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RN LOUs

(2009RN04) Urgent Care and Extended Hours Changes: Addresses issues affecting Primary Care RNs raised by the reduction in Urgent Care Clinic hours and the implementation of extended hours. Includes training, shift differential lump sum, Team Leader issues, and schedule change process.
(2009RN03) On-Call and Float Availability for Brookside Residential Treatment Facility: Establishes requirements for On-call and Float Availability for Brookside Residential Treatment Facility.
(2009RN02) Registered Nurse Overtime Limitations: In order to reduce RN fatigue, limits time worked (productive) to 12.5 hours in a 24 hour period and 110 hours (productive and non-productive) in a pay period.
(2009RN01) Accretion Agreement High Risk OB-GYN Case Managers: Incorporates the high risk OB/GYN RN Case Manager classification into representation by OFNHP.
(2008RN08) Overtime Calculation for Coordinator Hospice-Palliative Care, Inpatient Nurses: For Hospice and Palliative Care RNs, overtime is only paid for above 40 hours in the week. These RNs may flex their daily schedules based on hours worked in the week and needs of patients.
(2008RN07) Wage Step Adjustments (Steps 10 and 11): Process for correcting mistaken step placements for RNs that should have been on steps for 16 or 20 years of experience.
(2008RN06) Clinical Optimization Consultant Position: Accretion Agreement for the Clinical Optimization Consultant Position. Waives certain overtime and scheduling rules.
(2008RN05) Revised Float Pool Agreement: Revises Inpatient RN Float pool agreement (RN Article 10.E) - revises required availability, eliminates ability for management to remove coding from RNs, establishes process for requesting shifts and time-off.
(2008RN04) Annual Certification Monies: Clarifies that the certification fund component of the RN education fund is funded at $20,000.
(2008RN03) Flex Team Differential Overtime Proposal: Establishes overtime and other compensation (e.g. keeping differentials from regular position, etc.)
(2008RN02) Workweek definition-FLSA Compliance (2 parts): Defines the start of the work week for FLSA compliance purposes. The second LOU that states that KP will bargain to keep employees whole if changes reduce compensation is missing.
(2008RN01) RN Hiring: Outpatient RN Job Description LOU should be separated from the RN hiring LOU on the webpage. The RN Hiring LOU is on the webpage twice in the RN section.
(2006RN09) Overtime after standby-KSMC-Procedure Units
(2006RN08) Allowing trades resulting in consecutive shifts without driving overtime: Allows for KSMC RNs to trade shifts in ways that result in 4 12 hour shifts or 5 10 hour shifts in 2 payroll weeks without driving consecutive day overtime.
(2006RN07) Education Leave: Clarifies process for requesting educational leave.
(2006RN06) Continuing Care Services On-call positions: Establishes availability to work requirements for on-call RN positions in Continuing Care Services.
(2006RN05) Dual Licensure (RN): Establishes requirement for dual licensure (Oregon and Washington) for positions meeting Board of Nursing criteria. Establishes standard for Employer reimbursement of certain costs.
(2006RN04) 7-70 Vacation Accrual: Establishes vacation accrual for RNs working 7/70 schedule.
(2006RN03) 2006 RN Tenure Step Grievance: Grievance settlement that establishes process to correct tenure step misplacement.
(2006RN02) Seniority: Provides for reciprocal seniority at 1 year of seniority for every 3 years of service (5 years of seniority maximum) upon gaining a position within the ONA or OFNHP RN bargaining unit.
(2006RN01) Foreign Nursing Experience: Establishes rules for determining what foreign nursing experience will count toward tenure step placement.
(2005RN01) On-Call and Float Availability for Brookside Residential Treatment Facility
(2003RN01) CCS overtime payments for workers working after-hours call.: Establishes standards for overtime payments for workers working after-hours call in Continuing Care Services.
(2001RN01) Elimination of Sick Leave Accrual Cap for RNs: Eliminates the sick leave cap for RNs. Sick leave can be accrued without limit subsequent to this LOU. Not printed in contract due to printing error.
(1998RN01) Tuition Reimbursement Policy Exception: Allows RNFA students to use an entire year of tuition reimbursement funds in one quarter in order to pay for RNFA course tuition.