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Careers with Queensland Health Clinical Nurses Blackwater Multipurpose Health Service, Central Queensland Health Service District. Remuneration value up to $87 143 p.a., comprising salary between $71 297 $76 376 p.a. (f/t) or salary rates: $35.95 - $38.51 p.h. (p/t), employer contribution to superannuation (up to 12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) (Nurse Grade 6) (Several full time and part time positions, hours negotiable. Applications will remain current for 12 months.) JAR: H11CH01345. Duties/Abilities: Work collaboratively with the Director of Nursing and the multidisciplinary care team in the delivery, management and coordination of clinical services at an advanced clinical level. Provide leadership and support for all nursing staff to develop and implement innovative best practice processes and nursing workforce development. Potential applicants are advised that the Aged Care Act 1997 requires Queensland Health employees and volunteers of aged care services to have a current National Police Certificate. Queensland Health will facilitate the applicants obtaining the above checks. Enquiries: Veronica May (07) 4980 1800. Application Kit: (07) 4920 7000 or www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus Closing Date: Monday, 7 March 2011.

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Ratio Win for NSW Nurses as Negotiations Continue Published NCAH.com.au 19th January, 2011 Nurse to patient ratios will be delivered to the majority of nurses in NSW hospitals, under a State Government offer still being considered by the NSW Nurses Association. The Association yesterday revealed it would continue to seek further improvements this week to the government’s initial offer on nurse staffing levels and nurse-to-patient ratios but it says the offer, in many areas, is “better” than working conditions in Victoria. The offer proposes that ratios be recognised as equivalents to Nursing Hours Per Patient Day (NHPPD) in the award. The pay offer, which remains the same, is a three year offer back paid to last July, with a 3% increase from this July and a 2.5% increase from July 2012. Association general secretary Brett Holmes said the offer was a major improvement thanks to the ongoing industrial action, which resulted in more than 570 beds across 67 facilities being closed.

“The current offer involves improved staffing and transparency for most wards in all acute hospitals, large and small,” he said. “This is a good start. It is an acceptance by the government that mandate, minimum nurse-to-patient ratios are important if we are to improve the quality of the NSW hospital system.” Mr Holmes said while the government acknowledged more discussion was needed in the areas of emergency departments and community health services, the union also believed there was more room for negotiation on mental health and operating theatres. More than 220 workplace delegates from public and private hospitals, community health services, aged care facilities and other health care facilities from across the state attended Tuesday night’s meeting. The council will meet on Tuesday, January 25, to consider whether to take further industrial action or put the offer to a membership ballot.

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Specialist Physios Must be Recognised: APA The Australian Physiotherapy Association is calling for the registration of specialist physiotherapists.

Ms Locke said it was also vital that physiotherapists were involved in the governance of the new Medicare Locals.

APA president Melissa Locke said the move was important for the profession in terms of recognition and career pathway but also valuable in ensuring patients had access to the right physiotherapist at the right time.

“The creation of Medicare Locals and their proposed structure and function is an opportunity to get more recognition of the vital services that physiotherapists provide as primary contact professionals,” she said.

“We are advocating to State and Federal Governments for the permanent recognition of Fellows of the Australian College of Physiotherapists in a similar way that medical specialists like paediatricians and surgeons are recognised,” she said.

“They have a lot to give to the community in terms of getting people active to help address the underlying causes of chronic conditions such as cardiovascular health and diabetes.”

Ms Locke said the Physiotherapy Board of Australia had made the recommendation, which was now being reviewed by State and Federal Governments. “We expect a consultation process to begin in March next year, and will continue to tell politicians why specialisation is so important to the public and the profession,” she said. www.ncah.com.au

Ms Locke said the sector also needed workforce reform in a bid to reduce funding, legal and cultural barriers to foster more innovative practices. She said physiotherapists were forced to send their patients to GPs to order ultrasounds or to get referral letters for medical specialists such as orthopaedic surgeons.

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The tragic death of Bob Fenwick, a 63-yearold mental health nurse killed at work in New South Wales last month has again raised the issue of occupational violence, which nurses and other health professionals face daily in their work.

to the ANF, while nurses form the largest health profession, they also have the highest exposure to workplace violence and sexual harassment. The emergency department, aged care and mental health are particularly at risk, as the behaviour of patients or relatives can be unpredictable and at times aggressive.

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When the patient attacked Emily Pritchard, a 20-year-old nurse on duty with Mr Fenwick, he went to her aid and was fatally stabbed. At his private funeral service, Ms Pritchard paid an emotional tribute to his bravery and selflessness in saving her life. At the end of the service, his nursing colleagues formed a guard of honour as his coffin was carried out.

With the introduction of national registration, the ANF is lobbying hard for a federal response to workplace violence, which will hopefully see uniform regulations set in place to counteract it.

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While there have been no details released on how the patient obtained the weapon or even what sort of blade it was, there will be at least three separate investigations into Mr Fenwick’s death by the NSW police, the coroner and by the Western Local Health Network.

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The New South Wales Nursing Association has (strictly limited places) received reports of other nurses being attacked in the workplace. In October 2010, a nurse working in the psychiatric emergency care centre at Blacktown Hospital was brutally assaulted while trapped in the nurses’ station by a mental health patient. Two years earlier, a male doctor had been cornered in the same small room by a patient who stabbed his face, causing severe injuries requiring extensive facial surgery.

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A new national occupational health and safety and workers’ compensation body has already been created called Safe Work Australia (SWA), which will have a role, among other things, in developing the model occupational health and safety laws. While the ANF welcomes the new body, it is requesting that the Australian Government funds a national strategy to combat the incidents of violence and aggression towards nurses and other health care workers. As a nurse, make sure that you are aware of the occupational violence policies and procedures in your workplace and if you think they are inadequate, speak out. If you are worried that you, or anyone you work with, are at risk of injury or harm at work, discuss it with your supervisor or manager and your workplace occupational health and safety representative. If you are working as an agency nurse, then your

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Angry nurses at the hospital rallied to criticise NSW Health after its report pushing for an urgent security upgrade of the western Sydney mental health unit, including the installation of an emergency exit, was dropped in 2009. That section of the facility is now closed while staff safety concerns are addressed.

or employer you are working with has a responsibility to all staff, regardless of their employment arrangement. It is worth keeping up to date with all the information that is available and the work that is happening in Australia around this issue. The question of how to prevent nurses becoming the victims of workplace violence has been tackled by various state and territory governments for some years now.

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In 2011 your new career starts with a qualification A55)?@'D)?")8"-.).$D-#$)UUU @%#7*+'$ )2:A'&'-,B(C#0'$ D#&*2-#77B(.,,"'$*&'$ D#&*2-#77B()"'$'-&*#7'$ In November 2005, the Victorian Ministerial Taskforce on Violence in Nursing completed 4A',*#7*0&(4E*770 its final report, and 29 recommendations were accepted by the Minister for Health. A <?&'-$'$(4,2A'(2F(G"#,&*,' copy of the latest status report published in H'$%,'$(H*0E October 2010 on the implementation of the recommendations can be found on the Nursing )G3(G2*-&0 in Victoria website. Workplace Health and Safety Queensland hasI6J'-(K2%7$(B2%(7*E'( published some good information about occupational violence on their website, :'(&2(0&#"&(LLLM particularly the Key health and safety tips for nursing, and there are useful general recommendations that can also be applied in some health environments. The Occupational Health and Safety Essentials for Nurses report by the New South Wales Nursesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Association in 2004 summed up the issue of occupational violence with this '?,'77'-,'(*-('$%,#&*2comment:

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Seventy per cent of organisations had a written policy that addressed occupational violence, which ranged from one paragraph to 15 pages of detailed explanation of policies and procedures, but it was not possible to determine whether they were successful or if the number of incidents of violence and bullying incidents had decreased. All health services had an incident form of some type, although these varied significantly. Some were simple one-page forms with time, date and incident headings. Others were pages long, with extensive tick boxes and follow-up forms, as well as detailed instructions on how to fill out the form and the procedures that would follow its completion. Although not all incident forms covered near misses, verbal abuse or bullying, they all covered physical violence. Metropolitan and rural health services showed significant differences in policies to address violence and bullying, although these could often be linked to scale and resources. Metropolitan health services had a greater www.ncah.com.au

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number of programs and procedures in place to deal with occupational violence and bullying, and a greater promotion of these policies than anticipated. Rural health agencies appear to rely heavily on the organisational orientation program to inform employees of current policies. Mental health facilities showed the greatest degree of evaluation of the effectiveness of local policies for the prevention and management of occupational violence and bullying. They also demonstrated the greatest amount of promotion of occupational violence strategies, using several media to make sure that all staff members were fully informed. Responses from aged care facilities showed a very different picture, with the smallest number of mechanisms used for the prevention and management of incidents of occupational violence and bullying.

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ANF Slams Productivity Commission Report The Productivity Commission has ignored calls for urgent workforce reform in the aged care sector, according to the Australian Nursing Federation. The ANF has slammed the commission’s Caring for Older Australians draft report, which it said ignored key workforce issues and failed to deliver on quality care. ANF federal secretary Lee Thomas said Australians who rely on the aged care sector should be “very concerned”. “A failure to recommend any substantial changes to the care received by elderly residents’ means the Productivity Commission has not upheld the key objectives of the report,” she said. In its submission to the commission, the ANF called for the appropriate number of staff with the right skills to ensure adequate care for residents, and closure of the $300 a week wages gap between aged care nurses and nurses in the public system. It also demanded transparency of funding to guarantee government money goes directly to the care of older Australians. The report, which will make recommendations to the

Federal Government on appropriate courses of action, warned the number of people relying on the system would more than treble to 3.6 million people by 2050. Pensioner groups attacked its flagging of compulsory nursing home bonds while the government welcomed moves to overhaul the sector. Ms Thomas said the report failed to highlight the importance of minimum care hours, staffing levels and skills mix, and made no recommendation to license all workers in the sector, which was vital to protecting the public. She said the report also failed to address the wages gap. “Nurses and assistants in nursing are not just the back bone of the sector; they are keeping the system going day in and day out,” she said. “The Productivity Commission has ignored their call for urgent workforce reform. They have also let down the residents and their families because the key issue of care barely features in the lengthy document.”

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Central Sterilising Department, Cairns Base Hospital, Cairns and Hinterland Health Service District. Remuneration value up to $87 143 p.a., comprising salary between $71 297 $76 376 p.a., employer contribution to superannuation (up to 12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) (Nurse Grade 6) (Applications will remain current for 12 months) JAR: H11CA01400. Duties/Abilities: Deliver direct nursing care at an advanced level, within a specific area of expertise while providing support and education to other team members in this unit. You will be responsible for a specific client population while providing support and direction to a Registered Nurse and other non-registered nursing personnel. Enquiries: Trish Seagrove (07) 4226 6950. Application Kit: (07) 4226 5124 or www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus Closing Date: Monday, 21 February 2011. You can apply online at www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus A criminal history check may be conducted on the recommended person for the job. A non-smoking policy applies to Queensland Government buildings, offices and motor vehicles. BlazeQ005688

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Registered Midwives - Maternity Ward Web Search No: CH200253 Level/Salary: L1 $49,325 - $64,908 pa pro rata We are seeking Registered Midwives with the ability to provide midwifery care to antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal clients in a multidisciplinary environment. Special Care nursery experience is advantageous. We advocate a nurturing and supportive learning environment and you will be given the opportunity to expand your skills in all areas. To Access Detailed Information: visit jobs.wa.gov.au and key in the Web Search No. to access detailed information or Ph: (08) 9480 9307 to be mailed an information pack. For SpeciďŹ c Inquiries: Please contact Rebecca Sibbick on (08) 9193 3335. Location: Derby Closing Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 at 4.00pm.

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Peri Operative Nurse Manager Frankston Hospital Permanent Full Time

Frankston Hospital is near the completion of a $45 million redevelopment which includes the addition of new operating theatres, recovery area, CSSD, and admissions area. This creates an exciting leadership opportunity for a qualified and experienced Nurse Manager to join us. As the leader of the management team in the Operating Suite, you will work in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team including the Nurse Unit Manager of Anaesthetics and Recovery, Nurse Unit Manager of CSSD, Surgeons and Anaesthetists to ensure the highest standard of patient care is provided in a timely manner. One of the principle focuses of this position will be to implement a new model of care embracing concepts of Team brief/debrief, separation of elective and emergency surgery and meeting consumer expectations. You will be a professional role model, providing leadership, which is consultative, innovative and responsible in style. This role will drive planning, coordination, service evaluation and research within a consumer focussed quality framework. For enquiries please contact Jenny Abernethy on (03) 9784 7749 or Denis O’Leary on 0457 303 957. For more information on Peninsula Health, the Mornington Peninsula and Frankston or to apply for the role, please visit our web site: www.peninsulahealth.org.au .

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Specialist physios must be recognised: APA The Australian Physiotherapy Association is calling for the registration of specialist physiotherapists. APA president Melissa Locke said the move was important for the profession in terms of recognition and career pathway but also valuable in ensuring patients had access to the right physiotherapist at the right time. “We are advocating to State and Federal Governments for the permanent recognition of Fellows of the Australian College of Physiotherapists in a similar way that medical specialists like paediatricians and surgeons are recognised,” she said. Ms Locke said the Physiotherapy Board of Australia had made the recommendation, which was now being reviewed by State and Federal Governments. “We expect a consultation process to begin in March next year, and will continue to tell politicians why specialisation is so important to the public and the profession,” she said.

Ms Locke said it was also vital that physiotherapists were involved in the governance of the new Medicare Locals. “The creation of Medicare Locals and their proposed structure and function is an opportunity to get more recognition of the vital services that physiotherapists provide as primary contact professionals,” she said. “They have a lot to give to the community in terms of getting people active to help address the underlying causes of chronic conditions such as cardiovascular health and diabetes.” Ms Locke said the sector also needed workforce reform in a bid to reduce funding, legal and cultural barriers to foster more innovative practices. She said physiotherapists were forced to send their patients to GPs to order ultrasounds or to get referral letters for medical specialists such as orthopaedic surgeons.

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We have an outstanding career opportunity for an experienced and motivated leader to move into this exciting senior role and really drive positive outcomes in the area of Perioperative and Clinical Support Services within one of New Zealandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest and most respected teaching hospitals. The Nurse Director will work within a passionate team and be responsible for the professional governance and clinical quality of ADHBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s operating room and clinical support nursing services. As a member of the senior leadership team you will partner the General Manager - Operations and Clinical Support Services, the Director of Surgery and Director of Perioperative Services and Clinical Support to ensure perioperative services meet agreed surgical performance requirements and budget. Reporting to the Executive Director of Nursing, you will lead quality improvement initiatives to improve patient safety and the implementation of the ADHB Healthcare Excellence framework. You will be a solutions focused, pro-active self-starter who has a new and innovative approach and is inspired to use your management and clinical credibility to sell your vision and galvanise support. You will be a New Zealand Registered Comprehensive Nurse (or equivalent) with a current practicing certificate. If you have proven success in a nursing leadership, operational management and process improvement role; can articulate an intimate knowledge and understanding of professional nursing practice, strategy formulation and implementation; and be acknowledged for setting high ethical and professional standards, then this is the opportunity for you.

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Latrobe Regional Hospital Mental Health Service The Latrobe Regional Hospital Mental Health Service is the regional provider of Mental Health Services in Gippsland. LRHMHS operates an integrated mental health program across ten sites and provides inpatient and community mental heath care for child and youth, adult and aged care service streams. LRHMHS also operates a Community Residential Care Unit and a Prevention and Recovery Care Unit. The Latrobe Regional Hospital Mental Health Service is located in Gippsland – home to sandy beaches, snowfields, mountains and national parks. Gippsland provides a fantastic rural lifestyle with easy access to Melbourne. Under the new 10 year “Because Mental Health Matters” Strategy, Mental Health Services are moving into an exciting period of reform. This reform will focus on early intervention, prevention, social inclusion and recovery. LRHMHS is seeking dynamic, experienced and creative change agents to lead us into the next phase of service delivery. We have exciting positions in the following areas for Nursing and Allied Health Clinicians: Senior Clinician – CYMHS Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Mental Health Nurse Psychiatric Nurse Consultant - Manager Professional Development Unit Community Clinician – Aged Care Clinical Nurse Educator Registered and Enrolled Nurses - Inpatient & Community Triage Clinicians Full time, part time, casual, temporary and permanent positions are available. New Graduates and experienced Clinicians are encouraged to apply. LRHMHS offers a supportive environment with clinical educators, preceptors, clinical supervision, a nurse practitioner candidate program and professional development opportunities. Please visit www.lrh.com.au and go to our employment section. For enquiries please contact Cayte Hoppner, Director of Mental Health on 03 5173 8549 or choppner@lrh.com.au careers@ncah.com.au

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Thousands of nurses face missing registration deadline Published ncah.com.au 25th January. Around 5000 of Victoria’s 84,000 nurses and midwives will not be able to work next week if they miss Monday’s deadline to register for a new national accreditation scheme. The new Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency has warned nurses and midwives who failed to register before last year’s December 31 deadline risk losing their registration and the ability to practise in Australia. Under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act, the AHPRA says it must remove practitioners from the national register once the late period ends. About 5000 nurses are yet to have their applications processed. The Australian Nursing Federation has received hundreds of calls from members reporting difficulties registering with the new agency, from late registration letters to lengthy hotline delays. ANF acting secretary Paul Gilbert told media about a third of the state’s nurses had not registered before the December deadline, including many of the 2000 new graduate nurses due to start between January and May. Mr Gilbert said there could be more registration delays in May as part of the staged transition from state-based registration to the national system. “I’m troubled about the prospect of 80,000 nurses doing this again in four months’ time along with another 150,000 nurses from other states and territories,” he said. AHPRA chief executive officer Martin Fletcher said the agency was striving to ensure all practitioners were registered. “While it is up to practitioners to make sure they are registered, AHPRA is doing everything it can to support the registration renewal process,” he said. Most practitioners can renew their registration online at www.ahpra.gov.au using their unique login ID or phone 1300 419 495. careers@ncah.com.au

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Coming To Aus & Nz Early 2011 PSCC are seeking Charge Nurses, Assistant Nurse Unit Managers and Senior Staff Nurses for the following: • Adult Cardiac Surgery ward • Cardiac Cath Lab • Cardiac Theatre/OR • Paediatric Cardiology ICU • Paediatric Post-Op Surgical • Paediatric Surgical ICU • Outpatient Department In addition vacancies also exist for: Nurse Clinician for Paediatric Cardiology ICU & Clinical Nurse Manager for Cardiac Theatre/OR Nurses with all levels of experience (Junior/ Senior) are encouraged to enquire.

Prince Sultan Cardiac Center (PSCC) is located in Riyadh the capital of Saudi Arabia. This 168 bed advanced teaching hospital provides a major portion of the cardiac services for the Kingdom. PSCC offers a full range of diagnostic and management facilities for patients ranging in age from neonate to elderly. There are four clinical departments: Adult Cardiology; Paediatric Cardiology; Cardiac Surgery; Cardiac Anaesthesia.

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