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www.ncah.com.auNursing Careers Allied Health - Issue 12
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Mental Health Feature
Nurses applaud plan to introduce school nurses
How nurses can care for the mental health of people with chronic disease
Nurses and midwives abandon action to turn away low-risk women
More incentives the key to boosting rural and remote nursing
Issue 1217/06/13
fortnightly
Mental Health Feature
Nurses applaud plan to introduce school nurses
How nurses can care for the mental health of people with chronic disease
Nurses and midwives abandon action to turn away low-risk women
More incentives the key to boosting rural and remote nursing
Issue 1217/06/13
fortnightly
OCEANIA UNIVERSITYOF MEDICINE
NOW INTERNATIONALLY ACCREDITED
Take the next step, earn your MBBS atOceania University of Medicine.
OUM is proud to announce an even more attractive fee structure from 2013.Applications are now open for courses beginning in February and August.
New facilities, greater capacity and over 150 students currently enrolled. Study from a Home Base under faculty from top international medical schools. Receive personalised attention from your own Academic Advisor. OUM Graduates are eligible to sit for the AMC exam or NZREX. OUM Graduates are employed in Australia, New Zealand, Samoa and USA.
RN to MBBSWhat I like aboutOUM is that I cancontinue to work
part time and continue my studies in
medicine. The ability tocombine my
studies with thecases I was seeing
in the hospitalreally enhanced my education.Vivian Ndukwe, RN
from Melbourne, OUM Class of 2012
In AU 1300 665 343 or NZ 0800 99 01 01 www.RNtoMBBS.org
Warrnambool Campus
Ryot Street, Warrnambool 3280
www.southwesthealthcare.com.au
2010 Regional Health Service of the Year
Warrnambool Campus
Ryot Street, Warrnambool 3280
www.southwesthealthcare.com.au
2010 Regional Health Service of the Year
CLINICAL NURSE CONSULTANT
Mental Health Division
As part of the acute unit senior management team, this position provides leadership in training
programs for staff, nurse graduates, students and other professionals on specialist mental health
topics across a range of settings; as well as a range of other specialist responsibilities.
Our service leads the state in key indicators and measures; our acute unit prides itself on its consumer
focus and innovation that is best practice and evidence based. You will need to possess change
management, project management, training and evaluation skills and demonstrate a high level of
expertise and commitment to mental health nursing.
Salary and conditions will be commensurate with experience and/or qualifications and include access
to salary packaging. The successful applicant will be required to provide a Working With Children &
Police Record Check.
A position description and further details can be found at our website under Careers.
For additional information please contact Mr Chris Healey (Manager of Residential Services) on
(03) 5563 1232 or via email [email protected]
Applications are to be submitted online via our website only under Careers and need to
include: an application letter, full personal particulars, qualifications and experience; together with the
names of three (3) referees by Friday 28 June 2013. Other documents you feel are relevant may also
be attached: however this is limited to 5 documents and there is also a size limitation of no greater
than 2 Mega Bytes.
Note: If you experience any difficulties with this website or completing the application process,
please send an email to: [email protected] Please note this address is for enquiries
only and applications cannot be submitted via this email.
www.ncah.com.au Nursing Careers Allied Health - Issue 12
Seabreeze Communications Pty Ltd (ABN 29 071 328 053)
PO Box 633 Black Rock Victoria 3193 Australia
Print Post Approved
Publication No. 340742/0033
BENDIGO
VIC 3550
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Printed by BM
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[email protected] with the address that is currently shown and your correct address.
Mental Health Feature
Nurses applaud plan to introduce school nurses
How nurses can care for the mental health of people with chronic disease
Nurses and midwives abandon action to turn away low-risk women
More incentives the key to boosting rural and remote nursing
Issue 12
17/06/13
fortnightly
Mental Health Feature
Nurses applaud plan to introduce school nurses
How nurses can care for the mental health of people with chronic disease
Nurses and midwives abandon action to turn away low-risk women
More incentives the key to boosting rural and remote nursing
Issue 12
17/06/13
fortnightly
OCEANIA UNIVERSITY
OF MEDICINE
NOW INTERNATIONALLY ACCREDITED
Take the next step, earn your MBBS at
Oceania University of Medicine.
OUM is proud to announce an even more attractive fee structure from 2013.
Applications are now open for courses beginning in February and August.
New facilities, greater capacity and over 150 students currently enrolled.
Study from a Home Base under faculty from top international medical schools.
Receive personalised attention from your own Academic Advisor.
OUM Graduates are eligible to sit for the AMC exam or NZREX.
OUM Graduates are employed in Australia, New Zealand, Samoa and USA.
RNtoMBBS
What I like about
OUM is that I can
continue to work
part time
and continue
my studies in
medicine.
The ability to
combine my
studies with the
cases I was seeing
in the hospital
really enhanced
my education.
Vivian Ndukwe, RN
from Melbourne,
OUM Class of 2012
In AU 1300 665 343 or NZ 0800 99 01 01 www.RNtoMBBS.org
Warrnambool CampusRyot Street, Warrnambool 3280www.southwesthealthcare.com.au
2010 Regional Health Service of the Year
Warrnambool CampusRyot Street, Warrnambool 3280www.southwesthealthcare.com.au
2010 Regional Health Service of the Year
CLINICAL NURSE CONSULTANT Mental Health Division
As part of the acute unit senior management team, this position provides leadership in training
programs for staff, nurse graduates, students and other professionals on specialist mental health
topics across a range of settings; as well as a range of other specialist responsibilities.
Our service leads the state in key indicators and measures; our acute unit prides itself on its consumer
focus and innovation that is best practice and evidence based. You will need to possess change
management, project management, training and evaluation skills and demonstrate a high level of
expertise and commitment to mental health nursing.
Salary and conditions will be commensurate with experience and/or qualifications and include access
to salary packaging. The successful applicant will be required to provide a Working With Children &
Police Record Check.
A position description and further details can be found at our website under Careers.
For additional information please contact Mr Chris Healey (Manager of Residential Services) on
(03) 5563 1232 or via email [email protected]
Applications are to be submitted online via our website only under Careers and need to
include: an application letter, full personal particulars, qualifications and experience; together with the
names of three (3) referees by Friday 28 June 2013. Other documents you feel are relevant may also
be attached: however this is limited to 5 documents and there is also a size limitation of no greater
than 2 Mega Bytes.
Note: If you experience any difficulties with this website or completing the application process,
please send an email to: [email protected] Please note this address is for enquiries
only and applications cannot be submitted via this email.
Page 30 | www.ncah.com.au Nursing Careers Allied Health - Issue 12 | Page 3
Page 6 | www.ncah.com.auNursing Careers Allied Health - Issue 12 | Page 27
Health Screening Consultants National opportunities - including metropolitan, regional
and remote areas of Australia
Flexible - you set the pace, its your business! Discover new challenges Competitive Remuneration National Opportunities
UHG specialises in providing support services to the insurance and legal sectors, and currently have FANTASTIC opportunities to recruit Health Screening Consultants to register with our national mobile network.
Exciting opportunities for Nurses, Paramedics, Nurse Vaccinators & Pathology Collectors looking for new challenges within a growing sector that allows freedom of choice are now available.
Essential Requirements: Solid nursing background (min 2yrs post grad) Venepuncture (min 2yrs exp) Excellent general medical knowledge and terminology Professional presentation and communication, along with impressive time
management skills Passion for delivering high standards of service, to coincide with the
companys friendly and personable approach to Health Screening Current CPR Certification National Police Check
Interested to learn more?Visit our website at www.uhg.com.auTo apply online visit www.healthscreening.com.auFor general enquiries, please contact Ashlyn Smith (03) 9692 7049 or Liz Dickson (03) 9692 7716
Delivering tailored healthcare solutions
Work and play in beautiful Western Australia
Live in a booming economy and reap the rewards!
Have the sun and sea right on your doorstep
TR7 Health is leading the way in Health
recruitment with quality, excellence and
professionalism.
We have developed strong and positive
relationships within the industry and
actively work to place hundreds
of qualified nurses and healthcare
professionals into hospitals and aged care
facilities throughout Western Australia.
Western Australia is home to plenty of extraordinary experiences, the likes of which
can only be found right here. WA boasts the largest collection of wildflowers on
the planet, some of the whitest beaches in the country and one of only a few places
world-wide where you can swim with the oceans largest fish.
We
have current
vacancies for
Midwives
Theatre & Recovery Nurses
Aged Care Nurses and Managers
Mental Health Nurses
Specialist Nurses
Medical and Surgical Nurses
ED Nurses
Allied Health
Professionals
Send us your resume today or for career/
market advice and information on living and
working in Western Australia contact our
specialist consultants today!
PH: (08) 9218 1431 Email:[email protected]
or visit us online at www.tr7.com.au
More incentives are needed to attract nurses and midwives to rural and remote communities across Australia, according to the Australian Nursing Federation.
The union says a shortage of highly trained nurses and midwives in hard-to-staff areas is creating increased workloads for nurses working in rural and remote communities and compromising safe patient care.
ANF federal secretary Lee Thomas said the union has called for the Federal Government to remove HECS fees in a bid to entice more graduates to work in rural and remote communities.
Rural nurses and midwives are vital in delivering quality care throughout regional communities with often limited access to health services, yet they just dont have the incentives to allow them to move into rural practice, she said.
One solution the ANF has recommended is for the removal of HECS fees as an incentive for nursing and midwifery graduates to work in short staffed areas, such as rural and remote communities.
The comments come after the Federal Government announced a $179 million investment as part of the Rural Health Outreach Fund and the Medical Outreach Indigenous Chronic Disease Program, to provide more health professionals and services to rural Australia.
The funding boost aims to increase access to maternity and paediatric services, eye health, mental health and support chronic disease management and equates to about 250,000 visits to doctors, nurses or allied health professionals.
The funding will be supplied to organisations, including Rural Health West in Western Australia and CheckUP Australia in
Queensland, to boost vital health services in areas where they are most needed.
Ms Thomas applauded the funding but said more needs to be done to attract nurses and midwives into high-need workforce areas.
She said the government must find funding solutions to tackle the nations nursing crisis, which extends to Australias rural and remote areas.
As Australias largest health union, the ANF is becoming increasingly concerned by the growing shortage of nurses and midwives and the underemployment of graduates in health and aged care, she said.
As a nation, we need to start building a future nursing and midwifery workforce to replace the current staff, retiring over the next 15 to 20 years, with 90,000 highly trained nurses expected to retire.
Rural and remote communities in particular are areas of real need for highly-trained nursing and midwifery professionals.
Unfortunately, this is leading to increased workloads for the existing nursing workforce, compromising safe patient care for rural and remote communities.
More incentives the key to boosting rural and remote nursingby Karen Keast
To see what we can offer you as a member of the Epworth team, please contact:
OncologyGabrielle Westone: [email protected]
OrthopaedicsLisa Rodgerse: [email protected]
AnaestheticsPauline Fogartye: [email protected]
Nursing Post_outlines.indd 122/05/13 10:21 AM
Page 28 | www.ncah.com.auNursing Careers Allied Health - Issue 12 | Page 5
Page 4 | www.ncah.com.au Nursing Careers Allied Health - Issue 12 | Page 29
Advertiser List
AHN Recruitment
Austra Health
Australian College of Nursing
Canterbury District Health Board
CCM Recruitment International
CQ Nurse
eNurse
Koala Nursing Agency
Latrobe Regional Hospital
Lifescreen
Luxury Travel and Earn
NSW Health - Bloomfield Hospital
NSW Health - Hunter New England
NSW Health - Northern Sydney Local
Health District
Oceania University of Medicine
Oxford Aunts Care
Quick and Easy Finance
Royal Flying Doctor Service
South West Healthcare
TR7 Health
Unified Healthcare Group
University of New England
We hope you enjoy perusing the range of opportunities included in Issue 12, 2013.
If you are interested in pursuing any of these opportunities, please contact the advertiser directly via the contact details provided. If you have any queries about our publication or if you would like to receive our publication, please email us at [email protected]
FACT, NOT FICTION
The NCAH Magazine distribution is independently audited by the Circulations Audit Board.
Total Audited Print and Digital Distribution: 28,090
The NCAH Magazine is the most widely distributed national nursing and allied health publication in Australia
For all advertising and production enquiries please contact us on +61 (0) 3 9271 8700, email [email protected] or visit www.ncah.com.au
If you would like to change your mailing address, or be included on our distribution, please email [email protected]
Published by Seabreeze Communications Pty Ltd Trading as NCAH.
ABN 29 071 328 053.
2013 Seabreeze Communications Pty Ltd.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be copied or
reproduced by any means without the prior written permission of
the publisher. Compliance with the Trade Practices Act 1974 of
advertisements contained in this publication is the responsibility of
those who submit the advertisement for publication.
Issue 12 17 June 2013
www.ncah.com.au
Next Publication: Midwifery & MaternalPublication Date: Monday 1st July 2013
Colour Artwork Deadline: Monday 24th June 2013
Mono Artwork Deadline: Wednesday 26th June 2013
Nurses and midwives have shelved industrial
action which would have capped new low-risk
antenatal admissions at Nepean Hospitals
Women and Childrens Service.
Nurses and midwives had planned to refer
low-risk women from outside the catchment
to other public hospitals amid concerns over
a staff shortage of 21 full-time equivalent
(FTE) midwives.
The cap, which was expected to affect about
1000 women a year, would not have applied
to current patients, new high-risk pregnancies
or obstetric emergencies.
The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives
Association (NSWNMA) urged nurses and
midwives not to proceed with the action after
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District
invoked the dispute clause in the award,
calling for the status quo to continue until
further discussions take place to resolve the
dispute.
NSWNMA general secretary Brett Holmes said
the services nurses and midwives believed
critical staff shortages were compromising
patient safety.
With 21 vacancies it means that people
are doing extra shifts, theres a reliance on
extra support from casuals and agencies but
because of budget restrictions theres a great
reluctance on behalf of management to use
those, he said.
That means that midwives believe that they
are not in a position to provide the level of care
that they believe the patients are deserving.
Midwives are always very reluctant to take
action that may have an impact on their
delivery of services but its got to such a point
at Nepean that they have been asking for this
to be fixed since 2012.
We are ultimately trying to achieve an
outcome which delivers safe patient care and
we do support nurses and midwives standing
up on behalf of their patients and standing up
to protect their professional integrity by taking
legitimate action.
Mr Holmes said the service had endured
critical staff shortages after a Birthrate Plus
miscalculation.
He said Nepean was operating with about
140 FTE midwives, and he said a shortage
of midwives was also affecting services at
Westmead and Dubbo.
Mr Holmes said fewer universities were now
offering post graduate midwifery degrees in
line with the growing popularity of direct-entry
three-year Bachelor of Midwifery degrees.
That leaves many people who are registered
nurses who would like to go and do midwifery
a smaller number of opportunities to do that,
he said.
Ultimately, that will have a long term impact
on the numbers of midwives who have dual
registration and a breadth of skills across
nursing and midwifery.
Mr Holmes said many registered nurses with
midwifery qualifications are also unable to fulfil
their recency of practice requirements, forcing
them to give up their midwifery qualifications,
there was also limited availability of supervised
practice, which was time consuming and
unpaid, and no re-entry program in Australia
for midwives.
There does need to be a re-entry program
developed for midwives so when they have
been out of the workforce for those five
magical yearsthey can get back in, he
said
Nurses and midwives abandon action to turn away low-risk
women
by Karen Keast
CQ Nurse, Australias premier nursing
agency, has contracts available NOW.
Earn extra $$$$
Meet new people
Visit new destinations
Be where you are needed
Exciting locations throughout Australia
discover
yours
to
www.cqnurse.com.au
Office location
239 Nebo Road, Mackay
p 07 4998 5550 f 07 4998 5545
A CHANGE
is as good as
A HOLIDAY
Various positions available throughout regional,
rural and remote Australia
MIDWIFERY positions available
throughout Australia
Page 28 | www.ncah.com.au Nursing Careers Allied Health - Issue 12 | Page 5
Page 4 | www.ncah.com.auNursing Careers Allied Health - Issue 12 | Page 29
Advertiser List
AHN Recruitment
Austra Health
Australian College of Nursing
Canterbury District Health Board
CCM Recruitment International
CQ Nurse
eNurse
Koala Nursing Agency
Latrobe Regional Hospital
Lifescreen
Luxury Travel and Earn
NSW Health - Bloomfield Hospital
NSW Health - Hunter New England
NSW Health - Northern Sydney Local
Health District
Oceania University of Medicine
Oxford Aunts Care
Quick and Easy Finance
Royal Flying Doctor Service
South West Healthcare
TR7 Health
Unified Healthcare Group
University of New England
We hope you enjoy perusing the range of opportunities
included in Issue 12, 2013.
If you are interested in pursuing any of these opportunities,
please contact the advertiser directly via the contact details
provided. If you have any queries about our publication or
if you would like to receive our publication, please email us
FACT, NOT FICTION
The NCAH Magazine distribution is independently audited
by the Circulations Audit Board.
Total Audited Print and
Digital Distribution: 28,090
The NCAH Magazine is the most widely distributed national
nursing and allied health publication in Australia
For all advertising and production enquiries please contact
us on +61 (0) 3 9271 8700, email
[email protected] or visit www.ncah.com.au
If you would like to change your mailing address,
or be included on our distribution, please email
Published by Seabreeze Communications Pty Ltd Trading as NCAH.
ABN 29 071 328 053.
2013 Seabreeze Communications Pty Ltd.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be copied or
reproduced by any means without the prior written permission of
the publisher. Compliance with the Trade Practices Act 1974 of
advertisements contained in this publication is the responsibility of
those who submit the advertisement for publication.
Issue 12 17 June 2013
www.ncah.com.au
Next Publication: Midwifery & Maternal
Publication Date: Monday 1st July 2013
Colour Artwork Deadline: Monday 24th June 2013
Mono Artwork Deadline: Wednesday 26th June 2013
Nurses and midwives have shelved industrial action which would have capped new low-risk antenatal admissions at Nepean Hospitals Women and Childrens Service.
Nurses and midwives had planned to refer low-risk women from outside the catchment to other public hospitals amid concerns over a staff shortage of 21 full-time equivalent (FTE) midwives.
The cap, which was expected to affect about 1000 women a year, would not have applied to current patients, new high-risk pregnancies or obstetric emergencies.
The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) urged nurses and midwives not to proceed with the action after Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District invoked the dispute clause in the award, calling for the status quo to continue until further discussions take place to resolve the dispute.
NSWNMA general secretary Brett Holmes said the services nurses and midwives believed critical staff shortages were compromising patient safety.
With 21 vacancies it means that people are doing extra shifts, theres a reliance on extra support from casuals and agencies but because of budget restrictions theres a great reluctance on behalf of management to use those, he said.
That means that midwives believe that they are not in a position to provide the level of care that they believe the patients are deserving.
Midwives are always very reluctant to take action that may have an impact on their delivery of services but its got to such a point at Nepean that they have been asking for this to be fixed since 2012.
We are ultimately trying to achieve an outcome which delivers safe patient care and we do support nurses and midwives standing up on behalf of their patients and standing up to protect their professional integrity by taking legitimate action.
Mr Holmes said the service had endured critical staff shortages after a Birthrate Plus miscalculation.
He said Nepean was operating with about 140 FTE midwives, and he said a shortage of midwives was also affecting services at Westmead and Dubbo.
Mr Holmes said fewer universities were now offering post graduate midwifery degrees in line with the growing popularity of direct-entry three-year Bachelor of Midwifery degrees.
That leaves many people who are registered nurses who would like to go and do midwifery a smaller number of opportunities to do that, he said.
Ultimately, that will have a long term impact on the numbers of midwives who have dual registration and a breadth of skills across nursing and midwifery.
Mr Holmes said many registered nurses with midwifery qualifications are also unable to fulfil their recency of practice requirements, forcing them to give up their midwifery qualifications, there was also limited availability of supervised practice, which was time consuming and unpaid, and no re-entry program in Australia for midwives.
There does need to be a re-entry program developed for midwives so when they have been out of the workforce for those five magical yearsthey can get back in, he said
Nurses and midwives abandon action to turn away low-risk women
by Karen Keast
CQ Nurse, Australias premier nursing agency, has contracts available NOW.
Earn extra $$$$ Meet new people Visit new destinations Be where you are needed Exciting locations throughout Australia
discoveryours to
www.cqnurse.com.auOffice location239 Nebo Road, Mackayp 07 4998 5550 f 07 4998 5545 e [email protected]
A CHANGE is as good asA HOLIDAY
Various positions available throughout regional, rural and remote Australia
MIDWIFERY positions available throughout Australia
Page 30 | www.ncah.com.auNursing Careers Allied Health - Issue 12 | Page 3
Page 6 | www.ncah.com.au Nursing Careers Allied Health - Issue 12 | Page 27
Health Screening Consultants
National opportunities - including metropolitan, regional
and remote areas of Australia
Flexible - you set the pace, its your business!
Discover new challenges
Competitive Remuneration
National Opportunities
UHG specialises in providing support services to the insurance and legal
sectors, and currently have FANTASTIC opportunities to recruit Health
Screening Consultants to register with our national mobile network.
Exciting opportunities for Nurses, Paramedics, Nurse Vaccinators &
Pathology Collectors looking for new challenges within a growing sector
that allows freedom of choice are now available.
Essential Requirements:
Solid nursing background (min 2yrs post grad)
Venepuncture (min 2yrs exp)
Excellent general medical knowledge and terminology
Professional presentation and communication, along with impressive time
management skills
Passion for delivering high standards of service, to coincide with the
companys friendly and personable approach to Health Screening
Current CPR Certification
National Police Check
Interested to learn more?
Visit our website at www.uhg.com.au
To apply online visit www.healthscreening.com.au
For general enquiries, please contact Ashlyn Smith (03) 9692 7049 or Liz
Dickson (03) 9692 7716
Delivering tailored healthcare solutions
Work and play in beautiful Western AustraliaLive in a booming economy and reap the rewards!
Have the sun and sea right on your doorstep
TR7 Health is leading the way in Health recruitment with quality, excellence and professionalism.
We have developed strong and positive relationships within the industry and actively work to place hundreds of qualified nurses and healthcare professionals into hospitals and aged care facilities throughout Western Australia.
Western Australia is home to plenty of extraordinary experiences, the likes of which can only be found right here. WA boasts the largest collection of wildflowers on the planet, some of the whitest beaches in the country and one of only a few places world-wide where you can swim with the oceans largest fish.
We have current vacancies for
Midwives
Theatre & Recovery Nurses
Aged Care Nurses and Managers
Mental Health Nurses
Specialist Nurses
Medical and Surgical Nurses
ED Nurses
Allied Health Professionals
Send us your resume today or for career/market advice and information on living and working in Western Australia contact our specialist consultants today!
PH: (08) 9218 1431 Email:[email protected] or visit us online at www.tr7.com.au
More incentives are needed to attract nurses
and midwives to rural and remote communities
across Australia, according to the Australian
Nursing Federation.
The union says a shortage of highly trained
nurses and midwives in hard-to-staff areas
is creating increased workloads for nurses
working in rural and remote communities and
compromising safe patient care.
ANF federal secretary Lee Thomas said the
union has called for the Federal Government
to remove HECS fees in a bid to entice
more graduates to work in rural and remote
communities.
Rural nurses and midwives are vital in
delivering quality care throughout regional
communities with often limited access to
health services, yet they just dont have the
incentives to allow them to move into rural
practice, she said.
One solution the ANF has recommended is
for the removal of HECS fees as an incentive
for nursing and midwifery graduates to work in
short staffed areas, such as rural and remote
communities.
The comments come after the Federal
Government announced a $179 million
investment as part of the Rural Health
Outreach Fund and the Medical Outreach
Indigenous Chronic Disease Program,
to provide more health professionals and
services to rural Australia.
The funding boost aims to increase access to
maternity and paediatric services, eye health,
mental health and support chronic disease
management and equates to about 250,000
visits to doctors, nurses or allied health
professionals.
The funding will be supplied to organisations,
including Rural Health West in Western
Australia and CheckUP Australia in
Queensland, to boost vital health services in
areas where they are most needed.
Ms Thomas applauded the funding but said
more needs to be done to attract nurses and
midwives into high-need workforce areas.
She said the government must find funding
solutions to tackle the nations nursing crisis,
which extends to Australias rural and remote
areas.
As Australias largest health union, the ANF
is becoming increasingly concerned by the
growing shortage of nurses and midwives
and the underemployment of graduates in
health and aged care, she said.
As a nation, we need to start building a future
nursing and midwifery workforce to replace
the current staff, retiring over the next 15 to
20 years, with 90,000 highly trained nurses
expected to retire.
Rural and remote communities in particular
are areas of real need for highly-trained
nursing and midwifery professionals.
Unfortunately, this is leading to increased
workloads for the existing nursing workforce,
compromising safe patient care for rural and
remote communities.
More incentives the key to boosting rural and remote nursing
by Karen Keast
To see what we can offer you as a member of the Epworth team, please contact:
Oncology Gabrielle Weston e: [email protected]
Orthopaedics Lisa Rodgers e: [email protected]
Anaesthetics Pauline Fogarty e: [email protected]
Nursing Post_outlines.indd 1 22/05/13 10:21 AM
Page 26 | www.ncah.com.au Nursing Careers Allied Health - Issue 12 | Page 7
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When Hazel Brittain moved from the United Kingdom to work as a midwife in Australia, her first position was located at a hospital in the small rural Queensland town of Beaudesert.
Maybe I had been watching too much A Country Practice in the UK, she laughs.
But I love it here I stayed here for 10 years and then I left about 13 years ago.
Twenty-three years after first arriving, Hazel is once again back at Beaudesert Hospital but this time as Nursing and Midwifery Director and Facility Manager, faced with the task of re-instating birthing services at the hospital before the end of June, 2014.
I worked here as a Director of Nursing 13 years ago, when the hospital was a very busy little hospital, which had a 24-7 operating theatre running and we had about 400 to 450 babies born every year, she says.
The services have dwindled away a little so I am back now to help revitalise the service again. Its a very exciting opportunity.
Hazel briefly returned to Beaudesert in 2010 to set up the towns group midwifery practice outreach service, which provides continuity of care midwifery services for women.
Hazel says it is exciting to reinstate the hospitals birthing services, which includes the employment of at least four full-time equivalent (FTE) midwives for generalist ward work as well as six FTE midwives for Beaudeserts group midwifery practice.
The Metro South Health hospital is also undergoing a refurbishment to overhaul the birthing facilities which have been used for other purposes in recent years, and it could soon be the first rural hospital in the state to allow access to privately practising midwives.
Women will be able to have a choice of having a privately practising midwife if they want to, Hazel says.
Many women want to birth their baby in a hospital but their midwife cant come with them. There are many hospitals around us who are now taking this option up.
Its exciting for women to have more options and its exciting for midwives as well.
An Adjunct Associate Professor at Griffith Universitys School of Midwifery, Hazel is also the president of the Queensland branch of the Australian College of Midwives and was recently recognised for her leadership in the field when she was awarded the colleges inaugural Midwifery Leadership Award.
Hazel says while midwifery has come a long way in Australia, there is still more work to be done.
I think we need more continuity models, we need more choice for women, she says.
We need more places to take up the privately practising midwives option, wherever women want them, and that homebirth becomes something thats more mainstream if women want to have a baby at home and if everything is looking good.
In the end, I would like to see women make more of the choices rather than having things thrust upon them.
Midwifery leader pioneers new era for rural hospitalby Karen Keast
Hazel Brittain
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Health meet best practice standards to prevent the spread
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With expansion comes opportunity - the opportunity for health professionals
seeking a career in mental health and drug & alcohol to join us.
Our services provide unique and contemporary models of care across a
diverse geographical setting, from the regional cities of Bathurst, Dubbo
and Orange - to the outback settings of Bourke and Lightning Ridge.
Many health professionals from across the globe have taken up the
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y not make it you?
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An exciting opportunity exists for a dynamic, highly motivated experienced Registered Nurse to join our progressive middle management team. This exciting opportunity is seen as pivotal to the strategic direction and growth of the organisations Operating Suite services.
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Emergency departments in New South Wales hospitals are being inundated by mentally ill patients due to a lack of psychiatric beds.
An exclusive report by local newspaper the Newcastle Herald newspaper has revealed one in every 36 emergency department patients in the Hunter hospital last year was mentally ill, while at Calvary Mater Newcastle, it was one in every 15 patients.
It was also reported that three psychiatric patients endured more than two days stuck in emergency departments at Maitland and Calvary Mater hospitals, while 20 spent more than 24 hours in emergency departments at Maitland, Calvary Mater and John Hunter.
Many patients were so ill that they needed to be strapped down and sedated so they didnt harm themselves or others. The number of violent incidents in which hospital staff are forced to manage patients in this way is understood to be on the rise.
Doctors reportedly said the high stress environment of emergency departments only increased distress in already agitated or psychotic patients.
Last year 6023 people mentally ill people were treated at Maitland, Calvary Mater, Belmont and John Hunter emergency departments, a rise of 121per cent from 2720 in 2007.
The biggest increase occurred following the opening of mental health facilities at Calvary Mater in 2009.
It is understood the number of patients suffering mental health problems in recent times is due to the rise in use of synthetic drugs over the past few years. This is frequently compounded by other substance abuse issues including alcohol.
The Newcastle Herald reported that according to data obtained under freedom of information laws (Government Information Public Access), 26,065 mental health patients were seen at Hunter emergency departments over the past six years.
A nurse, who did not want to be named, reportedly said the increase in emergency department presentations reflected the lack of resources for mental health in the community and a shortage of psychiatric beds.
NSW hospitals straining under mental health burden
It is understood the number of patients suffering mental health problems in recent times is due to the rise in use of synthetic drugs...
where the nurse is able to
assess and focus care on the
specific needs of children and
whnau in a community, health
outcomes improve.
Dr Jill Clendon
NZNO Nursing Policy Adviser
Almost 300 nurses would be employed at
primary and intermediate schools in low socio-
economic communities across New Zealand,
under a Green Party plan.
The party has announced its $30 million plan,
which would inject 280 public health nurses to
care for 112,000 children in 650 schools, as part
of its child poverty strategy.
Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei said children
in the most deprived neighbourhoods are three
times more likely to be admitted to hospital for
preventable illnesses than children from the least
deprived neighbourhoods.
Nurses already do a fantastic job in low decile
secondary schools and some primary schools,
she said.
But schools shouldnt have to dip into their
operations grants to fund this service.
Our proposal is for a formal national framework
for school nursing where every child from a lower
decile school can be guaranteed a basic level of
care from a nurse.
We propose engaging the profession to
establish a scope of practice and model of care
specific to primary school nursing.
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation has
welcomed the blueprint, which was one of the
unions key recommendations in its submission
to the governments Green Paper on Vulnerable
Children last year.
The union, which represents more than 46,000
nurses and health workers, has called for a full-
time government-funded nurse in every early
childhood centre and school across New Zealand
in a bid to provide better health outcomes.
NZNO nursing policy adviser and researcher Dr
Jill Clendon said locating a nurse at every school
and early childhood centre would improve
access to health care for children, young people
and their families.
Dr Clendon said nurses were able to work with
teachers and social workers in the facilities to
provide preventative health education and can
advocate, assess and provide brief intervention
and referral while coordinating care for those
experiencing difficulties.
Evidence demonstrates that health outcomes
and access to health care for children improves
with school-based nursing services, she said.
Evidence from New Zealand shows that where
the nurse is able to assess and focus care on
the specific needs of children and whnau in
a community, health outcomes improve, she
stated in the unions submission.
When the nurse at a nurse-led clinic in a primary
school in Auckland focused care on education
and interventions for families managing asthma,
skin conditions and ear conditions, significantly
decreased visitation to the citys childrens
hospital was observed for ENT services and
decreased visitation was observed for general
medical services for children from the area.
Figures show every year an average of 10
children in the country die at the hands of the
people closest to them while suspected abuse
or neglect notifications have grown 205 per cent
from 2004 to 2010.
In 2008-2009, there were 13,315 hospital
admissions for children aged under five for
conditions that could have been avoided and
1,286 hospital admissions for children and young
people aged from newborns to 24 which were a
result of assault, neglect or maltreatment.
Nurses applaud plan to introduce school nurses
by Karen Keast
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With expansion comes opportunity - the opportunity for health professionals seeking a career in mental health and drug & alcohol to join us.
Our services provide unique and contemporary models of care across a diverse geographical setting, from the regional cities of Bathurst, Dubbo and Orange - to the outback settings of Bourke and Lightning Ridge.
Many health professionals from across the globe have taken up the opportunity to join us in this exciting time of growth -
y not make it you?
It is an exciting time in the Western NSW Local Health District with the continued expansion of services across our region.
An exciting opportunity exists for a dynamic, highly motivated
experienced Registered Nurse to join our progressive middle
management team. This exciting opportunity is seen as pivotal to
the strategic direction and growth of the organisations Operating
Suite services.
We offer:
Amodernfriendlyenvironmentthatencouragesgrowthand
professional development.
Supportof,andcompliancewith,bestpracticeguidelines
Freeonsiteparking
GenerousSalaryPackaging.
Activeparticipationintheleadershipandmanagementteam.
Tobesuccessfulinyourroleyouwill:
Beanexperienced/qualifiedRegisteredNursewithaminimum
ofPerioperativeCertificate/6yearsclinicalexperience,
preferablywithexperienceinChangeManagementandpost-
graduatequalificationshighlydesirable
Exhibithighlydevelopedinterpersonalandcommunication
skills
Demonstrateexcellenceinadvancedclinicalpracticeand
knowledge
Bepro-active,highlymotivatedandaneffectivetimemanager
Demonstrateactiveparticipationinandpromotionof
professional development
ApplicantsmusthaveacommitmenttocontinuousQuality
improvement.
Apersonalcommitmenttoongoingeducationand
development
HoldacurrentPoliceCheck
HoldcurrentAHPRAregistration.
ForfurtherinformationortoobtainaPositionDescriptionplease
contactourPatientServicesManagerorvisitourwebsite
-www.bcrh.com.au
WrittenapplicationwithCV,including3refereesto:
JanetLodgeDirectorofNursing
BassCoastRegionalHealth,P.O.Box120,WonthaggiVic3995
NURSE UNIT MANAGER OPERATING SUITE
Emergency departments in New South Wales
hospitals are being inundated by mentally ill
patients due to a lack of psychiatric beds.
An exclusive report by local newspaper the
Newcastle Herald newspaper has revealed
one in every 36 emergency department
patients in the Hunter hospital last year was
mentally ill, while at Calvary Mater Newcastle,
it was one in every 15 patients.
It was also reported that three psychiatric
patients endured more than two days stuck
in emergency departments at Maitland and
Calvary Mater hospitals, while 20 spent more
than 24 hours in emergency departments at
Maitland, Calvary Mater and John Hunter.
Many patients were so ill that they needed to
be strapped down and sedated so they didnt
harm themselves or others. The number of
violent incidents in which hospital staff are
forced to manage patients in this way is
understood to be on the rise.
Doctors reportedly said the high stress
environment of emergency departments
only increased distress in already agitated or
psychotic patients.
Last year 6023 people mentally ill people were
treated at Maitland, Calvary Mater, Belmont
and John Hunter emergency departments, a
rise of 121per cent from 2720 in 2007.
The biggest increase occurred following the
opening of mental health facilities at Calvary
Mater in 2009.
It is understood the number of patients
suffering mental health problems in recent
times is due to the rise in use of synthetic
drugs over the past few years. This is
frequently compounded by other substance
abuse issues including alcohol.
The Newcastle Herald reported that according
to data obtained under freedom of information
laws (Government Information Public Access),
26,065 mental health patients were seen at
Hunter emergency departments over the past
six years.
A nurse, who did not want to be named,
reportedly said the increase in emergency
department presentations reflected the lack of
resources for mental health in the community
and a shortage of psychiatric beds.
NSW hospitals straining under mental health burden
It is understood the number
of patients suffering mental
health problems in recent
times is due to the rise in use
of synthetic drugs...
where the nurse is able to assess and focus care on the specific needs of children and whnau in a community, health outcomes improve.
Dr Jill Clendon NZNO Nursing Policy Adviser
Almost 300 nurses would be employed at primary and intermediate schools in low socio-economic communities across New Zealand, under a Green Party plan.
The party has announced its $30 million plan, which would inject 280 public health nurses to care for 112,000 children in 650 schools, as part of its child poverty strategy.
Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei said children in the most deprived neighbourhoods are three times more likely to be admitted to hospital for preventable illnesses than children from the least deprived neighbourhoods.
Nurses already do a fantastic job in low decile secondary schools and some primary schools, she said.
But schools shouldnt have to dip into their operations grants to fund this service.
Our proposal is for a formal national framework for school nursing where every child from a lower decile school can be guaranteed a basic level of care from a nurse.
We propose engaging the profession to establish a scope of practice and model of care specific to primary school nursing.
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation has welcomed the blueprint, which was one of the unions key recommendations in its submission to the governments Green Paper on Vulnerable Children last year.
The union, which represents more than 46,000 nurses and health workers, has called for a full-time government-funded nurse in every early childhood centre and school across New Zealand in a bid to provide better health outcomes.
NZNO nursing policy adviser and researcher Dr Jill Clendon said locating a nurse at every school and early childhood centre would improve access to health care for children, young people and their families.
Dr Clendon said nurses were able to work with teachers and social workers in the facilities to provide preventative health education and can advocate, assess and provide brief intervention and referral while coordinating care for those experiencing difficulties.
Evidence demonstrates that health outcomes and access to health care for children improves with school-based nursing services, she said.
Evidence from New Zealand shows that where the nurse is able to assess and focus care on the specific needs of children and whnau in a community, health outcomes improve, she stated in the unions submission.
When the nurse at a nurse-led clinic in a primary school in Auckland focused care on education and interventions for families managing asthma, skin conditions and ear conditions, significantly decreased visitation to the citys childrens hospital was observed for ENT services and decreased visitation was observed for general medical services for children from the area.
Figures show every year an average of 10 children in the country die at the hands of the people closest to them while suspected abuse or neglect notifications have grown 205 per cent from 2004 to 2010.
In 2008-2009, there were 13,315 hospital admissions for children aged under five for conditions that could have been avoided and 1,286 hospital admissions for children and young people aged from newborns to 24 which were a result of assault, neglect or maltreatment.
Nurses applaud plan to introduce school nursesby Karen Keast
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When Hazel Brittain moved from the United
Kingdom to work as a midwife in Australia, her
first position was located at a hospital in the
small rural Queensland town of Beaudesert.
Maybe I had been watching too much A Country
Practice in the UK, she laughs.
But I love it here I stayed here for 10 years and
then I left about 13 years ago.
Twenty-three years after first arriving, Hazel is
once again back at Beaudesert Hospital but
this time as Nursing and Midwifery Director
and Facility Manager, faced with the task of re-
instating birthing services at the hospital before
the end of June, 2014.
I worked here as a Director of Nursing 13 years
ago, when the hospital was a very busy little
hospital, which had a 24-7 operating theatre
running and we had about 400 to 450 babies
born every year, she says.
The services have dwindled away a little so I am
back now to help revitalise the service again. Its
a very exciting opportunity.
Hazel briefly returned to Beaudesert in 2010
to set up the towns group midwifery practice
outreach service, which provides continuity of
care midwifery services for women.
Hazel says it is exciting to reinstate the hospitals
birthing services, which includes the employment
of at least four full-time equivalent (FTE) midwives
for generalist ward work as well as six FTE
midwives for Beaudeserts group midwifery
practice.
The Metro South Health hospital is also
undergoing a refurbishment to overhaul the
birthing facilities which have been used for other
purposes in recent years, and it could soon be
the first rural hospital in the state to allow access
to privately practising midwives.
Women will be able to have a choice of having
a privately practising midwife if they want to,
Hazel says.
Many women want to birth their baby in a
hospital but their midwife cant come with them.
There are many hospitals around us who are
now taking this option up.
Its exciting for women to have more options
and its exciting for midwives as well.
An Adjunct Associate Professor at Griffith
Universitys School of Midwifery, Hazel is also
the president of the Queensland branch of
the Australian College of Midwives and was
recently recognised for her leadership in the field
when she was awarded the colleges inaugural
Midwifery Leadership Award.
Hazel says while midwifery has come a long way
in Australia, there is still more work to be done.
I think we need more continuity models, we
need more choice for women, she says.
We need more places to take up the privately
practising midwives option, wherever women
want them, and that homebirth becomes
something thats more mainstream if women
want to have a baby at home and if everything
is looking good.
In the end, I would like to see women make
more of the choices rather than having things
thrust upon them.
Midwifery leader pioneers new era for rural hospital
by Karen Keast
Hazel Brittain
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1
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The Infection Prevention and Control Coordinator is responsible for ensuring all services provided by Benalla Health meet best practice standards to prevent the spread of infection thereby ensuring that the risk of patients, residents, clients and staff acquiring infection is minimised.
Prospective candidates will need to:
HoldcurrentnursingregistrationwithAHPRA,preferably with substantial post basic experience in nursing
Havepreviousmanagementexperience
Holdrelevantpost-graduatequalificationsininfectioncontrol or prepared to work towards and obtain same
Demonstratedwell-developedcommunicationandinterpersonal skills
KnowledgeandcommitmenttoQualityManagementandAccreditationprocesses
InterestedapplicantscancontactPeterMcGregoron0407 139 257 for more details.
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You may or may not have heard about the Christchurch earthquakes but have you heard the buzz about the
Christchurch Rebuild? Have you ever thought about being part of something big?
Specialist Mental Health Services here at the Canterbury District Health Board are changing and we need your
expert skills as a Mental Health Nurse, or Allied Health Professional to help put the pieces together.
Its no secret that the events of February 2011 devastated parts of the city but we are thrilled to be in the
swing of building ourselves back up again. Just as the city needs builders and engineers; our community at
risk need skilled Mental Health Professionals to help put their lives back together piece by piece.
At the heart of New Zealands South Island, Christchurch really does hold countless opportunities for work as
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Covering a range of services from the Community Alcohol & Drug team, to Mothers & Babies and Youth
Specialty teams we have diversity in spades. Whether your passion is for immediate care on the front line in
Psychiatric Emergency or longer term empowerment of consumers under the care of our Community teams;
youll find what youre looking for with us.
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If you are passionate about people and an advocate for recovery in more sense
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To hear more call
Jenni Stephenson, Recruitment Specialist (Allied Health), on +64 3 378 6675 or
Nicki McNeill, Recruitment Specialist (Nursing), on +64 3 364 1569.
Psychology researchers have discovered a link between alcohol use during early and mid-adolescence and violence just two years later.
Australian Catholic University researchers Professor Sheryl Hemphill and Dr Kirsty Balog, from the School of Psychology, investigated the longitudinal relationships between alcohol consumption and severe interpersonal violence among young Australians.
The study used the data of 849 Victorian adolescents, who had been followed over a five-year period from year seven until year 11 at secondary school as part of the International Youth Development Study, and found alcohol use in year seven and year nine can predict violence two years down the track.
The research also discovered a bidirectional relationship between heavy episodic drinking and violence, prompting researchers to consider further investigation of the role that social and family contexts have in influencing the relationship between alcohol use and violence.
In their report, the researchers state their findings suggest the risk processes begin in late childhood or very early adolescence, and they recommend targeting the common risk factors for alcohol and violence at this time.
Dr Balog, who is based in Melbourne, said while previous published research had found mixed results, their research showed alcohol consumption and violent behaviours impacted on the developmental periods of early to late adolescence.
Its such a problem in Australia really. Every news bulletin usually has alcohol and violence involved, she said.
Our team mission is to improve the lives of young people and to understand more about
those problems that we see in society and how we can improve them.
Dr Balog, who has a background in psychological and psychophysiological research, said the study follows the release of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfares National Drug Strategy Household Survey in 2011, which found about one in five Australians aged 14 years or older drink at levels that put them at risk of alcohol-related disease or injury throughout their lifetime.
The AIHW survey also discovered about two in five Australians aged 14 years or older had a pattern of drinking which placed them at risk of alcohol-related injury from a single drinking occasion, at least once in the past year.
A Postdoctoral Research Fellow within the Senior Proven Researcher Team at the School of Psychology, Dr Balog completed her psychology undergraduate studies at Swinburne University and her PhD at the University of Western Australia.
Dr Balog has worked on projects focusing on substance use and mental health and her upcoming research projects will investigate problem online and antisocial behaviours among youth, such as online gambling and sexting.
Research finds alcohol in youth predicts violence two years later
by Karen Keast
Do you want to balance your career and lifestyle? Are you looking for
a supportive and challenging work environment? If so, employment
with Hunter New England Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
(CAMHS) could be for you.
CAMHS is an integrated mental health service for children, adolescents
and their families and carers. It provides inpatient, outpatient,
community and specialist services.
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health inpatient unit is currently
recruiting Registered and Enrolled nurses. Part and full time positions
are available.
Mental health or paediatric experience is highly regarded but not
essential to working in this specialty. Nurses interested in starting out
in CAMHS as well as those with existing CAMHS expertise are invited to
consider the change to HNE CAMHS.
If you think this opportunity might be for you or would like to find out
more please phone :
Nurse Manager
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services 02 4985 5800
Email your expression of interest with CV to
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Wanted Registered Midwives
Hunter New England Local Health District ( HNE Health) is offering the
opportunity for Registered Midwives to join the Maternity Services Team at
John Hunter Hospital and The Maitland Hospital.
John Hunter Hospital is the tertiary referral hospital for the Hunter New
England region. Close to 4400 women birth at John Hunter Hospital each
year. The Maitland Hospital is a rural referral hospital providing maternity care
for 2000 women a year. Maternity Services offers opportunities to:-
Maintain a broad range of midwifery skills across the pregnancy
continuum- antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal and community midwifery
care.
Future Models of Maternity Care including midwifery group practices.
John Hunter Hospital is located in Newcastle in the Hunter Region of NSW.
Maitland is a 30 minute drive from Newcastle. Less than two hours drive from
Sydney or 30 minutes by air; within an hours drive you can reach the world
renowned Hunter Valley wineries or the magnificent mountain scenery of the
Barrington Tops. It also offers easy access to NSW holiday coast, the scenic
Central Coast and has direct flights to most Australian capital cities.
So if you want a challenge and are looking for a career in a supportive,
interesting and challenging environment then make John Hunter Hospital or
The Maitland Hospital your place of choice.
For more information contact
Suzanne Kuter
Midwife Manager Postnatal Services
Jane Crosbie
Midwifery Unit Manager Birthing Services
For information about employment opportunities in Midwifery Services across
HNE Health other than those at John Hunter Hospital and Maitland Hospital
email: [email protected]
For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
New South Wales nurses and midwives have
not ruled out resorting to industrial action in
their campaign for improved ratios and pay.
New South Wales Nurses and Midwives
Association (NSWNMA) general secretary
Brett Holmes said it will be up to members to
decide whether to take industrial action.
I cant rule out what the members will
ultimately decide about that but nurses are
passionate about these issues, he said.
They are coming to the understanding that
the solution for the problem will be a political
one where politicians feel enough pressure for
them to want to change the legislation and
the wages policy legislation, which is being
used to hide behind in order not to address
safer staffing levels.
There will be further meetings of our members
to decide actions and we will announce those
as they get closer but politicians can expect
to see nurses in their local areas much more
frequently.
The nursing and midwifery union has accused
the OFarrell Government of attempting to
force a new sub-standard award on nurses
and midwives through the Industrial Relations
Commission.
The unions warning comes after members
recently rallied outside the electorate offices
of up to 50 Liberal and National MPs across
the state, calling for a government re-think.
Mr Holmes said nurses and midwives had
made an impact outside MPs offices,
voicing their opposition to the governments
dictatorial plan.
Those MPs that were present and knew
we were coming and hid away or closed
their offices are fully aware that nurses are
passionate about the issue and are not going
to go away just because the government
thinks it can push through those award
changes, he said.
The government has applied to the IRC to
create a new award with a 2.25 per cent pay
rise but no improved ratios.
Nurses are lobbying for a 2.5 per cent annual
pay rise, equating to a $70 a week or $3800
per year pay rise for experienced full-time
nurses and midwives.
Nurses and midwives are also calling for the
introduction of compulsory minimum ratios
to childrens hospitals, wards, neo-natal
intensive care units and paediatric critical
care units, along with compulsory minimum
ratios in all hospitals, including smaller rural
hospitals and multipurpose services.
Nurses and midwives rally for better pay and ratios
by Karen Keast
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Senior Flight Nurse> Port Augusta
The Royal Flying Doctor Service, Central Operations (SA/NT), is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and passionate individual to the position of Senior Flight Nurse. Located in Port Augusta, this role is responsible for the rst line management of a quality nursing service for the Port Augusta Base.
Responsibilities include: First line management of Flight Nurses based in Port Augusta; Participation in the development of the strategic direction for RFDS Flight Nurses; Roster development and coverage as required; Undertake Flight Nurse performance appraisals and clinical competency testing; Participation in recruitment activities; Liaison with other Health Services; Provide support to staff after hours.
Quali cations and experience: General and Midwifery Nursing quali cations, registered with AHPRA; Comprehensive experience in aeromedicine and a critical care area essential; Post graduate quali cations in critical care essential; Ability to lead and manage a group of staff; Ability to work both independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team; Con dent in decision making abilities; Post graduate quali cations in aeromedicine desirable; General computer literacy.
In return we offer: Attractive remuneration and bene ts (salary packaging); Company motor vehicle and relocation assistance provided; Extensive training and orientation; A supportive environment where staff are valued and personal development is encouraged.
If you are keen to move your career into an organisation that makes a real difference to all Australians, apply now.
Please direct your con dential enquiries to:Greg McHugh Ph: (08) 8150 1313Applications to: Kate Guerin, HR CoordinatorPO Box 381, Marleston BC SA 5033Email: careers@ yingdoctor.net
Applications close: 9 April 2012
The Royal Flying Doctor Service is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Senior Flight Nurse> Port Augusta
The Royal Flying Doctor Service, Central Operations (SA/NT), is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and passionate individual to the position of Senior Flight Nurse. Located in Port Augusta, this role is responsible for the rst line management of a quality nursing service for the Port Augusta Base.
Responsibilities include: First line management of Flight Nurses based in Port Augusta; Participation in the development of the strategic direction for RFDS Flight Nurses; Roster development and coverage as required; Undertake Flight Nurse performance appraisals and clinical competency testing; Participation in recruitment activities; Liaison with other Health Services; Provide support to staff after hours.
Quali cations and experience: General and Midwifery Nursing quali cations, registered with AHPRA; Comprehensive experience in aeromedicine and a critical care area essential; Post graduate quali cations in critical care essential; Ability to lead and manage a group of staff; Ability to work both independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team; Con dent in decision making abilities; Post graduate quali cations in aeromedicine desirable; General computer literacy.
In return we offer: Attractive remuneration and bene ts (salary packaging); Company motor vehicle and relocation assistance provided; Extensive training and orientation; A supportive environment where staff are valued and personal development is encouraged.
If you are keen to move your career into an organisation that makes a real difference to all Australians, apply now.
Please direct your con dential enquiries to:Greg McHugh Ph: (08) 8150 1313Applications to: Kate Guerin, HR CoordinatorPO Box 381, Marleston BC SA 5033Email: careers@ yingdoctor.net
Applications close: 9 April 2012
The Royal Flying Doctor Service is an Equal Opportunity Employer
SEE WA IN A DAYFlight nurses positions Regional bases Come and enjoy this exciting role with one of the largest areomedical services in Australia, providing a range of emergency services and primary health care to the state of Western Australia. Our operations are ever evolving and we are seeking Expressions of Interest from suitably skilled and motivated Registered Nurse / Midwives wanting to join our dynamic fl ight nurse teams at our regional bases within Western Australia.The role of a Flight Nurse is fun, rewarding and challenging while valuing team work and independent practice. If you are registered with AHPRA as a registered nurse and midwife, have 3-5 years post grad experience in emergency or critical care and great communication skills RFDS Western Operations may have the role for you.A comprehensive 2 week orientation, generous salary and salary packaging benefi ts, assistance with relocation and subsidised rental and utility costs along with district loadings and gratuities are some of the incentives offered to the successful candidates.If you are seeking the opportunity to work in all our locations within WA, Derby, Jandakot, Meekatharra, Kalgoorlie and Port Hedland and would like to know more about being a fl ight nurse contact Gabrielle West, Director of Nursing on (08) 9417 6300. The RFDS are open to a 6 month plus fl ight nurse contract for applicants seeking employment with the RFDS.Information on positions can be obtained from Rosemary Hunt, by phoning (08) 9417 6300 during offi ce hours or send your e-mail request to [email protected] date for applications is Monday 6th February 2012.
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Responsibilities include: First line management of Flight Nurses based in Port Augusta; Participation in the development of the strategic direction for RFDS Flight Nurses; Roster development and coverage as required; Undertake Flight Nurse performance appraisals and clinical competency testing; Participation in recruitment activities; Liaison with other Health Services; Provide support to staff after hours.
Quali cations and experience: General and Midwifery Nursing quali cations, registered with AHPRA; Comprehensive experience in aeromedicine and a critical care area essential; Post graduate quali cations in critical care essential; Ability to lead and manage a group of staff; Ability to work both independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team; Con dent in decision making abilities; Post graduate quali cations in aeromedicine desirable; General computer literacy.
In return we offer: Attractive remuneration and bene ts (salary packaging); Company motor vehicle and relocation assistance provided; Extensive training and orientation; A supportive environment where staff are valued and personal development is encouraged.
If you are keen to move your career into an organisation that makes a real difference to all Australians, apply now.
Please direct your con dential enquiries to:Greg McHugh Ph: (08) 8150 1313Applications to: Kate Guerin, HR CoordinatorPO Box 381, Marleston BC SA 5033Email: careers@ yingdoctor.net
Applications close: 9 April 2012
The Royal Flying Doctor Service is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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