The University of California is committed to offering competitive salaries to its patient care technical employees in order to hire and retain the best patient care techs and maintain the highest quality healthcare for patients. How UC Ensures Competitive Salaries The University uses salary surveys to ensure that its patient care techs are receiving competitive compensation packages. These surveys – prepared by third party consultants – compare salaries for UC patient care techs with salaries of patient care techs at other healthcare facilities in their areas. Through information gathered by these surveys, the University is able to view the average salary for all patient care techs in each market and broader salary ranges for various patient care techs in different areas of California. Understanding these averages helps UC to determine the appropriate salary adjustments that are necessary each year to ensure that UC patient care techs are receiving competitive compensation. Who Conducts the Survey Third party consultants, independent of any medical facility, gather the data to conduct the surveys, so that data from all medical center and hospital participants is kept confidential. UC primarily uses the Allied For Health Survey (AFH) as a key source of information to understand the pay market for the broad range of patient care tech titles. Allied For Health is recognized as providing the most comprehensive and accurate salary surveys in California. The survey is conducted by a private company, Future Sense, and is sponsored by the following associations dedicated to facilitating high-quality healthcare in their communities: · The Hospital Association of Southern California
· The California Hospital Association
· The Hospital Council
· The Hospital Association of San Diego and Imperial Counties The Allied For Health Survey is particularly valuable because most of the hospitals in the areas in which the UC medical centers are located participate in it, and because it organizes the information into regions that correspond with the labor markets that are shaped by geography and travel limitations. Methodology Data Gathered and Benchmark Job Positions: The University requests salary data for other facilities that have matching job positions in the same geographic area. The AFH survey utilizes a questionnaire and a steering committee (which includes representatives from UC and other participating hospitals) to establish specifications and definitions for industry-recognized job positions, creating “benchmark jobs” that allow for a consistent analysis of data. The survey gathers data for a number of positions in the hospital industry, as well as data on base hourly rates, salary range, per diem rates, specialty pay, and weekend and shift differentials. The survey also collects demographic data from each participant, including number of beds, revenue figures, and number of employees, among other information that is helpful in making an accurate analysis of salary data. Average Patient Care Tech Salary: The Allied For Health Survey utilizes weighted averages for particular patient care tech titles salaries in order to ensure that organizations have a proportional representation based on the number of employees surveyed. For example, the information provided by larger employers with more employees affects the reported data to a greater degree than the information provided by the smaller employers with fewer employees. Tailored Surveys: The survey has been tailored to provide the most accurate information available for each geographic area. Robust Representation: The surveys poll a minimum of five organizations in order to adhere to U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission guidelines. This requirement ensures a sufficient mixing of data so that one employer cannot determine what another specific employer is offering, preventing anticompetitive conduct. Additionally, the requirement improves the survey by providing a robust representation of salaries for a geographic market. Who Else Participates: None of the participating employers have any influence or control over which employers choose to participate in the AFH survey. This encourages an objective gathering and analysis of data. Confidentiality of Data: After all the data is collected, it is compiled, analyzed, and published in an on-line report accessible to the participants who purchase it. Because of the confidential nature of salary information, survey information is considered proprietary and is not available for purchase by non-participants.
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