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

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Please contact our Member Support Team if you would like to discuss any of the outlined issues or raise a concern. Alternatively, and you can send an email outlining your concerns to our team - membersupport@anmftas.org.au. Please note that due to the current COVID-19 situation, our Member Support Team is practicing social isolation measures and working from home. Bearing this in mind, email is the preferred and fastest way of contacting them, however, if your matter is urgent, please phone (03) 6223 6777 or 1800 001 241 if you are outside of Hobart.
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Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) Updates

Access and Patient Flow Managers

The ANMF are holding a member meeting with managers of the Access and Patient Flow Unit on Thursday 28 May 2020 at 1400hrs in the Ground Floor Tea Room. This meeting will focus on a review of THS Management’s response to Change Proposal feedback, dated 8 May 2020. All members are encouraged to attend.

Ward K9W – General Surgical Unit

The ANMF have written to Tasmanian Health Service management on behalf of members, regarding workload concerns in the new K9W Surgical Unit, with particular emphasis on nightshift staffing levels. A response to this letter is expected by COB Thursday 28 May. We will relay outcomes to members via an email newsflash with a potential member meeting to be scheduled.

Acute Older Persons Unit

The ANMF received a response from Tasmanian Health Service management on Monday 18 May 2020, regarding the current status and prospects of Ward 6A – Acute Older Person’s Unit. This response was sent to all affected members via email on Wednesday 20 May 2020. You can read the full newsflash here. If you require further information, please do not hesitate to get in contact with our Member Support Team.

Whittle Ward

The ANMF delivered a Step 2 Grievance letter to management of the Tasmanian Health Service on Friday 22 May 2020. This letter requested that a specialist panel be convened in order to resolve long standing workload and staffing concerns on the unit. In addition, the ANMF will be distributing workload forms on the unit for nurses to complete at the end of each shift. This information will be collated and may be used as part of any future application with the Tasmanian Industrial Commission. If you require further information on this matter, please do not hesitate to get in contact with our Member Support Team.

Repatriation Centre

The ANMF understand that new protocols for parking at the Repatriation Centre came into effect from this week, Monday 25 May 2020. These new protocols will severely limit nursing access to onsite car parking and impose upon members the need to source alternate arrangements for commutes to/from work. The ANMF encourage all members who encounter either personal safety concerns or clinical implications as a result of these new arrangements to get in touch with our Member Support Team to document the issue.

Bicycle Access

The ANMF have written to the Tasmanian Health Service (THS) on behalf of members to highlight issues regarding lack of availability/suitability of bicycle parking on/within RHH premises. Several suggestions on how to improve this situation were forwarded to the THS, with a response to these points expected by Tuesday 26 May 2020. We will let members know the outcome of this via email once a response has been received.

Mental health services

Psychiatric Emergency Nurses (PENs) at RHH

The ANMF received the feedback response for the Mental Health Short Stay Unit (MHSSU) Change Proposal on 28 April 2020. Following this, we have spoken with PEN members as well as members from the Emergency Department (ED). A unanimous decision was made by members to write to South, Chris Fox. The letter was sent on 7 May 2020, and expresses member’s disappointment in the failure to take their concerns into account.

The letter once again raised members concerns and requested more information around the basis of the decision to continue to move forward with the plan for the MHSSU as per the original proposal. The ANMF received a response to this letter on Wednesday 13 May 2020. Members were provided with the details of this response and a unanimous decision was made by members to have the matter raised in the Tasmanian Industrial Commission (TIC). An application has now been made. We will advise members of the details of this further when available.

Inpatient Mental Health Services at RHH

A new change proposal titled, ‘Proposed Revised Department of Psychiatry (DoP) Management and Patient Flow Structure’ was received by the ANMF on 1 May 2020. This proposal affects all inpatient units including; PENs, Clozapine Clinic, Department of Psychiatry (DoP) – to be called Mental Health Inpatient Unit (MHIU) -Mistral Place, ECT Services, Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, and Mental Health Hospital in The Home (MHHiTH).

The ANMF attended an information session on 7 May 2020. Following this, we requested member feedback via phone or email on the change proposal. A face to face meeting took place on Friday 22 May 2020 and a further meeting is scheduled with Mental Health Hospital in the Home on Thursday 28 May 2020. Feedback is due Friday 29 May 2020. If there is anything you wish to raise, please don’t hesitate to contact with our Member Support Team.

Mental Health Hospital in the Home

The ANMF will be meeting with members of Mental Health Hospital in The Home (MHHiTH) on Thursday 28 May 2020, to discuss matters previously raised in relation to base salary, single nurse visits, late admissions, and study days. The ANMF are also requesting feedback from members around the change proposal which will be relayed back to MHHiTH management. See the Inpatient Mental Health Services update in the above Royal Hobart Hospital section. If you have any concerns you wish to raise and cannot attend the meeting please get in touch with our Member Support Team.

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

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