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I care because profits should never come before people! By placing nurses with little to no experience in departments they no little about you are placing our members a d the staff in danger. You are forcing nurses and CAs to work against their licenses. I cannot understand how this is even legal! People need to know and have a right to know that healthcare under KP is more a profit making business than actually about their members health. When it comes to saving lives no one should be placed in a situation where they are not comfortable!
Arefa supported: Kaiser Permanente reverse/remove rebidding tacticsMy pediatrics department at Kaiser has been working short-staffed since October of last year when the full time nurse left and was no replaced. I waited and waited and waited for that nurse’s position to be posted, meanwhile I worked full time hours on part time benefits. Kaiser never posted the full time position, but in the re-bid has eliminated my .5 FTE position. Because I “have to bid my FTE” and I have only been with Kaiser 2 years, I have no chance of getting the 1.0 FTE in my department, which is the only position there.
And since I am currently a .5 FTE it remains unclear who is going to train the incoming 1.0 FTE nurse…
Allison supported: Kaiser Permanente reverse/remove rebidding tacticsThis entire process is incredibly disheartening. I want to express my deep concern regarding the current rebidding process and the significant reduction in nursing positions across departments, specifically in my departments in Kensington. The recent updates—particularly the elimination of the full-time Peds position, the reduction of OB from 3.5 to 3 full-time positions, and the drastic cut in High Risk OB from two full-time roles to a single 0.9 FTE—are alarming, both in scope and impact.
What is especially troubling is that specialty experience and clinical competency appear to hold little weight in this process. The fact that highly experienced nurses risk being displaced from the departments they’ve dedicated themselves to—while potentially being placed into areas they have no passion for or clinical background in—runs counter to both patient safety and staff morale. It is also contradictory to the hiring expectation that nurses enter roles with at least 2 years of specialty experience.
The current process places those of us with less seniority, but significant specialty experience, in a deeply precarious position. For instance, with only three full-time OB roles remaining and the potential for higher-seniority nurses from other specialties to bid into those roles, it’s highly possible that I, and others like me, may be pushed out of a department we are fully competent in, without regard to continuity of care or departmental stability
Camila supported: Kaiser Permanente reverse/remove rebidding tacticsThe bidding structure is neither fair nor safe for patients. I applied to a perinatology position in the past and was told that my years of experience in the hospital labor and delivery unit wasn’t good enough experience because it wasn’t a high risk hospital. Now, any nurse, including those with NO ob-gyn background at all, can bid for these positions. We’re “assured” by Kaiser that we’ll get “2-5 days of training” for our new positions. Management handled this very poorly and put nursing staff and patient care on the line.
Nicole supported: Kaiser Permanente reverse/remove rebidding tacticsI've been a nurse for over 30 years this process of bidding on positions that you are not qualified for makes no sense. I do not think this process was well thought out. Certainly the person or committee that made this decision are not care takers. They only looked at the surface, not the multiple layers of this decision.
Selena supported: Kaiser Permanente reverse/remove rebidding tacticsI've had Kaiser since I was born and the nurses have always been so wonderful and caring. They are so vital to patient care and their jobs are hard enough without being understaffed and competing with each other
Amy supported: Kaiser Permanente reverse/remove rebidding tacticsLet’s be honest—good healthcare isn’t always easy to come by. But with Kaiser Permanente, I’ve found something rare: a team of people who care.
I’m talking about the kind of care that shows up on time, listens closely, and follows through. The kind that remembers your name, checks in on your family, and makes sure you understand what’s going on before you walk out the door. That matters.
Every single time my family has needed help—whether it’s urgent care, follow-up visits, or just figuring out paperwork—Kaiser has been there. And not just there, but on point. I’ve never had to chase answers, beg for attention, or second-guess the care we’re getting. That peace of mind? It’s priceless.
So this is just me saying thank you. Thank you for doing your jobs with integrity, consistency, and heart. I see it, I appreciate it, and I’m not shy about giving credit where it’s due.
Keep doing what you do—because it makes a difference.
Kendra supported: Kaiser Permanente reverse/remove rebidding tacticsThis is a dangerous decision Kaiser is making. It is putting patients and staff at risk of injury and errors. Nurses are specialized, just like doctors. Nurses are pulled from department to department and it is not right or fair or safe. There’s no way you would take a pediatrician, doctor of children, and tell them to work in the Obgyn department for the day because the Obgyn department was shortstaffed. There would be a complete uproar. There must be an uproar about this happening with nurses on an all too regular basis. Nurses specialize because we have a calling for that area of healthcare. If there really is a financial issue with Kaiser, why eliminate 87 nursing positions, make nurses bid for a position, increase the workload of the leftover nurses and then keep the same amount of patients. This is crazy! Kaiser is asking for multiple errors and the high likelihood of injuring multiple patients. I did not even mention the mental health of the staff members that will suffer. If money is the issue, why not change the nurse’s work hours. 40-hour work weeks can change to 36-hour work weeks. No one in the company gets bonuses for a year or two. Bonuses are not necessary, especially the bonuses that are multiple thousands of dollars. I would rather have a slight decrease in the amount of hours per week than to be placed in a job with high risk of error happening or worse, harming a patient, losing my license, losing my job and getting zero income. No matter what happens, I will always remember that Kaiser is not my source, God is!
Lori supported: Kaiser Permanente reverse/remove rebidding tacticsTo bid for your job is one thing. To be encouraged to get certifications to be more qualified is another. But to place another nurse in a position with no history or proper training in that department is absurd! Just because they have higher seniority in the company, DOES NOT mean they are a good fit for that position! Without the proper training and background, the risk for patient safety is severely compromised. In addition, adding 2-4 departments to one nurse is another concern! Why did I have to have a certain background to qualify for my job, but someone can replace me with just 1 week of training? Please make it make sense or make it STOP!!
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