Public sector updates: northern region - Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation (Tasmanian Branch)

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Northern Updates

From the public sector

Catch up on the latest news and updates from the ANMF. Here you will find information relating to the public sector in the north of the state.

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Launceston General Hospital (LGH) Updates

Ward 5A

The ANMF have been advocating for members working at the LGH Ward 5A and their workload concerns. The ANMF has sent emails to all identified members working on 5A, seeking feedback on their workloads. This feedback will provide us with direction moving forward. If you can not locate this email and would like it to be resent, please contact our Member Support Team. Once feedback has been collated we will send a newsflash via email to advise members. Further, the ANMF will be attending a meeting with Tasmanian Health Service Management on 27 May 2020 to discuss the current grievance. Members will be advised of this discussion.

4O/4B

On 12 May 2020, ANMF officials attended a workload grievance meeting on behalf of members working at the LGH Ward 4O/4B. This meeting was to discuss and progress all outstanding concerns raised. The ANMF have formally requested that a re-benchmarking process is conducted as members report that the recent cohort of patients does not reflect the previous data collection used to calculate safe staffing.

Crisis Assessment Triage Team

On 27 April 2020, the ANMF wrote to Mental Health Services Management to raise concerns on behalf of our members in the North working as part of the Crisis Assessment Triage Team (CATT). These concerns were regarding matters related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On Friday 1 May 2020, a response was received from the Secretary of the Department of Health. Statewide Mental Health Services (SMHS) have agreed to examine and determine options to provide additional cleaning resources . The following further outcomes were also agreed: CATT nurses can don and doff scrubs when assessing clients in the Emergency Department (ED) at the LGH, contact their Clinical Lead or On Call Nurse if any issues are identified with social distancing when assessing clients in ED, CATT nurses should contact the LGH ED prior to attending to ensure they are advised of current protocols or changes to the environment, full-time staff will be allocated an individual desk space, and a larger van/minibus has been allocated to transport clients.

The ANMF understand that there are ongoing concerns that need to be addressed and we continue to advocate on your behalf. Any updates will be sent via email to CATT members.

Updates correct as at 27 May 2020.
Authorised by Emily Shepherd, ANMF Tasmanian Branch Secretary

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