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Authorize the execution by the Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee of amendments to an agreement with Huffmaster Crisis Response, Inc., for nurse and allied professional staffing services in the event of a labor strike at Natividad Medical Center, to increase the current maximum liability of $93,988 in additional amounts as needed, until the conclusion of the labor dispute. (ADDED VIA ADDENDA)
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors authorize the execution by the Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee of amendments to an agreement with Huffmaster Crisis Response, Inc., for nurse and allied professional staffing services in the event of a labor strike at Natividad Medical Center, to increase the current maximum liability of $93,988 in additional amounts as needed, until the conclusion of the labor dispute.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Huffmaster is a nationally-recognized healthcare staffing agency, providing strike staffing solutions to healthcare clients, including hospitals. By providing clinical personnel during a strike, hospitals can continue their vital operations during labor disputes.
On August 17, 2021, Natividad Medical Center was notified that a labor dispute, including walk off and possible strike, threatened Natividad's ability to meet its licensure requirements and nursing and allied professional to patient staff ratios in medical-surgical and trauma units. When all regularly assigned day-shift Surgical Technicians called in and failed to report to work, Natividad, committed to patient safety, was compelled to cancel all elective surgeries, plan to divert emergency cases to other hospitals, and to execute an agreement with Huffmaster to ensure that by the following day, Natividad was able to provide appropriate staffing levels of nurses and allied professionals to meet the healthcare needs of its patients.
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