Actions Taken to Improve Staffing
- Streamlined the CNA hiring process & raised minimum pay to $15.00 per hour
- Approved Transport Team for 2020 (accelerated from 2021)
- Created the new Safety Partner role (initial hiring set at 10 FTE’s)
- Posted and filled leadership position: 5 East Manager position filled; IMC & ER Manager positions posted
- Created an incentive program (to staff overnights with Riverside staff) and enhanced extra shift incentives for nursing departments
- Enhanced RN orientation program to support new grads
- Aproved agency usage to supplement staffing (on meds/surgery units)
- Streamlined approval process to fill open RN positions and hosted a job fair on November 18th, 2020
- Reviewed the float rotation and provided meal tickets and coffee bucks for staff who float
