Common use of Preceptor Program Clause in Contracts

Preceptor Program. During the life of this Agreement, the Medical Center will provide a Preceptor program for those Registered Nurses who volunteer, meet Preceptor requirements, and who are designated by the Medical Center in the tutoring of other employees to a unit/department. Such program shall count as time worked. The Preceptor will work in a "buddy" system on a one-to-one basis, sharing a single work assignment with the employee. This Preceptor program and the tutoring of Preceptors shall be the direct responsibility of the Education Department. While in the clinical setting, it shall be the responsibility of the Preceptor to provide the Education Department pertinent information regarding the overall performance of the employee; said information to be used in the evaluation process of this employee. Preceptors shall remain on their regularly assigned shift and shall not rotate. In the absence of an available Preceptor, another employee may volunteer for, and temporarily act as, Preceptor. This volunteer shall receive the Preceptor differential for all time worked in that capacity. A Preceptor differential of one dollar twenty-five cents ($1.25) per hour shall be paid to any employee for all time spent functioning as Preceptor if said employee has completed the Preceptor Course offered by the Medical Center. A differential of fifty ($.50) cents per hour shall be paid to each employee for all time spent functioning as Preceptor if said employee has not completed the Preceptor Course offered by the Medical Center. Other employees may receive the Preceptor differential for all time spent functioning as a Preceptor, once designated by the Medical Center, even though it is not necessary for them to take the formal program. All newly recruited RN Per Diems will be asked and offered to be orientated into the Emergency Department.