Article 16 : Facilities
16.01 The Authority/Member Facility shall provide a mail slot for each Resident Physician on the Member Facility premises.
16.02 The Authority/Member Facility shall make available suitable hot and cold food letting services to the Resident Physician when on-call, throughout the time periods indicated as regular duty periods and the worked night duty periods.
16.03 The Authority/Member Facility shall provide a bulletin board for the purpose of posting PARA notices. This bulletin board will be located in a suitable and accessible location to be agreed upon by both parties.
16.04 The Authority/Member Facility shall make available electrical plug-in parking facilities available twenty-four (24) hours a day and reasonably accessible to the Member Facility for Resident Physicians on duty or emergency call-back. Where two (2) or more security personnel of the Member Facility are on duty, they shall be reasonably available to escort any Resident Physician concerned for his/her safety to and from the parking site. A universal sticker or pass recognized by all Member Facilities shall be provided for Resident Physicians provided that the Resident Physicians apply and pay for the sticker through the Authority that is responsible to pay the salary of the Resident Physician.
16.05 The Authority/Member Facility shall provide adequate coat change room facilities with locker space available for each Resident Physician.
16.06 PARA shall be represented on the Authority's/Member Facility's Occupational Health and Safety Committee or such equivalent committee by one representative appointed by PARA.
16.07 In order to facilitate continuity of care, each Resident Physician shall be supplied his/her own pocket pager by the Authority/Member Facility for the term of the residency. There shall be no cost to the Resident Physician for the use or reasonable maintenance of the pocket pager, including batteries as supplied by the Authority, for the term of the residency.
16.08 Should a Resident Physician have significant professional or educational concerns in respect of providing routine IV, ECG, Phlebotomy, and Respiratory Support Services on a regular and continuous basis, the Resident Physician shall be entitled to appeal to the Associate Dean about such concerns for final decision. In this regard, the Resident Physician should provide in writing to the Associate Dean a comprehensive statement of the concerns.
16.09 The Resident Physician shall be provided, free of charge, full vaccination services for hepatitis, rubella and influenza; and rubella serology and mantoux testing for tuberculosis. Where a Resident Physician requires varicella immunization and/or titre as a result of or related to the Resident Physician's duties, it will also be provided at no cost.
16.10 The Entities and PARA are committed to the provision of a safe and secure work environment for Resident Physicians.
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