HOSPITAL TO PUT BUDGET SURPLUS INTO PAY RAISES.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - Expecting to end the fiscal year in June with a $5.5 million surplus, Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital will use the money to give 3 percent raises its 1,950 workers. Workers in jobs that are in high demand or where there is a regional or national shortage, including registered nurses, licensed vocational nurses licensed vocational nurse n. Abbr. LVN A licensed practical nurse who is permitted by license to practice in California or Texas. , operating room operating room n. Abbr. OR A room equipped for performing surgical operations. technicians and pharmacists This is a list of notable pharmacists.
``We don't look at it as a cost but as an investment in employees,'' hospital board Chairman Gary Hill Gary Hill (born in 1951, Santa Monica, California, U.S.) is an American artist who lives and works in Seattle, Washington. One of the pioneers of video art, Gary Hill has exhibited his video and video installations worldwide (Artfacts 2007). said. ``The happier the employees, the better care they will give. The more knowledge they have, the better care they can provide.'' The board approved the pay and benefits improvement package at a special meeting Friday. The raises will take effect June 30 and be reflected in the first pay period of the new fiscal year, Hill said. ``Part of that increase reflects salary adjustments for market rate and competition for certain jobs. The RNs, LVNs, OR techs and pharmacists will get an additional market rate adjustment,'' Hill said. As a public hospital, surplus income must be invested back into equipment, facilities or services. In addition to pay hikes, the hospital will continue making matching contributions Matching Contribution A type of contribution an employer chooses to make to his or her employee's employer-sponsored retirement plan. The contribution is based on elective deferral contributions made by the employee. to an employee deferred compensation plan that is similar to a 401(k), offering educational loans to workers who return to school, and paying for time away from work for employees who need to attend annual training and certification sessions. The board also authorized the creation of ``career ladders'' for employees who want to advance their careers and earn higher pay but do not want to go into management, Hill said. ``We gave administration direction to create career ladders The Career ladder is a metaphor or buzzword used to denote vertical job promotion. In business and human resources management, the ladder typically describes the progression from entry level positions to higher levels of pay, skill, responsibility, or authority. in areas that do not have it. For example, once you become a registered nurse, the only way you can improve your position is to go into management but not everyone wants to go into management,'' Hill said. ``We will create career ladders to allow them to move up a range on the salary schedule.'' A nurse who provides mentoring to new hires or other additional assistance could be given a new title of clinical nurse, Hill said. |
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