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Content: Recruitment
Agreement: 2007 - 2010 UNA Provincial (Multi-Employer)
Date: March 20 2008
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Recruitment
Supernumerary Nurses MUST be in addition to regular staffing
The Letter of Understanding on Retention and Recruitment Initiatives in the Provincial Agreement includes a special provision to encourage recruitment. Health Regions are able to hire new graduates into special Supernumerary positions, without posting these positions.
Supernumerary means these new graduates work under supervision in addition to regular staffing, and do not replace regular staffing.
If the regular staff complement on a unit is 5 nurses, then if there is a supernumerary nurse, the count must be a total of 6 nurses.
The Letter stipulates:
“These positions shall not be part of the staff count. There shall be no reduction in the number of nursing hours worked on any unit as a result of the creation of these positions.”
This also means supernumerary nurses cannot replace regular staff under any circumstance. They cannot be brought in on an overtime shift to cover for a nurse in a regular line who is off.
UNA Provincial Agreement 2007-2010
I. Transitional Graduate Nurse Recruitment Program
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