasonable time from the date of employment. Such courses will be offered to employees who transfer into critical care areas who require such training within such employee’s transfer probationary period. All time spent at these courses will be considered as time worked and the employee shall be compensated accordingly.
(D) Full-time staff nurses may utilize up to twenty-four (24) hours of conference time per calendar year. This benefit shall be pro-rated for regular part-time staff nurses. An employee may request in writing to his/her supervisor, permission to participate in work- work-related educational workshops, seminars, conferences and/or conventions. The Hospital University will make a reasonable effort to approve such participation, subject to operational needs and the availability of funds. The HospitalUniversity, if it approves such participation, will grant time off without loss of the employee's pay, at his/her regular rate of pay, and subject to the limitations set out in the paragraph above, will grant financial assistance to attend such programs. If an approved conference falls on a day when the staff nurse is not scheduled to work, the staff nurse shall receive time off with pay equivalent to the time of the conference, to a maximum of twenty-four (24) hours. This time off shall be scheduled by management within sixty (60) days of the conference. Night shift employees who are scheduled to attend such a program shall be given as a conference day, either the night before, or the night after. Employees will receive a response to their request for participation within two (2) weeks of submission. The Hospital University may set a deadline for receipt of requests for specific conferences. Reimbursement of expenses incurred shall be made within a reasonable time after submission of a request for reimbursement. All travel arrangements must be made in conformance with Hospital University policy in order to be reimbursable. Approval for participation in continuing education programs necessary for the maintenance of employee's certification in his/her specialty area and/or Hospital requirement shall receive priority consideration.be
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Staff Development Programs. (A) The Hospital University shall provide staff development programs as required by the New Jersey Department of Health and The the Joint CommissionCommission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations. Such programs may include training in the form of orientation programs, continuing education and/or critical care courses. Subject to operational needs, the Hospital University will provide adequate coverage for patient care assignments in order to complete mandatory training during the regularly scheduled shift. If such adequate coverage is not available, the mandatory training will be rescheduled. The Hospital will make available a listing of mandatory training requirements, including the dates, times and locations of the mandatory trainings where available.
(B) The Hospital University shall, subject to the availability of funds and operational requirements, offer a program of continuing education. Such programs will take place during work time, and coverage will be provided for participating employees, where in the discretion of the Hospital University it is required. Time spent at these programs will be considered time worked and the employee shall be compensated accordingly. The Hospital University will post a notice on each nursing unit bulletin board on each campus of its programs which have been granted Continuing Education Recognition Points by an appropriate professional association. The Hospital University will use reasonable efforts to post this notice at least two (2) weeks prior to the program commencing.
(C) Critical care courses will be offered to all new employees in critical care areas who require such training as determined by the HospitalUniversity, within a reasonable time from the date of employment. Such courses will be offered to employees who transfer into critical care areas who require such training within such employee’s transfer probationary period. All time spent at these courses will be considered as time worked and the employee shall be compensated accordingly.
(D) Full-time staff nurses may utilize up to twenty-four (24) hours of conference time per calendar year. This benefit shall be pro-rated for regular part-time staff nurses. An employee may request in writing to his/her supervisor, permission to participate in work- work-related educational workshops, seminars, conferences and/or conventions. The Hospital University will make a reasonable effort to approve such participation, subject to operational needs and the availability of funds. The HospitalUniversity, if it approves such participation, will grant time off without loss of the employee's pay, at his/her regular rate of pay, and subject to the limitations set out in the paragraph above, will grant financial assistance to attend such programs. If an approved conference falls on a day when the staff nurse is not scheduled to work, the staff nurse shall receive time off with pay equivalent to the time of the conference, to a maximum of twenty-four (24) hours. This time off shall be scheduled by management within sixty (60) days of the conference. Night shift employees who are scheduled to attend such a program shall be given as a conference day, either the night before, or the night after. Employees will receive a response to their request for participation within two (2) weeks of submission. The Hospital University may set a deadline for receipt of requests for specific conferences. Reimbursement of expenses incurred shall be made within a reasonable time after submission of a request for reimbursement. All travel arrangements must be made in conformance with Hospital University policy in order to be reimbursable. Approval for participation in continuing education programs necessary for the maintenance of employee's certification in his/her specialty area and/or Hospital University requirement shall receive priority consideration. Each July, there shall be a fund for the sole purpose of reimbursing full-time bargaining unit members, part-time bargaining unit members and per diem bargaining unit members who have worked a minimum of 600 hours in the preceding twelve (12) months, for the costs of tuition and materials associated with obtaining and/or the maintaining a certification which is required by the State and/or University in the employee’s specialty area. The University will pay the costs for the exams required for the eligible certifications listed below. The amount of this fund shall not exceed $60,000. The certifications eligible for reimbursement hereunder are as follows: BLS ACLS PALS NALS – NRP TNCC This list may be amended as agreed upon by the parties, or based upon State mandates. To be eligible for reimbursement hereunder, the bargaining unit member must provide evidence of successful completion of the course attended (i.e., passing grade). The amount of reimbursement shall be determined by, and is expressly conditioned upon, the submission of a valid receipt or receipts by the unit member evincing full payment of the course. If this fund is exhausted prior to June 30, no further reimbursement shall be available hereunder. If there are assets remaining in the fund on June 30, such assets shall revert to the University. On an annual basis, the University shall make a report of the utilization of the fund available to the Union.
(E) The annual employee performance evaluation will be done on a prompt and timely basis. At the time of the evaluation, the employee will be provided a copy of his/her job description. The employee being evaluated will be provided with a copy of his/her performance evaluation and will have three (3) calendar days, excluding weekends and holidays, to review the evaluation. The employee may take a copy of the evaluation home during the three (3) calendar day review period. By the conclusion of the time period, the employee may add his/her comments to the original performance evaluation and shall sign the original performance evaluation. Comments added by the employee shall be included in the employee’s Personnel file in Human Resources. If comments are not made within this period, or the employee does not sign within this period, the right to comment will be forfeited, the supervisor will note the refusal to sign and forward the evaluation to Human Resources for inclusion in the Personnel file. Once the evaluation has been signed by the supervisor and the employee, or where the time for the employee to sign has passed, no additional comments will be added to the evaluation. At the employee’s verbal or written request, the employee will be given a copy of the evaluation within three (3) days of such a request. Prior to evaluating an employee as less than satisfactory, the employee’s supervisor must notify the employee that his/her performance is deficient and that their merit/step increment may be delayed or denied. Such notification shall be made in a timely manner through a written memorandum, a counseling notice, and/or written warning regarding performance issues. In addition, such notification shall contain a description of the performance deficiencies and the corrective actions needed to remedy the performance deficiencies. Further, the employee’s supervisor shall meet with the employee to discuss the performance deficiencies and a corrective plan of action. Upon mutual consent of the employee and their supervisor, a Union Representative shall be present at this meeting. In the event the employee’s evaluation is not provided in a timely manner or notification, as specified above, is not provided, the employee shall receive the merit/step increment. If notice of performance deficiencies and a corrective plan of action is provided in a timely manner and the employee receives a less than satisfactory evaluation, the employee shall be reevaluated after ninety (90) days. During this period, the supervisor shall meet regularly with the employee to review his/her performance and the status of the corrective plan of action. If the employee receives a satisfactory evaluation at the end of ninety (90) days, the employee shall receive the merit/step increment effective that date. The University shall notify the Union of any employee who has received a less than satisfactory evaluation within seventy two (72) hours of the employee receiving a less than satisfactory evaluation. The University and the Union shall establish a joint committee, consisting of three representatives of each party, to discuss problem areas with evaluation. Such committee shall meet within three (3) months of the ratification of the contract.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
