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C. 22

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services
Date:	June 13, 2017

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Add one Licensed Vocational Nurse position in the Health Services Department.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 06/13/2017

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Shelanda Adams, 925-957-5263

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: June 13, 2017
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT Position Adjustment Resolution No. 22098 to add one (1) permanent full-time Licensed Vocational Nurse (VT7G) position at salary grade TAX-1287 ($4,129-$5,273) in the Health Services Department. (Represented)

FISCAL IMPACT:

Upon approval, this action has an annual cost of approximately $107,950 with an estimated pension cost of $22,463 already included.

BACKGROUND:

Contra Costa Health Plan’s Advice Nurse unit (AN) is requesting to add one Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) position to meet its accreditation call answer standards, and to assist in handling non-clinical calls in order to decrease the number of non-medical calls being answered by the unit and assist with member follow-up calls and lab calls as well as providers. In order to assist in decreasing the non-clinical calls to the AN queue, the AN unit will be giving patients the option to leave a message for non-clinical questions which will reduce the volume of calls to the AN unit.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this action is not approved, the Advice Nurse Unit in Contra Costa Health Plan will not have adequate staffing to meet the demand and volume of patient care services.