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Orange County <br />Board of Commissioners <br />Action Agenda Item Abstract <br />Meeting Date: November 16, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~. I~ <br />Subject: Classification Plan Amendment -Family Nurse Practitioner <br />Department: Personnel <br />Attachment(s): <br />Updated Class Specifications <br />Public Hearing:. Yes No X <br />Budget Amendment <br />Needed: Yes No X <br />Information Contact: <br />Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director <br />Extension 2550 <br />Telephone Number: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />Purpose: To consider amending the Orange County Classification and Pay Plan to <br />consider changing the salary grade for the existing class of: <br />• Family Nurse Practitioner I from Salary Grade 72 to Salary Grade 74. (Salary Grade 74 <br />has a hiring range of $41,051 - $49,899.) <br />• Family Nurse Practitioner 11 from Salary Grade 73 to Salary Grade 75. (Salary Grade 75 <br />has a hiring range of $43,103 - $52,392.) <br />Background: The Health Department employs one Family Nurse Practitioner II and two <br />Family Nurse Practitioners I. The Health Department currently is experiencing difficulty in <br />recruiting and retaining Family Nurse Practitioners 1. At present, one of the two Family <br />Nurse Practitioner I positions is vacant. Prior to that, the position has beenfilled twice in <br />the past two years. <br />Due to the difficulty in recruiting and retaining the Family Nurse Practitioners I, the Health <br />Director requested that Personnel conduct a classification and pay study of both the Family <br />Nurse Practitioner I and II positions. <br />Personnel reviewed the duties and responsibilities of the three positions and determined <br />that there are no significant changes in duties and responsibilities. The Family Nurse <br />Practitioners I continue to: <br />