Posted by
eachean.edmundson -
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January 30, 2012
Do you want to further your education in nursing? Or become certified in your specialty?
The SEIU Healthcare 1199 NW Multi-Employer Training Fund CAN HELP!!
The SEIU Healthcare 1199NW Multi-Employer Training and Education Fund provides healthcare workers with counseling, education and training opportunities to advance their careers, ensure job security, and provide the highest quality of patient care.
Nurses at Swedish Medical Center, Highline Medical Center, and Valley Medical Center can receive counseling, tuition and other assistance for completion of a BSN, a Masters Degree to teach, and some Nurse Practitioner programs. Other special programs may also be funded by grant money. Staff nurses are also eligible for specialty certification exam and re-certification fee reimbursement up to $300.00 This benefit supplements the CE benefit in your union contract.
See the Training Fund website for more information including eligibility requirements, and a link to the initial application required for all programs or to request an appointment with a case manager.
www.healthcareerfund.org
Other ways to contact the Training Fund
Phone: (425) 255-0315
Fax: (425) 255-0347
Email: members@healthcareerfund.org
Posted by
eachean.edmundson -
on
January 6, 2012
With healthcare reform providing more access to care for our patients, we’ll need even more nurses and healthcare workers to meet the demand for care. More than 20% of SEIU Healthcare 1199NW members have used one of the Multi-Employer Training Fund’s benefits since the fund started in 2009, including tuition assistance, continuing education reimbursement, career counseling, or a college readiness program to help advance their careers in the healthcare field.
The Multi-Employer Fund hired new Executive Director Mary Rosenthal to oversee the development of the fund and work with participating hospital employers Swedish Medical Center, Highline Medical Center, Valley Medical Center, Northwest Hospital, and Group Health Cooperative, the newest employer to join the fund.
Group Health’s contribution, like other participating employers, will be used for tuition assistance, counseling, college readiness, and tutoring for healthcare workers to advance their careers into healthcare. Group Health members should visit www.healthcareerfund.org
In 2011:
- 402 members used the tuition assistance benefit
- 330 members took college readiness, ESL or basic computer skills classes
- 37 SEIU Healthcare 1199NW members graduated from degree or certificate programs
- 144 RNs used the Training Fund’s specialty nurse exam fee reimbursement benefit
“I work in admitting at Northwest Hospital, and I’m using our union’s training fund to become a nurse. We’ll see an influx of patients coming through our doors through healthcare reform. Our training fund means we can be there for our patients, and advance our own careers.”
Melinda Hannafious, Admitting, Northwest Hospital
“I’m using our union’s training fund to become a Medical Lab Technician. I’m taking a chemistry class next quarter to help me become a Lab Tech, and that’s good for my family and the hospital. I am thankful to have this assistance with my education.”
Claudia Salas, Lab Assistant, Northwest Hospital
Posted by
linnae.riesen -
on
May 31, 2011
In an historic first for Washington state, SEIU Healthcare 1199NW and five hospitals negotiated a joint labor-management agreement in 2008 for training funds that will help ensure we have more nurses, technical, and professional healthcare workers to care for our patients in our community. The fund provides bargaining unit employees at Highline Medical Center, Northwest Hospital & Medical Center, Swedish Medical Center, Swedish Medical Center – Edmonds, and Valley Medical Center with the opportunity to develop their skills and advance their careers.
This joint fund provides counseling, training, and tuition assistance, which enables employees to upgrade their skills and move into higher paying, hard-to-fill hospital positions. It also addresses one of the key challenges facing healthcare: a shortage of nurses, professional and technical workers, which will only increase as more baby boomers retire.
To reach the SEIU Healthcare 1199NW Multi-Employer Training Fund:
425-255-0315
15 So. Grady Way, #321
Renton, 98057
F:425-255-0347
F:425-255-0347
425-255-0315
15 So. Grady Way, #321
Renton, 98057