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1 AGREEMENT By and Between Seattle Children s Hospital and

43 PROPOSED MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT CONCERNING RESPIRATORY THERAPY DEPARTMENT January 30, 2013 During their 2013 negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement, Seattle Children s and UFCW, Local 21discussed the need for standby assignments in the Respiratory Therapy Department and concerns about the best way to determine which therapists will be on standby. The parties concluded that they would be best served by an evolving process that considers the needs of the department and the preferences of the therapists. Accordingly, the parties agree as follows: Standby Scheduling Process Until Move to Building Hope is Completed It is recognized that the Hospital will determine the standby scheduling needs. Concurrent with the posting of the schedule, the Hospital will post the date the tentative schedule and the tentative call list. The first week of the tentative schedules, therapists will sign up for two (2) mandatory call shifts on a first come, first served basis. Once the tentative schedules are pulled in by the schedulers, the tentative mandatory call schedule will be reposted for additional mandatory call (beyond the 2 required) and voluntary call. No voluntary call may be signed up for unless and until the mandatory slot is filled. If there remain holes in the standby schedule, the Hospital will assign by inverse seniority mandatory call to those who have not participated, starting first with Group 2. Qualified per diem employees shall be permitted to sign up for voluntary call shifts. Voluntary call shifts for per diem employees shall not count against the required minimum commitment for per diem employees. ECMO specialists are required to sign up for only one mandatory call shift per 6 week schedule (in addition to ECMO call). Once the determination to activate the call shift is made, and provided there is at least one person on voluntary call scheduled, the employee on the mandatory call shift has first right of refusal to work the shift. If the employee declines to work the shift, the Hospital will determine whether the employee will remain on call for the shift. Voluntary call shifts may be cancelled by the therapist up to 72 hours in advance of the call shift. Following Move to Building Hope Scheduling for the Respiratory Therapy Department, including standby scheduling, shall be addressed by a Department Based Staffing Committee. It is understood that the Hospital will determine the Department s operational needs, and the DBSC shall recommend how to fill those needs. The schedule will still be posted, compiled and published by the supervisors.

44 The purpose of the DBSC is to increase involvement of staff in the process of scheduling, staffing decisions and periodic evaluation of patient care models. This will be achieved through a committee structure which will receive direction and input from the manager and department staff. Department managers are responsible for making the decisions for department based outcomes and the overall direction of the unit. a. Outcome. While significant census fluctuations characterize the Employer s business, it is anticipated that collaboration will improve the ability to manage response to these fluctuations in a manner that supports the care of the patients and minimizes ongoing, undesired, prolonged, no-pay, standby, and overtime, and provides increased opportunity for uninterrupted rest breaks. The DBSC will make recommendations to management regarding scheduling processes, including standby scheduling. The DBSC will determine its schedule for reviewing outcomes to measure success, which shall be no greater than every six months. b. Administration. There will be between three (3) and six (6) Therapist members on the DBSC. Volunteers will be sought for the DBSC. The DBSC will keep minutes describing the topics discussed at each meeting. Participation in DBSC meetings will be paid time. c. The DBSC shall not address matters covered by the collective bargaining agreement as well as subjects of bargaining, such as wages, individual performance issues, discipline, hours or other conditions of work. d. The parties recognize that they are drawing on the Hospital s experience with Unit Based Staffing Committees in its nursing units for the DBSC, and that the DBSC is intended to run similarly. The Hospital will provide training, on paid release time, for the DBSC members to allow them to fulfill their responsibilities successfully. Applicable to Both Time Periods Whenever a Respiratory Therapist is on standby for 24 hours or more in a pay period, all standby time during that pay period shall be paid at a rate of $0.75 more than the rate provided in Section 10.2 of the Agreement, provided that the therapist has worked all scheduled and call shifts for that pay period.

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