Kara Yates, RN
Medical FA3
Kara Yates, RN
Medical FA3
Annika Hoogestraat, BSN, RN, CCRN, IBCLC
CICU and ECMO
(206) 250-9626
Lindsey Kirsch, RN
Urgent Care
(206) 790-4096
Sam Forte, BSN, RN
OR
AJ Nagal, BSN, RN
CCFP - Night Shift
(360) 504-8950
Katie Podobnik, BSN, RN
Plastic Surgery
Therese Hill, BSN, RN
CCFP
(415) 271-0231
Emma Gordon, BSN, RN
Ambulatory - Orthopedics
(206) 992-3759
Kelsey Gellner, BSN, RN
Urgent Care
(253) 279-8344
Posted May 8, 2025
Bellevue Surgery Center Nurses please check to see if you received the appropriate number of hours deposited in your No Pay Banks. As you may recall, a grievance was filed at the end of 2023. At that time, WSNA Members raised concern about not receiving hours in their No Pay Banks. The issues had been escalated to Management and were not properly resolved. So, we filed an Association Grievance based on the following:
‘SCH propagated incorrect information regarding the No Pay Protection Plan MOU and failed to apply call hours worked to NPA bank since January 2020. Management was aware that ETM restricted nurses from entering NPA code for proper payment.’
Seattle Children’s Hospital is depositing the hours that impacted members should have accrued ‘going back to January 2020’ based on a settlement that was reached between WSNA and SCH. See settlement language below:
1. Retroactive application of call hours that haven't already been deposited, going back to January 2020. Hours would be deposited into the No Pay Protection Plan banks for impacted WSNA members.
2. Effective on the January 6, 2025 schedule, call shifts will no longer be scheduled at Bellevue Surgery Center. We will honor the use of previously accrued NPP hours allowing use of the NPP hours through exhaustion.
If you did not receive your hours or you received an incorrect number of hours, we need to hear from you right away! Please reach out via email no later than May 22, 2025. If you know someone who has transferred out of the BSC, please pass this information along.
Thank you for speaking up! TOGETHER we WIN!
Know your contract – Know your rights
Questions? Contact WSNA Nurse Representative, Linda Burbank, at lburbank@wsna.org.
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If you find yourself in a situation that you believe creates unsafe conditions for patients or for you, you should complete a Staffing Complaint / ADO Form as soon as possible.
By completing the form, you will help make the problem known to management, creating an opportunity for the problem to be addressed. Additionally, you will be documenting the facts, which may be helpful to you later if there is a negative outcome.
WSNA also uses your ADO forms to track the problems occurring in your facility. When you and your coworkers take the important step of filling out an ADO form, you are helping to identify whether there is a pattern of unsafe conditions for you or your patients at your facilities. This information is used by your conference committee, staffing committee, and WSNA labor staff to improve your working conditions.
As a union member, you have the right to have a representative present in any meetings with management that could potentially lead to disciplinary action against you.
If called into a meeting with management, read the following to management when the meeting begins:
If this discussion could in any way lead to my being disciplined or terminated, I respectfully request that my union representative be present at this meeting. Without representation present, I choose not to participate in this discussion.
Find out more about this crucial right and how to exercise it to ensure your fair treatment and protection.
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