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Do you have specialised nursing skills to share with a developing nation? Nursing opportunities in East Timor Two-year contracts In 2010 St John of God Health Care commenced a five-year National Nursing Development Program in East Timor. Our nursing team was initially deployed to Dili in June last year to develop knowledge, skills and standards of local nurses. After a successful first nine months, we are now ready to expand the nursing team significantly with six new specialised full-time positions created to fulfil our commitment to capacity building in East Timor. We are currently seeking registered nurses with the following qualifications: • Paediatric Nurse with ICU experience • Paediatric Emergency Nurse • Neonatal ICU Nurses (X2)
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For further details relating to these positions and to our work in East Timor, please visit our e-recruitment website at http://sjog.erecruit.com.au/ Working and domestic environments you will encounter in East Timor are far removed from those most nurses come to expect in Australia, and candidates must be resilient and patient to ensure they can work in this context. Our International Health nurses must be prepared to go the extra distance to ensure support for the development of nursing practices in a sustainable way. For further information on any of these positions please contact Anthea Ramos, International Health Manager on anthea.ramos@sjog.org.au Closing date for applications: 27 April 2011. The National Nursing Development Program operated by St John of God Health Care is part of a wider commitment to East Timor which includes a long-term National Pathology Development Program and primary health care projects in remote communities. Our work in East Timor has been recognised by the Global Health Fund and the World Bank as amongst the most successful by a nongovernment agency since the country’s independence.
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Careers with Queensland Health Nursing Clinical Nurse (Anaesthetics) – Perioperative Suite, Rockhampton Hospital, 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) (Full time or part time position, hours negotiable. Applications will remain current for 12 months.) JAR: H11RK03418. Duties/Abilities: Provide clinical skills, support and education to clients and nursing staff within the Unit to ensure the provision of best practice and quality patient care as a member of the multidisciplinary health care team in the perioperative environment. Enquiries: David Conroy (07) 4920 7579. Application Kit: (07) 4920 7000 or www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus Closing Date: Wednesday, 27 April 2011.
Clinical Nurse (Orthopaedics) – Perioperative Suite, Rockhampton Hospital, 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) (Full time or part time position, hours negotiable. Applications will remain current for 12 months.) JAR: H11RK03429. Duties/Abilities: Provide clinical skills, support and education to clients and nursing staff to ensure the provision of best practice and quality patient care in the perioperative environment. Enquiries: David Conroy (07) 4920 7579. Application Kit: (07) 4920 7000 or www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus Closing Date: Wednesday, 27 April 2011. Registered Nurses - Operating Theatre, Cairns Base Hospital, Cairns and Hinterland Health Service District. Salary between $54 547 - $70 091 p.a. or $2090.80 - $2686.60 p.f. (f/t) or salary rates: $27.51 - $35.35 p.h. (p/t) (Nurse Grade 5) (Several permanent full time and part time positions, hours negotiable and temporary full time and part time positions, duration and hours negotiable. Applications will remain current for 12 months.) JAR: H11CA03233. Duties/Abilities: Deliver competent, quality direct nursing/midwifery care, within a specific area of expertise and assisting in the achievement of service goals. Enquiries: Lorraine Farbridge-Currie (07) 4226 6920. Application Kit: (07) 4226 5124 or www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus Closing Date: Monday, 4 April 2011.
Mental Health Occupational Therapist – Senior – Community Care Unit, Mental Health Services, Coorparoo, Metro South Health Service District. Remuneration value up to $103 805 p.a., comprising salary between $84 555 - $90 980 p.a., employer contribution to superannuation (up to 12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) (HP4) (Previously advertised as H10MSM12353. Previous applicants need not reapply. Applications will remain current for 12 months) JAR: H11MSM03464. Duties/Abilities: Deliver high level occupational therapy and mental health services, advice and professional and allied health leadership to facilitate the recovery and rehabilitation of adult, non-acute consumers within a community residential, integrated mental health service setting. Enquiries: Geoffrey Lau 0405 146 133. Application Kit: (07) 3136 5601 or (07) 3136 5616 or www.health.qld.gov.au/workforus Closing Date: Monday, 11 April 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.
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Remote Area Nurses & Personal Care Assistants Ngaanyatjarra Health Service is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service providing primary and preventative health care to 11 Aboriginal communities in the Great Victoria and Gibson Deserts of WA (Central Desert region). We are currently recruiting:
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Highly attractive remuneration including salary packaging and generous leave allowances. 6 weeks annual leave plus 4 weeks availability leave, plus 8 days travel per annum. Financial support towards your Continuing Professional Development after 12 months. Comfortable, furnished, air-conditioned accommodation free of charge. 4WD vehicle provided for travel within the Ngaanyatjarra lands for work purposes.
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General registration with the Board of Nursing and Midwifery of Australia. Recent acute experience. Primary health care experience. National Police Clearance and Working with Children documentation. Recent remote nursing experience will be highly regarded.
These are Permanent roles, but NHS also welcome inquiries from RNs considering short-term contracts. The job application pack is available at www.nghealth.org.au . Applications, which must address the selection criteria, close 18 April 2011. We invite expressions of interest from:
Personal Care Assistants • • • •
Contract or Permanent roles. Highly attractive remuneration including salary packaging & generous leave allowances. 5 weeks annual leave, 4 weeks availability leave, plus 8 days travel per year. Comfortable, furnished, air-conditioned accommodation free of charge.
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Qualifications and experience working with Aged Care. Experience in remote Indigenous settings is highly desirable. National Police Clearance documentation.
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TB Scare for Families and Staff at Sydney Hospital Staff and almost 200 families at Sydney’s Liverpool Hospital are being screened for tuberculosis after a hospital health worker was diagnosed with the potentially fatal disease. The hospital, in the city’s south-west, has revealed a worker in the maternity and neonatal units may have exposed 140 colleagues, 187 families and nine babies to the disease between December last year and March 6.
Tuberculosis screening and preventative medication will be available for all babies in the NICU and delivery suite who may have been in contact with the health care worker during the infectious period while screening and counselling will also be offered to parents. Health care workers who worked in the NICU and birthing units during the period of exposure will also be screened.
The NSW health department said the health worker is no longer at work and is receiving treatment and has advised there is no ongoing risk to patients and staff at the hospital.
Liverpool Hospital Chest Clinic Professor Guy Marks said the risk of a baby being infected with tuberculosis was low but it was still important that precautionary measures were taken.
The hospital has begun contacting parents of babies born in its maternity unit and cared for in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
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Country living city benefits About Pittsworth Pittsworth is located 35 minutes South of Toowoomba city (SW QLD) and has a population of almost 5000. Traditionally a quiet farming community, people are starting to see this area as a lifestyle choice with access to city conveniences. Housing is affordable with a medium house price of $275k for the December 2010 Qtr. About Beauaraba Living Beauaraba Living is a community owned health and aged care organisation providing sub acute care in a private hospital setting, residential aged care services, independent living units and a Medical Centre. The Position We seek an experienced nurse manager / clinical nurse who will work in both the acute and aged care environments to lead their team to achieve excellent outcomes for all service users. You will be an AHPRA approved practicing RN. A generous salary package is available to the successful applicant. Call Andrew Schloss at Care Managers Australia on 0404 850 350 or mailto: andrew@caremanagers.com.au
Pharmacists Attack Supermarket Pharmacy Push A renewed push for supermarket giants to operate pharmacies is misguided, according to the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. PSA national president Warwick Plunkett said any move to allow supermarkets, such as Woolworths and Coles, to run pharmacies would ignore the contribution pharmacists play in delivering better health outcomes.
Mr Plunkett said the onslaught of discount pharmacies had already introduced a costcompetitive retail environment into the community pharmacy sector. “However, in the discount model, the health care aspect and the provision of professional services are often not as apparent as they might be.”
“Such a leap of logic is entirely baseless and experience overseas shows that it is quite false to believe there are major costsaving benefits in having pharmacies in supermarkets,” he said.
His comments come after Australian Financial Review economics editor Alan Mitchell this week criticised the current pharmacy model, labelling the profession “highly protected” and “inefficient”.
“The cost of prescription medications is regulated by the government so there can be no savings on these through supermarket channels.”
The statement comes just eight months after Woolworths dropped its two pharmacy trademarks. For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
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We need Registered Nurses, and we need you now If you want to be part of the effort to improve Indigenous health, RAHC wants to hear from you. RAHC has been established to attract urban-based GPs, nurses, dental and allied health professionals to provide short-term staffing needs for remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory. Placements are paid and from as little as three weeks.
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REGISTERED NURSES – AGED CARE Hunter, Central Coast and New England
We are currently seeking a number of experienced Registered Nurses to lead our care teams in providing person-centred ‘INSPIRED’ care to residents. If you are passionate about aged care and are looking to work for an innovative and supportive employer, then we would love to hear from you.
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• Roster stability - and flexibility where required • New contemporary clinical policies launched in December 2010 • Online learning campus with 20+ CNE points currently available • Genuine opportunities for career progression and specialisation • Attractive salary sacrifice options - up to $31,050 tax free p.a. For further information or to submit an application, please contact Jessica Bell: 4908 0259; jessica.bell@uchunter.org.au; or PO Box 153, Cardiff NSW 2285.
Inspired Care... Enriching Lives... Together As per the Aged Care Act, criminal record checks will be conducted on all recommended applicants. UnitingCare Ageing is an EEO Employer; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. Salary is in accordance with the UnitingCare Ageing Enterprise Agreement 2009-2011. careers@ncah.com.au
Aged Care – Are Things Changing? By Nina Hendy “In fact, there have been satisfaction surveys that cite that workload issues are an even bigger issue than wages.” Topaz says that the last survey of aged care nurses was completed in 2007. It showed that there was an 18% drop in registered nurses nationally.
Last year, aged care nurses revealed that mistakes are being made within the aged care sector, revealing all to the media for fear that it was only a matter of time before there is a major incident. So has anything changed in 12 months? Nina Hendy investigates. Nearly a year ago, the Nursing Federation revealed the extent of the pressure being placed on the aged care system when it told the media about a situation in which a graduate was left in charge of a nursing home in her first week on the job.
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Government productivity commission, which, depending on what is adopted, could see change implemented later this year. The productivity commission comes as the industry grapples with some difficult statistics. Among those is the fact that the number of Australians aged 85 and over is projected to increase from 0.4 million to 1.8 million (5.1 per cent of the population), by 2050. The statistics also show that while further advances in the management of some diseases are predicted, a greater number of Australians will require complex care for dementia, diabetes and other illnesses associated with longevity, as well as palliative care. The commission’s draft report, which was released in January this year, found that the aged care system suffers several key weaknesses. These include difficulties in navigating the quantity of services, the fact that quality can be variable, there are gaps in service coverage and only limited choices for care recipients. The commission’s proposals aim to address these weaknesses and challenges, and promote higher quality care. The proposed reforms would give older Australians a simplified gateway for information on aged care, be able to choose, where feasible and appropriate, to receive care at home or in a
residential facility and contribute in part to the cost of their care, among other recommendations. Trish Noakes, director and executive officer of privately owned aged care provider Just Better Care Australia made a Trish Noakes submission to the productivity commission. She is among those that hope that change is on the way. Just Better Care, which offers 15,000 hours of service a week, can find it difficult to recruit appropriately trained staff. Noakes says she wants the changes to the system to be realistic. “No-one doubts that wages are too low. People can’t pay their rent or mortgage when they’re earning $20 an hour – it just doesn’t happen. Particularly given our workforce is expected to face one challenging situation after another,” Noakes says. She hopes that the proposed change that moves the control of care to the individual rather than the care provider comes to fruition. “We find a lot of people don’t like to complain about their care because they worry they will get less care.” If the productivity commission’s recommendations are adopted, some of the numerous changes could be in place by the end of 2011. In the meantime, all eyes will be on the outcomes of the productivity commission. Final submissions were due by 21 March, 2011 and the outcomes are slated to be released by the end of June, 2011. Copyright NCAH
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Christchurch Earthquake Hits Aged Care jobs
Up to 500 Christchurch aged care workers have lost their jobs in the wake of the region’s devastating earthquake. Nurses, carers and support workers have been hit with redundancies at five aged care centres following the 6.3 magnitude quake that rocked the city on February 22. New Zealand’s largest aged care business, Oceania Group, has revealed it will close two condemned sites at Woodchester in Shirley and Windermere in Papanui affecting 250 staff while three other aged care facilities have also been closed by the quake. New Zealand Nurses Organisation coordinating organiser Lynley Mulrine, who lives and works in Christchurch, said the Oceania Group move was another knock for workers and residents in the embattled area. “This is a huge blow to the sector and will result in a devastating loss of skills,” she said. “These ‘beds’ will have to be returned to the region through re-building and the skills (are) an important part of that.”
Ms Mulrine said Oceania Group’s decision, which the organisation states will see some staff redeployed and others made redundant, was “extremely disappointing” given Canterbury District Health Board had guaranteed funding to employers who evacuated residents due to safety concerns. “For workers to suffer the devastating effects of the quake and then lose their livelihood was a tremendous blow to them and their families and we now learn that this was avoidable,” she said. “It’s a heartless approach from a large employer whose livelihood comes from government funding.” Ms Mulrine said employees covered under the Collective Agreement and members of either NZNO or the Service and Food Workers Union were entitled to redundancy payments, however those who had worked for less than 12 months would miss out. She said many of the workers at the other three aged care facilities had no entitlement to redundancy. For more articles visit NCAH.com.au careers@ncah.com.au
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Government Spending on Education, Not Wages: ANF
The Federal Government has come under fire for an educational cash splash on aged care nursing despite those nurses being up to $300 a week worse off than their public hospital colleagues. Federal Health and Ageing Minister Mark Butler has unveiled a new round of postgraduate and continuing professional development scholarships in aged care nursing. The release of 130 scholarships, valued at up to $30,000 each through the Royal College of Nursing Australia, comes as the Australian Nursing Federation steps up its fight for the government to spend more funds on closing the wages gap between aged care nurses and those at public hospitals. An ANF spokeswoman said while the union welcomed funding earmarked for improving the skills and education of the aged care workforce, it was no substitute for fixing some of the sector’s systemic problems such as wages and ratios. “These measures will have an enduring impact on the quality of care we provide to older Australians in the future,” she said.
Figures show the Federal Government spends just 0.8 percent of gross domestic product on aged care, well below that of other developed nations. The statistics, released by the Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association of NSW, shows Norway spends 2 percent of GDP on aged care while the Netherlands spends 3.5 percent and Sweden spends 3.6 percent. In announcing the scholarships, Mr Butler said eligible study areas include clinical gerontology, behavioural management, dementia care, wound care, continence care, palliative care, infection control and leadership and management. “Having access to further training and career advancement makes aged care a better career option and makes it easier to attract and keep quality staff, which in turn means better care for our increasing population of older Australians,” he said. Scholarship applications close April 27, 2011. For more information visit www.rcna.org.au For more articles visit NCAH.com.au careers@ncah.com.au
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Tassie Aged Care Workers Review OnCare Deal Tasmanian aged care workers will consider a revised pay and conditions agreement from OneCare after last week’s four-hour work stoppage.
“Members will decide this at membership meetings this week but no further action will take place should the revised offer be acceptable to members,” he said.
More than 460 workers across four OneCare nursing homes are lobbying for better pay and to maintain conditions ranging from paid meal breaks to personal leave.
OneCare also operates Bishop Davies Court at Kingston, The Manor in Launceston, Umina Park in Burnie and the Rubicon Grove nursing home at Port Sorell.
Health and Community Services Union acting secretary Tim Jacobson said last week’s stop work at New Norfolk’s Corumbene nursing home had prompted OneCare to step up to the negotiating table.
Staff at OneCare homes at Kingston and Burnie also stopped work last month.
Mr Jacobson said other planned stop work actions had been shelved while members consider the agreement.
A OneCare statement said the organisation offered salary packaging, enabling aged care employees to pay their bills from their salary before tax, which also raised the hourly rate to $19.04 for a 20 hour week. For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
Nurses protest as ANF Fronts PC Hearing The Australian Nursing Federation has called on the Federal Government to inject $513 million into the aged care system to close the wages gap between aged care and public hospital nurses. ANF federal secretary Lee Thomas has spoken at the Productivity Commission hearing in Melbourne as a group of more than 50 nurses, assistants in nursing and other union members staged a rally outside. Ms Lee said the sector is struggling to attract employees due to a wages gap of almost $300. “A workload management tool is needed to keep track of the hours nurses are working and to provide an indication of staffing needs in each facility,” she said. www.ncah.com.au
“There should be flexibility in rosters to make the sector attractive to nurses coming back into the workforce who are looking for a work/life balance. “A career structure that offers nurses and assistants in nursing opportunities for progression would also aid recruitment and retention.” Ms Thomas said one registered nurse should be allocated to care for four residents per day shift, covering assessment, care planning and provision, along with complex and basic care ranging from showering and assistance with two meals to dressing and medications. “The ANF is seeking a minimum of 4.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day,” she said. For the full article visit NCAH.com.au
Ambulances Turned Away for 4300 Hours
New figures have revealed Melbourne’s busiest emergency departments turned away ambulances for more than 4300 hours in a six-month period last year.
“The first thing is to get these facts on the table and then hospital managements, network managements, can start to do the work to steadily improve.”
Victorian health minister David Davis released a report which also shows the city’s 13 biggest hospitals spent a staggering 3052 hours on the Hospital Early Warning System (HEWS) – an unofficial form of bypass.
The figures come as the Ambulance Employees Australia Victoria union, in its budget submission, stated Victoria needs an extra 266 paramedics, 35 more ambulances and seven new ambulance stations – at a cost of $30 million - to cope with demand.
The Austin, Frankston and Northern hospitals were all on bypass for almost 170 hours each while Monash Medical Centre had 131 hours on bypass and 573 on the early warning system. The system is used to alert paramedics that a hospital is almost full and should divert nonurgent patients. The report is the first time the HEWS data has been included with the bypass figures. “There has been some incentive to classify things as HEWS, which is hidden, as opposed to bypass which is public,” Mr Davis told media. Mr Davis promised the government would strive to “do better”.
The union has repeatedly called on the government to invest heavily in the sector, with general secretary Steve McGhie claiming it would reduce pressure on paramedics while bolstering ambulance response times. The new Victorian Government has promised to spend $151 million on 320 extra paramedics, including 210 in country areas, across the next four years. Statistics show Victorian ambulances treated 748,834 people in 2009/2010 - up by more than 34,000 people in the previous year.
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New Book Shines Spotlight on Medication Mistakes Medication errors are killing more people than heart attacks or cancer, according to new research.
He said errors could easily be avoided if patients talked to their pharmacist about the uses of their prescribed medicine.
Pharmacist Ken Lee is lobbying for more communication between doctors and pharmacies after his research found one in three prescriptions featured mistakes.
And Mr Lee blamed dosing errors, allergic responses and drug interactions as other common mistakes.
Mr Lee this week released his book, How Safe is Your Prescription, at the Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference on the Gold Coast. His study found about 190,000 hospital admissions a year are related to medicines and their side effects while the inappropriate use of medicine costs Australia about $600 million a year. Mr Lee studied 21,733 consultations in Australian community pharmacies between August 2008 and July 2009 using the Chemconsult prescription safety check system.
Mr Lee’s research comes as Australian data on medication errors and adverse drug events suggests up to 3 percent of all hospital admissions are related to problems with medicines and, of those, 43 percent are potentially preventable. Australian Incident Monitoring System figures show 10 percent of medication incidents occur as a result of dispensing errors. Pharmacists have reported that two of the most common types of dispensing errors are selecting the incorrect strength and selecting the incorrect product, with major contributing factors being ‘look alike’ or ‘sound alike’ errors, high prescription volume and interruptions.
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AHAC is a community controlled organisation that provides primary health and clinical services to the Aboriginal peoples of the Barkly Region. AHAC offers a holistic approach to the health and well being of its clients through its clinical, social and emotional, educational and fitness services.
PUBLIC HEALTH - REGISTERED NURSE Join a progressive, multi-disciplinary team of health professionals committed to health promotion and disease prevention in a culturally appropriate manner within the Barkly Region. You will be primarily responsible for assessing community health needs, and developing programs to meet those needs through research and consultation with the community, peers, resources and other strategies. The advisory role of the position is of utmost importance to determine AHAC’s future directions in Public Health.
DIABETES EDUCATOR Anyinginyi Health is committed to supporting General Practitioners in the provision of Primary Health Care and Disease Prevention and is seeking a suitably qualified person for the position of Diabetes Educator to work in our Public Health Section. The successful applicant will have tertiary qualifications approved for membership to Diabetes Educators Association of Australia. This role is responsible for clinical and preventative strategies, implementation and evaluation of Diabetes Education services in the Barkly area and surrounding remote communities. This position will effectively manage people with diabetes in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team. This is a responsible position requiring strict confidentiality, initiative and innovation. This position supports the aims of AHAC and works towards the improvement of Aboriginal Health in Tennant Creek and the Barkly Region.
AOD REGISTERED NURSE AHAC is seeking the services of a suitably qualified and experienced person to undertake the position of AOD RN within our Piliyintinji-ki Stronger Families section to provide culturally appropriate support, information and education in Tennant Creek and the Barkly region and to encourage and develop social and emotional wellbeing. Qualifications and experience working with AOD is essential. The successful applicant will be required to contribute and assist with development and implementation of culturally responsive social and emotional wellbeing and AOD programs. A generous remuneration package will be negotiated on all positions with the successful candidates including 6 weeks annual leave, sick leave, fringe benefits provision and superannuation. For further information regarding these positions please contact the HR Officer on (08) 8962 2633 or email:pam.lum@anyinginyi.com.au All applicants will be required to provide checkable work references. Successful applicant will be required to produce a Police Check and OCHRE Card
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