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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011981 - 1981-427 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA In the Matter of Amending Resolution 80/1170 relating to Compensation and Terms/Conditions of Resolution No. 81/427 Employment for Registered Nurses WHEREAS the Board on October 14, 1980, adopted Resolution No. 80/1170 relating to compensation and terms and conditions of employment for individuals in the classification of Registered Nurse; and WHEREAS the Personnel Director has recommended that Sections 3,4, and 5 of Resolution be amended; NOW, THEREFORE, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors RESOLVES that: 1. Reolution No. 80/1170 is amended in Sections Three (3) , Four (4) and Five (5) as set forth in Attachment A which is attached hereto and incorporated herein. 2. Section 3 of said attachment was effective January 1, 1981 in accordance with the provisions of Resolution 81/362. 3. The following modification to Section 4 is effective May 1, 1981: If the employment is periodic and irregular, depending on departmental requirements, payment for hours worked shall be made at the hourly rate established for the step of the salary range at which the Registered Nurse is appointed in accordance with Section 7. Such a nurse shall also receive per hour worked a premium of seven and one-half percent (7 �%) of that hourly rate. 4. The following modification to Section 5 is effective October 1, 1981: Effective October 1, 1981, 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 she is appointed in accordance with Section 7 without other benefits. PASSED by the Board on April 21, 1981, by the following vote : AYES: Supervisors Fanden, Schroder, McPeak, Torlakson, Powers NOES: None ABSENT: None CERTIFIED COPY I certify that this is v. full, true & correct copy of the original on file in my office, and that it was ;'as,,ed e?•,,7a ti r r ahe Board of Supervisors of Contra r erta ro;::tz Cs.`cfornia, .on the date sl or;n. t.T'J"4`3"': ,T. 11. OL c;t V, County Orig: Personnel Clerk &ex-officio Clerk of said Board of Supervisors, CC: CAO by'Deputy Clerk. Auditor � .... on County Counsel California Nurses Association via Personnel RESOLUTION NO. 81/427 ATTACHMENT A 1 . Preamble, The Board of Supervisors having enacted County Ordinance Code Chapter 36-T-2—r—eTating to compensation and terms and conditions of employment of individuals in the classification of Registered Nurse (hereinafter collectively Registered Nurse Members) hereby pursuant to the County Ordinance Code Chapter 36-12 implement said chapter by Resolution of the Board. 2. Hours. The normal workweek for Registered Nurses is forty hours between 12.01 a.m. Monday to twelve midnight Sunday, usually five eight-hour days ; however, where operational requirements of a department require deviations from the usual pattern of five eight-hour days per workweek, an employee's work hours may be scheduled to meet these requirements, but his/her working time shall not exceed an average of forty hours per seven-day period throughout an operational cycle, and the department head shall prepare written schedules in advance to support all deviations, the schedules to encompass the complete operational cycle contemplated. "Overtime" is any authorized service performed in excess of the normal workweek. Compensation for overtime is as provided for in Article 36-8.10. 3. Salary Range. The compensation of persons in the Registered Nurse classification shall be based upon the following salary range. R-8 Pay Schedule Level Level 449 Monthly Rate Hourly Rate Trainee 1 $1521 $ 8. 78 Entry 6 1719 9.92 8 1805 10.41 9 1849 10.67 Experience 10 1895 10.93 11 1942 11 .20 12 1990 11 .48 Specialized Skill/ 15 2141 12.35 Charge 16 2193 12.65 4. Part-time Compensation. A Registered Nurse working part time shall be paid a mont-hlysalary in the same ratio to the full-time monthly rate to which he/she would be entitled as a full-time Registered Nurse as the number of hours per week in the part-time employees work schedule bears to the number of hours in the full-time schedule. Other benefits to which the employee is entitled shall be assigned on the same pro-rata basis. If the employment is periodic and irregular, depending on departmental requirements, payment for hours worked shall be made at the hourly rate established for the step of the salary range at which the Registered Nurse is appointed in accordance with Section 7. Such a Nurse shall also receive per hour worked a premium of seven and one-half percent (7-�%) of that hourly rate. 5. Temporary Employment. A Registered Nurse employed in a temporary position shall be compensated at the hourly rate of the step established for the level at which the employee is hired, as depicted below, without other benefits. R-8 Pay Schedule Level Level 449 Hourly Rate Trainee 1 $ 8.78 Experienced 12 11 .48 Specialized Skill/Charge 16 12.65 Effective October 1 , 1981 , 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 she is appointed in accordance with Section 7, without other benefits. 6. Compensation for Portion of Month. Any Registered Nurse who works less than any full calendar month, except when on earned vacation or authorized sick leave, shall receive as compensation for his/her services an amount which is in the same ratio to the established monthly rate as the number of days worked is to the actual working days in such Registered Nurse's normal work schedule for the particular month, but if the employment is intermittent, compensation shall be on an hourly basis. 7. Permanent Appointment. Registered Nurses shall be appointed at the step of the Salary Range in accordance with their qualifications and the responsibilities of the ,fob 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 in a permanent position and enrolled in the nurse training program (What' s New In Nursing) conducted by the health Services Department shall be appointed at step one (1) of the salary range. A Registered Nurse with less than one year of experience as a Registered Nurse shall be appointed at step two (2) 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 relegated to step one (1 ) , six (6) , fifteen (15), or sixteen (16), 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 eight (8) At least' 2 years full time Registered Nurse experience--step nine (9) At least 3 years full time Registered Nurse experience--step ten (10) At least 4 years full time Registered Nurse experience--step eleven (11 ) At least 5 years full time Registered Nurse experience--step twelve (12) A Registered Nurse, assigned to a position which requires the incumbent to function as either a charge nurse responsible for patient care on an active ward or public health field office during an eight-hour shift or as a nurse performing unique patient care services which require specialized and intensive training, must have three ears experience as a Registered Nurse and shall be appointed at step fifteen (15� of the Salary Range. Designation of positions appropriate for compensation at step fifteen (15) of the Salary Range is the sole prerogative of the County. A newly appointed Registered Nurse shall serve a six month probation period before achieving permanent status. Upon completion of the probation period the registered nurse will not receive a salary increase. 8. RRe®aPPointment. Registered Nurses who terminate their service with the County in good standing and subsequently reemployed in the same classification within two years from the date of termination may be appointed at the step of the Salary Range at which they were employed at the time of termination. 9. Anne iversaU Dates. (a) New Employees: Each permanent Registered Nurse has an anniversary date for pay purposes. The anniversary of a new employee shall be the first day of the calendar month after the calendar month when he/she successfully completes six months full-time service, except that, when he/she began work on the first regularly scheduled workday of the month for his/her position which was not the first calendar day that month, the anniversary is the first day of the calendar month when he/she successfully completes six months full-time service. (b) Reassignment to Higher Skill Level Position: The anniversary of a Registered Nurse who is reassigned to a higher skill level position shall remain unchanged. (c) Demotions: The anniversary of a Contra Costa County employee who demotes to the class of Registered Nurse is the first day of the calendar month after the calendar month when the demotion was effective. (d) Transfers and Reclassifications: The anniversary of a transferred employee, or one whose position has been reclassified to the class of Registered Nurse remains unchanged. (e) Re-Employments: The anniversary of an employee appointed from a re- employment list is determined as for a new Registered Nurse in (a) above. JtlltlA 7 10. Performance Evaluation. The performance of each Registered Nurse shall be reviewed ancT—evaluated on an annual basis. 11. Salam Adjustment. (a) Based upon a review of each Registered Nurse's performance,t-he ppo nt ng Authority 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 one (1) , six (6) , twelve (12) , or sixteen (16) shall not be adjusted upwards by means of this process. Such adjust- ments 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. No salary adjustment shall be made unless an affirmative recommendation to do so is made by the Appointing Authority or designee, and no provision of this section shall be construed to make the adjustment of salaries mandatory on the County. The appointing authority may recommend unconditional denial of the increment or denial subject to review at some specified date before the next anniversary. (b) Frequency.. A Registered Nurse shall be eligible for a salary review on his/her anniversary date and annually thereafter, unless otherwise provided for in section 11 (a) above. (c) Effective Date. Adjustments to Registered Nurse salaries shall be effective on the Registered Nurse' s anniversary date. 12. Salary on Promotion or Demotion. When a Contra Costa County employee in a class on t e basic salary sc e u e is appointed to a position in the Registered Nurse classification, his/her salary shall be established in accordance with Section 7 (Permanent Appointment). The salary of an employee in the Registered Nurse class who is promoted or demoted to another class on the basic salary schedule shall be governed by ordinances and/or resolutions governing the class to which the employee is promoting or demoting. 13. Reclassification of Position. The salary of an employee whose position is reclassified rom a class on the basic salary schedule to the Registered Nurse classification shall be established in accordance with Section 7 (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 and/or resolutions governing the class to which the employee is reclassified. 14. Reassi nment to Higher Skill Level Position. A permanent Registered Nurse who is selecteT7rom among those who meet t e minimum qua ifications to fill a vacant Registered Nurse position on a permanent basis, which is at a higher skill level than the position to which the incumbent is currently assigned, shall be reallocated to the salary step which is appropriate for that skill level position as described in section 7 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. A Registered Nurse who is temporarily assigned duties requiring a special skill as defined in section seven (7) shall have his/her salary increased on the twenty-first day of said assignment in accordance with section seven (7) 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 received had he/she remained in his/her permanent assignment. Designation of temporary assignments shall be the sole prerogative of the County. 15. Reassignment. Registered Nurses who are reassigned within the same skill level shal a compensated at the same step in the salary range as they were previously compensated. 16. Payment. Payment of compensation shall be paid as provided in Article 36-4.16 of the Coun y r nance Code. 17. County Ordinance Code Articles and Sections. The following ordinance articles and sections shall apply to Reg stere Nurses; Sect ons 36-6.402, 36-6.602, 36-6.604, 36-8.1604, 36-10.402 and Articles 36-4.14, 36-8.10, 36-8.12, 36-8.14, 36.8.18 and 36-10.2. 18. County Administrator's Regulations. The County Administrator may promulgate regulations o carry out s resolution or any portion thereof; these shall have the force of law.