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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on November 3, 1992
P by the following vote:
AYES: -Supervisors Powers, Fanden, Schroder, Torlakson, McPeak
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
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SUBJECT: )
Correction to the Compensation ) RESOLUTION NO. 92/748
and Terms/Conditions of )
Employment for ;tf#e Deep Class j
of Registered Nurse )
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Whereas the Board of Supervisors previously adopted Resolution 88/615 relating
to compensation and terms and conditions of employment for individuals in the
. classification of Registered Nurse; and
Whereas certain language in Section 2 Permanent Appointment of Resolution
88/615 was inadvertently omitted; NOW THEREFORE
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors rescinds Resolution 88/615 relating to
the classification of Registered Nurse and resolves that effective .November 4, 1992
the revised compensation and terms and conditions of employment are applicable for
individuals in the classification of Registered Nurse.
1. Salary. The compensation of persons in the Registered Nurse
classification shall be based upon the responsibility levels which are described in
the Registered Nurse classification. The salary range of the class is contained in
the current Memorandum of Understanding between the County and California Nurses
Association.
2. Permanent Appointment, Registered Nurses shall be appointed at the step
of the Salary Range in accordance with their qualifications and the responsibilities
of the job for which they are being hired. The determination of a Registered
Nurse's qualifications and the designation of the appropriate step of the Salary
Range shall be made by the Director of Personnel or designee in accordance with the
guidelines set forth below:
A Registered Nurse., with less than one year of experience as a Registered Nurse
shall be appointed at step six (6) of the Salary Range.
A Registered Nurse with one or more years of experience as a Registered Nurse
who is not assigned to a position allocated to step six (6), seventeen (17), or
eighteen (18), as defined below, will be appointed depending upon the nurse's
experience at or below the salary step indicated in the following schedule. At no
time will a. nurse be appointed to a salary step higher than that indicated by
his/her years of experience as stated in the schedule below:
At least 1 year full time Registered Nurse experience - Step 10
. At least 2 years full time Registered Nurse experience - Step 11
At least 3 years full time Registered Nurse experience - Step 12
At least 4 years full time Registered Nurse experience - Step 13
At least 5 years full time Registered Nurse experience - Step 14
A Registered Nurse performing unique patient care services which require
specialized and intensive training, must have two years experience as a Registered
Nurse and shall be appointed at step seventeen (17) of the salary range.
Designation of positions appropriate for compensation at step seventeen (17) of the
salary range is the sole prerogative of the County.
3. Temporary Compensation. A Registered Nurse employed in a temporary
capacity shall be compensated at the hourly rate established for the step of the
salary range at which he/she is appointed in accordance with Section 2, without
other benefits.
4. Anniversary Dates. Reassignment to higher or lower skill level position:
the anniversary date for pay purposes of a Registered Nurse who is reassigned to a
higher or lower skill level position shall remain unchanged.
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5. Salary Adjustment. Based upon a review of each Registered Nurse's
performance, the Appointing Authority or designee may authorize an adjustment in
the salary of that Registered Nurse, except that the salary of a Registered Nurse
whose base salary is the top step of his/her skill level, step six (6), fourteen
(14), or eighteen ( 18) shall not be adjusted upwards by means of this process.
Such adjustments shall be made to the next higher step on the range or shall be
made to a lower step which shall be the step last held by the employee.
6. Salary on Promotion or Demotion. When a Contra Costa County employee in a
class on the basic or exempt salary schedule is appointed to a position in the
Registered Nurse classification, his/her salary shall be established in accordance
with Section 2 (Permanent Appointment) . The salary of an employee in the Registered
Nurse class who is promoted, demoted, or transferred to another class on the basic
salary schedule shall be governed by ordinances, resolutions, and Memoranda of
Understanding governing the .class to which the employee is promoting, demoting, or
transferring.
7. Reclassification of Position. The salary of an employee whose position is
reclassified from a class on the basic salary schedule to the Registered Nurse
classification shall be established in accordance with Section 2 (Permanent
Appointment). The salary of an employee whose position is reclassified from the
Registered Nurse class. to a class on the basic salary schedule shall be governed by
ordinances, resolutions, and Memoranda of Understanding governing the class to
which the employee is reclassified.
8. Reassignments Between Levels.
(a) To A Higher Level Position. A permanent Registered Nurse who is
selected from among those who meet the minimum qualifications to fill on a
permanent basis a vacant Registered Nurse position which is at a higher skill level
than the position to which the incumbent is currently assigned, shall be placed AT
the salary step which is appropriate for that skill level position as described in
Section 2 above. Continued incumbency in this higher level position shall be
dependent upon the incumbent receiving a satisfactory performance evaluation at the
completion of six months tenure in the position.
(b) To A Lower Level Position. A Registered Nurse who is reassigned from
a position at a higher level to a position at a lower level shall be compensated at
the appropriate step of the salary range in accordance with Section 2. Upon
subsequent reassignment to a position in the same higher level as formerly
occupied, the Registered Nurse may be placed at any step in the higher level of the
salary range, not to exceed the step previously attained, at the discretion of the
appointing authority.
(c) Temporary Reassignment. A Registered Nurse who is temporarily
assigned duties requiring a special skill as defined in Section 2 shall have
his/her salary increased on the eleventh (11th) WORK day of said assignment in
accordance with Section 2 of this resolution and shall continue to receive the
higher pay for the duration of the assignment. Upon termination of the assignment,
the Registered Nurse shall immediately revert to the salary he/she would have
receive had he/she remained in his/her permanent assignment. Designation of
temporary assignments shall be the sole prerogative of the County.
9. Reassignment, Registered Nurses who are reassigned within the same skill
level shall be compensated at the same step in the salary range as they were
previously compensated.
10. Seniority.
(a) For purposes of layoff and displacement, no incumbents occupy lower
level assignment positions shall be considered as meeting the position requirements
for higher level assignment positions.
(b) For purposes of layoff and displacement, incumbents in higher level
assignment positions will be considered as meeting the position requirements for
lower level assignment positions.
(c) Neither (a) or (b) above shall be construed as allowing employees
without skills such as bilingual ability or certificates such as Coronary Care to
fill positions with such or similar requirements.
(d) Employees reallocated to a new deep class upon its initiation or
otherwise reallocated to a deep class because the duties of the position occupied
are appropriately described in the deep class shall carry into the deep class the
seniority accrued or carried forward in the former class and seniority accrued in
other classes which have been included in the deep class.
(e) Other rules affecting seniority are contained in the County's
Personnel Management Regulations and in Section 11 of the County's current
Memorandum of Understanding with the California Nurses Association.
11. Other Provisions. The provisions of Resolution 83/1 AND THE MEMORANDUM
OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND CNA are applicable except those provisions
which have been modified by this resolution or those provisions which hereinafter
may be modified by Resolution.
12. County Administrator's Regulations. The County Administrator may
promulgate regulations to carry out this resolution or any portion thereof; these
shall have the force of law.
Orig. Dept. : Personnel-Larry Fugazi
cc: County Administrator
Health Services
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
an action taken and entered on the minutes of th3
Board of Sups the date own.
ATTESTED: _%;=I?
PHIL BATCHELOR,Clerk of the Board
of Supervis rs and County Administrator
Deputy