Common use of – SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING Clause in Contracts

– SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING. 20.01 The Employer and the Association recognize their joint responsibility and commitment to provide and participate in the professional development of staff. 20.02 In recognition of the importance of employees continuing professional development, the Employer will give special consideration to requests for special work arrangements to allow employees to pursue educational opportunities. 20.03 The parties may also attempt to negotiate with local educational institutions to provide specific courses and/or discounts to meet educational needs of nurses. 20.04 Nurses with special skills or training will be identified as peer resource person and nurses will be encouraged to make use of these resource persons. 20.05 Where there is a requirement for needed and new skills to be implemented, the initial training will be offered first to the full-time nurses and secondly the part-time, in order of seniority within each team, with the goal of covering the Employer area where the skill is required. 20.06 The Employer will cover the total cost of the initial training for needed and new skills. If the Employer does not have the resources to cover the total cost, the Employer will look to cost sharing strategies with the Association or individual employee. (Eg. Employer covers the cost of the trainer, location, and supplies and the employee attends on her own time.) 20.07 It is expected that following initial training for needed and required skills, the nurse will have the responsibility for maintaining ongoing competence, by utilizing her skills in the workplace or attending in-services.

– SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING. 20.01 The Employer and the Association recognize their joint responsibility and commitment to provide and participate in the professional development of staff. 20.02 In recognition of the importance of employees Employees continuing professional development, the Employer will give special consideration to requests for special work arrangements to allow employees Employees to pursue educational opportunities. 20.03 The parties may also attempt to negotiate with local educational institutions to provide specific courses and/or discounts to meet educational needs of nursesNurses. 20.04 Nurses with special skills or training will be identified as peer resource person and nurses Nurses will be encouraged to make use of these resource persons. 20.05 Where there is a requirement for needed and new skills to be implemented, the initial training will be offered first to the full-time nurses Nurses and secondly the part-time, in order of seniority within each team, with the goal of covering the Employer branch area where the skill is required. 20.06 The Employer will cover the total cost of the initial training for needed and new skills. If the Employer does not have the resources to cover the total cost, the Employer will look to cost sharing strategies with the Association or individual employeeEmployee. (Eg. E.g., Employer covers the cost of the trainer, location, and supplies supplies, and the employee Employee attends on her own time.) 20.07 It is expected that following initial training for needed and required skills, the nurse Nurse will have the responsibility for maintaining ongoing competence, by utilizing her skills in the workplace or attending in-services.

– SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING. 20.01 The Employer and the Association Union recognize their joint responsibility and commitment to provide and participate in the professional development of staff. 20.02 In recognition of the importance of employees Employees continuing professional development, the Employer will give special consideration to requests for special work arrangements to allow employees Employees to pursue educational opportunities. 20.03 The parties may also attempt to negotiate with local educational institutions to provide specific courses and/or discounts to meet educational needs of nursesNurses. 20.04 Nurses with special skills or training will be identified as peer resource person persons and nurses Nurses will be encouraged to make use of these resource persons. 20.05 Where there is a requirement for needed and new nursing skills to be implementedare required, the initial training will be offered first to based upon the full-time nurses case load needs of the area and secondly the part-time, in order of seniority within each team, with the goal of covering the Employer area where the skill is requiredclient requirements. 20.06 The Employer will cover the total cost of the initial training for needed skills new to the Employer and new skillsrequired by the Employer. If the Employer does not have the resources to cover the total cost, the Employer will look to cost sharing strategies with the Association Union or individual employeeEmployee. (Eg. E.g., Employer covers the cost of the trainer, location, and supplies and the employee Employee attends on her own time.) 20.07 It is expected that following initial training for needed and required skills, the nurse Nurse will have the responsibility for maintaining ongoing competence, by utilizing her skills in the workplace or attending in-servicesservices and completion of the annual recertification process.