Common use of PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE COMMITTEE Clause in Contracts

PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE COMMITTEE. A Professional Performance Committee (PPC) shall be established at the County. The Committee shall determine its appropriate composition. The Committee will not be involved in the evaluation of the performance of any individual, the processing of grievances, or meeting and conferring within the meaning of the Employee Relations Ordinance of the County. The Professional Performance Committee shall act as an advisory body making recommendations to the department head. Such recommendations will be advisory, will be considered in good faith and will be acted upon if deemed in the department’s best interest and feasible by the County. Such recommendations shall be presented for review and discussion with appropriate County officials at a mutually agreeable time and place. Any written recommendation from the committee chair to a department head will be responded to by the department head or her or his designee in a timely manner but no later than thirty (30) days from the date on which the department head received the recommendation. The County recognizes the value that input from the Registered Nurses may have in improving the existing staffing system and, to that end, supports the concept of meeting jointly with the Nurses to discuss staffing systems/concerns as needed. The Committee will coordinate their efforts with existing quality initiatives in the departments to ensure that efforts are not duplicated.