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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 10271987 - 1.16 1 01G POSITION ADJUSTMENT REQUEST No. Date: 9125/81 PDept No./ is - Copers Department Health Svcs/Hospital t K .t J4 _ Org. N0. 6501 Agency No. 54 Action Requested: Establish the class of Dietetic Technician, allocate it to salary level #C5-1322 ($1704-2071) , add two positions and tantetwo ns i u lona pos. and 1654-- andoneI.S.W. pos. . Proposed Effective Date: 10/21/8 Explain why adjustment is needed: To enhance patient dietary care at Merrithew Memorial Hospital - see attached memo. C4 DESCRIPTION O s-t4'*mM.r,DUTIES/SP - attached: Yes ® No Estimated cost of adjustment: ❑ S (see cost analysis Cost is within department's budget: Yes ® No If not within budget, use reverse side to explain how costs are to be funde4v Department must initiate necessary appropriation adjustment: Web Beadle, Use additional sheets for further explanations or comments. D t. Personnel Officer or Department ea Personnel Department Recommendation Dater Establish the class of Dietetic Technician, allocate it to salary level C5 1322 (1704-2071 ); add two 40/40 positions and cancel two P.I. Institutional Services Aide positions #1653 and 1654, Salary Level. C5. 1036 (1280-1556) ; cancel 1 40/40 Institutional Services Worker position #871 , Salary Level C7 1129 (1793F) s I Amend Resolution 71%17 establishing positions and resolutions allocating classes to the Basic/Exempt Salary: Schedule, as described above. Effective: ® day following Board action. 13 Date or erector of&fsonne7 County;ApprovneRec"ommendation in' for Recommendatfon Date: of Director of Personnel o Disapprove.; Recommendation of Director of Personnel r 0 Other: or CbAMministrator i Board of Supervisors Action �- ---- Adjustment APPROVED%DISAPPROVED on OCT 2 71987 Phi, batchelor, Clark of the hoard of Superv+l�-O 5 and Counly Adinniiistrator OCT 2 71987 Date. BY: . , APPROVAL OF THIS ADJUSTMENT CONSTITUTES A PERSONNEL/SALARY RESOLUTION AMENDMENT. ••� =� •• CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT To: Larry Fugazi , Date: September 25, 1987 Supervising Personnel Analyst From: Web Beadle, Subject: Dietetic Technician Dept. -Personnel Officer This i.,s a request to establish the above entitled new classification and two positions (with offsets) . The following explanation is provided. Title ,XXII and JCAH requirements define the standards of dietary care to be provided in acute care hospitals (copies attached) . In some instances we have been unable to meet all these requirements with the present combin- ation of staff in our Food Service Department which consists of Dietitians and Institutional Service Workers. The problems occur with the latter category of employees who are not trained to interpret and translate physician diet orders properly or effectively monitor trayline assembly for conformance with the approved patient menu plan. This prompted Ellen :Mc Farland, our contract Food Service Manager, todevelop the attached staffi„ng proposal . Availability of such a class would allow us to better meet patient dietary needs and free up our Registered Dietitians from doing some more routine duties to concentrate their energies on patients at dietary risk. In terms of classification considerations, this is an established occupation in man'y other acute care hospitals. Evidence of that includes the attached D.O.T. description of duties and specs from Alameda County, Riverside County and John Muir Hospital : Also attached is a series of journal articles elaborating on the distinction between Dietetic Technicians and Registered Dieticians. Basically we see it as a paraprofessional level job higher than a food service worker but lower than an R.D. Also attached is a hand- written list of duties Ellen prepared together with a draft specification we developed based upon those duties. We are recommending a salary 10% above ISW-Lead level and 16% below Dietitian. This seems consistent with a salary survey we conducted (copy attached) . Our proposed MQ' s are consistent with what other employers require and are designed to provide us with someone with some formalized training in the field. Although the American Dietetic Association has a certificate program they sponsor (copy attached) , we feel such a requirement in our MQ may be overly restrictive. We do not anticipate any additional costs to implement this proposal . The added ,salary costs of employing more highly paid persons will be offset by a A-41 8181 :. Dietet.ic Technician Page 2 a combination of position cancellations and reduced reliance on R. I . ISW's:. The latter will result in part from the part time reassignment of some Diet Office ISW' s back to regular food production and sanitation work thereby obviating the need to schedule P. I . 's for some work shifts. Since ;.the Dietetic Techs will use the same space and equipment as the I .S.W. 's they are replacing, there will be no additional costs of this type involved. Attached find the following documents associated with this request:. P-300, our draft spec, salary survey, specs from other employers, 3 journal articles, ADA ce.rtificate program, description of duties and the D.O.T. description. Please shoot for getting this item on the 10/21/87 Board agenda. WB:RP:.Ip attachments cc: B'ob Pierce Ellen McFarland Pat Godley Tony Enea Ray Philbin r ATTACHMENT TO P-300 DIETETIC TECHNICIAN Cost Analysis I . ADDITIONAL COSTS MONTHLY 2 40/40 Positions @ step #1 $1704 X 2 = ' 3408 + 27% for benefits 920 Total $4328 II . OFFSETTING REDUCTIONS A. Position Cancellations Cancel 1 40/40 ISW position = 1666* +27% benefits = 450 mo Subtotal 2116 *former incumbent = Robinson Cancel 2 P.I . I .S. Aides (Assuming worked avg 20 hrs/week) $1.56/hr** X 86hrs X 2 = 1300 +10% for benefits = 130 Subtotal 1430 $3546 **former incumbents :r- McGee & Thomas B. Reduced Use Of P.I . ' s (103 hrs/mo @7.56/hr) $ 782 III . NET COST OF INCREASE p