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APC 2018 Bargaining Survey

Engineers & Scientists of California Local 20
Advance Practice Clinicians Unit

2018 Bargaining Survey
 
Please answer with as much detail as possible.  These responses will guide your elected bargaining team in setting our top priorities at the negotiating table. Individual answers will be kept confidential.
 
Please complete the survey by Monday, May 7
Tell us about yourself:(Required.)
Tell us about your work:(Required.)
Workload
Please indicate your agreement with the following statements:
Agree
Somewhat Agree
No opinion
Somewhat Disagree
Disagree
Productivity calculations accurately reflect the time required.
I am able to provide high quality care based on the number and type of patients and related duties.
In the past 3 years, duties or tasks required for each patient has:
Which statement represents your experience?
Scheduling & Assignments
How far ahead do you know your schedule?
Is it sufficient notice?
Are you able to adjust your schedule?
How are weekend/night assignments scheduled? Is it fair?
How are vacations scheduled? Is it fair?
What would help make scheduling work better in your office?
Are other issues affecting work assignments given proper consideration when assigning workload?
Additional comments relating to Scheduling and Assignments:
Compensation
Does the current holiday, night, standby pay, call-back pay and weekend pay fairly compensate and incentivize holiday and weekend work? How so?
Do you like the current PTO system, or would you prefer a vacation and sick time to be separate?
Does your pay adequately reflect your experience and years of service?
Given the responsibility, experience, and range of duties, how does your pay compare to other APCs in the area?
Additional Comments relating to Compensation:
Benefits and Retirement
Please indicate the importance of the following statements:
Extremely Important
Very Important
Somewhat Important
Not so important
Not al all important
How important is it to maintain health/vision/dental and retirement benefits?
How important is it to improve health/vision/dental and retirement benefits?
Voice in Your Patients’ Care
ESC negotiates Professional Practice Committees to ensure ongoing dialogue on patient care and scope of practice issues.  How important is it to you for you?
When you raise a concern that affects patient care, is it addressed and documented?
Do you receive adequate resources and support for providing quality patient care?   
Additional Comments relating to a voice in patient care, including specific patient care concerns:
Health and Safety
Are there health and safety risks at your job that you would like to address?
General Issues
General Issues
Extremely important
Very important
Somewhat important
Not so important
Not at all important
Employment protections (grievance procedure & Arbitration, seniority rights, etc.)
Ability for employees to move between full-time, part-time, and per diem positions
Training/professional development
A Strong Union of APCs
Other issues or concerns?
Any other concerns, comments, or questions that were not discussed elsewhere?