NOTICE – September 2024

PROVIDER GROUP JOINT JOB EVALUATION MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE (JJEMC) – PRESENTATION

Presentation for Education on the Process

1. Topic:  NEW JOB(s):  Implemented by JJEMC:

• Provincial Job Description #539 – Advanced Foot Care/Licensed Practical Nurse

2. Topic:  PROVINCIAL REVIEWS COMPLETED:

• None

3. Topic:  PROVINCIAL REVIEWS INITIATED:

Documents necessary for the following Provincial Reviews were sent to Local Unions and HR Representatives July 02, 2024: 

• Provincial Job Description #103 – Controls Technician
• Provincial Job Description #221 – Inventory Clerk
• Provincial Job Description #256 – Storesperson & Purchasing Clerk
• Provincial Job Description #157 - Storesperson
• Provincial Job Description #456 – Stores & Purchasing Working Supervisor
• Provincial Job Description #084 – Distribution Worker
• Provincial Job Description #088 – Distribution & Stores Working Supervisor

Dates of completion are as follows:

Employer HR Department is required to distribute to Employees by – July 16, 2024 

Employee(s) date of completion and submitted to OOS Supervisor by – August 27, 2024  

OOS Supervisor date of completion and submitted to HR representative by – October 08, 2024

Employer HR date for submission to JJEMC Assistant by – October 22, 2024

Documents necessary for the following Provincial Reviews were sent to Local Unions and HR Representatives August 07, 2024: 

• Provincial Job Description #195 – Polysomnographic Technologist
• Provincial Job Description #199 – Polysomnographic Technologist Working Supervisor
• Provincial Job Description #018 – Dental Assistant
• Provincial Job Description #331 – Dental Aide
• Provincial Job Description #170 – Ophthalmic Assistant
• Provincial Job Description #167 – Ophthalmic Photographer

Dates of completion are as follows:

Employer HR Department is required to distribute to Employees by – August 21, 2024 

Employee(s) date of completion and submitted to OOS Supervisor by – October 02, 2024  

OOS Supervisor date of completion and submitted to HR representative by – November 13, 2024

Employer HR date for submission to JJEMC Assistant by – November 27, 2024

Documents necessary for the following Provincial Reviews were sent to Local Unions and HR Representatives September 10, 2024: 

• Provincial Job Description #505 – Pharmacy Assistant
• Provincial Job Description #503 – Pharmacy Technician
• Provincial Job Description #504 – Senior Pharmacy Technician
• Provincial Job Description #507 – Child Life Specialist
• Provincial Job Description #016 – Emergency Medical Responder
• Provincial Job Description #508 – Telecommunications Networking Technician

Dates of completion are as follows:

Employer HR Department is required to distribute to Employees by – September 24, 2024 

Employee(s) date of completion and submitted to OOS Supervisor by – November 05, 2024  

OOS Supervisor date of completion and submitted to HR representative by – December 17, 2024

Employer HR date for submission to JJEMC Assistant by – December 31, 2024

Please contact Tracy Hall (306-347-5575) if you have any questions.

UPCOMING PROVINCIAL REVIEW CALL OUTS:

Documents required to participate in upcoming Provincial Review Call Outs will be forwarded to HR Departments in the corresponding month as listed below:

October 2024 Call Out

• Provincial Job Description #218 – Cytotechnologist I
• Provincial Job Description #220 – Cytotechnologist II
• Provincial Job Description #215 – Cytotechnologist Working Supervisor
• Provincial Job Description #514 – Cytotechnologist I - Histology
• Provincial Job Description #185 – Volunteer Coordinator
• Provincial Job Description #345 – Volunteer & Health Promotion Coordinator

November 2024 Call Out

• Provincial Job Description #182 – Prosthetics & Orthotics Technician
• Provincial Job Description #025 – Medical Radiation Technologist
• Provincial Job Description #034 – Medical Radiation Technologist – Specialty
• Provincial Job Description #144 – Medical Radiation Technologist Working Supervisor
• Provincial Job Description #425 – Diagnostic Imaging Information System Technologist
• Provincial Job Description #105 – Diagnostic Medical Sonographer

December 2024 Call Out 

• Provincial Job Description #158 – Diagnostic Medical Sonographer & Coordinator
• Provincial Job Description #247 – Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Working Supervisor
• Provincial Job Description #352 – Diagnostic Medical Sonographer – Dual Credential
• Provincial Job Description #353 – Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Working Supervisor – Dual Credential
• Provincial Job Description #323 – Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer
• Provincial Job Description #351 – Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer & Clinical Coordinator

4. Topic:  INITIATING A MAINTENANCE REQUEST:

Documentation required and process to follow for all changed and new jobs submitted to the Provider Group Joint Job Evaluation Maintenance Process.

Changed Job:

(Process for an employee(s) requesting to be reclassified to a new job or another existing job in the plan)

Job Review Request Form

Provincial Job Fact Sheet (PJFS) (Amended from the PJFS the incumbent is currently in) Provincial Job Fact Sheets

OR

New Job:

(Process for Employers to create new jobs – no employee(s) attached to submission)

Draft Job Description

Job Review Request Form

Provincial Job Fact Sheet (Blank)

Completed documents are forwarded to employer Human Resources department. Employer Human Resources department provides a copy to the local Union and forwards a copy to the Joint Job Evaluation Maintenance Committee (JJEMC) Assistant.

The Human Resources department and the local Union will arrange to meet with the JJEMC Assistant to discuss (Three Party Review meeting) the Maintenance Request.

5. Topic:  HEALTH INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT:

Should Employees or Employers wish to provide supporting documentation further to the required documents, then Regional Policies and Procedures and the Health Information Protection Act (HIPA) must be adhered to.

HIPA requires protection of health information such as Social Insurance Number (SIN), names, addresses, Health Services Number (HSN), next of kin or signatures that would identify an individual, who has not provided consent for information to be shared.

Please reference HIPA, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Saskatchewan’s website at www.oipc.sk.ca or contact your Regional Privacy Office for further information.