Healthscope
Lisa Kelly2021-04-15T17:05:24+10:00Healthscope The ANMF continues to meet with Healthscope Human Resource Management regarding the current Enterprise Agreement negotiations. Members have ongoing concerns about [...]
ANMF + Aged Care – the Union that fight for your workloads
Laura Paton2021-04-15T17:07:35+10:00ANMF and Aged Care - the union that fight for your workloads Do you know that the ANMF is the only union [...]
Overview: COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Update #5
Laura Paton2021-04-15T17:08:56+10:00Overview: COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Update #5 The ANMF met with COVID-19 Vaccine Roll Out Coordinator, Dale Webster on Monday 12 April regarding [...]
ANMF Health Election Plan
Lisa Kelly2021-04-15T14:14:23+10:00ANMF Health Election Plan In the lead-up to the State Election on 1 May, the ANMF has announced an alternate health policy. [...]
Faye Hoppitt Rep of the Year 2021
Laura Paton2021-04-23T08:46:46+10:00Faye Hoppitt Rep of the Year 2021 Do you know an outstanding ANMF Workplace Rep that deserves to be recognised for their [...]
Overview: COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Update #4
Laura Paton2021-04-01T09:22:28+11:00Overview: COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Update #4 The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Tasmanian Branch (ANMF) met with Deputy Secretary, Dale Webster, on [...]
ANMF Media Release: Nurses lodge staffing matter with Tasmanian Industrial Commission
Laura Paton2021-03-30T09:02:07+11:00Nurses lodge Emergency Department staffing matter with the Tasmanian Industrial Commission 30 March 2021 The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Tasmanian Branch (ANMF), alongside our members at the [...]
ANMF Staff Profile – Welcome Jane Pond
Lisa Kelly2021-03-26T10:47:11+11:00ANMF Staff Profile - Welcome Jane Pond ANMF Organiser, Jane Pond. Jane will be working with members in the South of the State, covering private sector sites. Keep [...]
Tasmania passes voluntary assisted dying legislation
Laura Paton2021-03-25T12:41:27+11:00Tasmania passes voluntary assisted dying legislation On Tuesday 23 March 2021, Tasmania became the third Australian State to legislate voluntary assisted dying. This was passed in the Legislative [...]
Overview: COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Update #2
Laura Paton2021-03-04T12:34:46+11:00Overview: COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Update #2 The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Tasmanian Branch (ANMF) on behalf of members attended a COVID-19 [...]
Royal Hobart Hospital Ward K9W
Lisa Kelly2021-03-04T12:24:24+11:00Royal Hobart Hospital Ward K9W The Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) General Surgical Unit, currently located in K9-West, is an acute service catering [...]
Aged Care Royal Commission Report Released
Laura Paton2021-03-02T15:39:40+11:00Aged Care Royal Commission Report Released On Monday 1 March 2021, the Federal Government made public the final Royal Commission into Aged [...]
Proposed changes to workplace rules will be bad for workers
Lisa Kelly2021-02-18T14:55:24+11:00Proposed changes to workplace rules will be bad for workers The Morrison Government has proposed to make changes to the industrial relations [...]
Launceston General Hospital Masterplan Consultation
Lisa Kelly2021-02-18T11:05:22+11:00Launceston General Hospital Masterplan Consultation The ANMF has been a stakeholder on the Northern Reference Group for the Launceston General Hospital (LGH) [...]
Overview: COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Update #1
Laura Paton2021-03-04T12:35:22+11:00Overview: COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Update #1 The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Tasmanian Branch (ANMF) on behalf of members attended a COVID-19 [...]
Aged Care Excellence Awards 2021
Lisa Kelly2021-04-01T11:50:18+11:00Do you know someone who deserves to be recognised? In 2021, the Year of the Health and Care Worker, help us to recognise and [...]
Free Resources for Midwives
Laura Paton2021-02-09T15:09:03+11:00The Drug Education Network is sharing this new resource for primary health care workers, in particular GP's, midwives and nurses. Addressing [...]
Omnibus Bill
Lisa Kelly2021-03-17T13:55:08+11:00Omnibus Bill The Morrison Government has determined to enter the Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Economic Recovery) Bill 2020 into Parliament which, [...]
ANMF Legal Representation
Lisa Kelly2021-01-21T14:22:03+11:00LEGAL ISSUES – including Coronial Inquests and disputed Workers Compensation matters ANMF members are, if it is deemed necessary, eligible to obtain [...]
New Year, New Faces – Yasmin
Laura Paton2021-01-20T13:45:59+11:00New Year, New Faces - Yasmin With COVID-19 restrictions easing, we’re excited to be getting back into workplaces. To help us support our members in the North West, [...]
New Year, New Faces – Catelyn
Laura Paton2021-01-18T10:11:22+11:00New Year, New Faces - Catelyn With COVID-19 restrictions easing, we’re excited to be getting back into workplaces. To help us support our members in the North, we [...]
The Year of the Health and Care Worker
Lisa Kelly2021-01-07T14:31:33+11:00The Year of the Health and Care Worker The World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), have [...]
Service Closures over Christmas/New Year
Lisa Kelly2020-12-10T09:42:16+11:00Service Closures over Christmas/New Year As the Christmas and New Year period rapidly approaches, the ANMF would like to remind members of [...]
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COVID-19 and Workers Compensation for Aged Care and Private Sector Workers
Laura Paton2020-12-02T13:36:43+11:00COVID-19 and Workers Compensation for Aged Care and Private Sector Workers As the borders re-open, it is timely to remind members about how Workers Compensation works with regard [...]
Annual Delegates Conference
Lisa Kelly2020-11-27T09:34:35+11:00Annual Delegates Conference - Review Last Friday 20 November, ANMF Workplace Rep’s, officials and industry professionals gathered together to be involved in [...]
Taking Care of You
Lisa Kelly2020-11-27T16:06:32+11:00Taking Care of You 2020 – the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. When the year started, it was looked at [...]
Budget Update
Laura Paton2020-11-13T13:09:07+11:00Budget Update The ANMF attended the Budget Lockup on Thursday 12 November 2020, where the Tasmanian Government finally announced the budget for the 2020-2021 financial year as well [...]
Aged Care Sector COVID-19 Preparedness
Laura Paton2020-11-12T09:19:03+11:00Aged Care Sector COVID-19 Preparedness The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Tasmanian Branch (ANMF) are representing members across the Aged Care Sector on the recently established Aged Care [...]
Overpayments at Regis Legana facility
Laura Paton2020-11-11T20:33:16+11:00Overpayments at Regis Legana facility In September 2020, the ANMF received correspondence from Regis Legana, outlining that they would be pursuing overpayments made with regards to staff who [...]
Supporting members at Bupa South Hobart
Laura Paton2020-11-11T20:26:44+11:00Supporting members at Bupa South Hobart As reported in our last eNews, Southern Cross Care Tasmania has purchased Bupa South Hobart and will be taking over from 1 [...]
Casual Pool at the Royal Hobart Hospital
Laura Paton2020-11-11T20:29:33+11:00Casual Pool at the Royal Hobart Hospital Over the past few months, the ANMF has been contacted by members stating that they would like to be able to [...]
Southern Cross Care closure and Bupa buy out
Laura Paton2020-10-29T13:09:49+11:00Southern Cross Care announces Mary's Grange closure and Bupa South Hobart buy out The ANMF were present for the announcement of the closure of Marys Grange on Monday [...]
Newsflash: Mersey Community Hospital Emergency Department
Laura Paton2020-10-28T14:15:58+11:00Newsflash: Mersey Community Hospital Emergency Department The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Tasmanian Branch (ANMF) were advised just prior to the announcement from The Minister of Health that [...]
State Service Review
Laura Paton2020-10-14T16:32:04+11:00ANMF submission to the State Service Review On 9 October 2020, the ANMF lodged our submission to the Tasmanian Government State Service Review on behalf of members. The [...]
ANMF Newsflash: Mersey Community Hospital ED Further Reduced Opening Hours
Lisa Kelly2020-09-22T15:49:32+10:00Newsflash: Mersey Community Hospital ED Further Reduced Opening Hours The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Tasmanian Branch (ANMF) were advised late yesterday by the Department of Health and [...]
SURVEY: Assessing the impact of COVID-19
Laura Paton2020-09-22T16:03:06+10:00COVID-19 Survey The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on all Australians and notably on the health and aged care professions, changing the way we work and [...]
ANMF Branch Cross Border and Interstate Agreement
Laura Paton2020-09-22T13:07:17+10:00The ANMF offers cross state and territory memberships as per the below guidelines. If you would like more information on this, please contact our Member Support Team. [...]
Fixed Term Employees – Change of Employment Status
Lisa Kelly2020-09-22T16:04:07+10:00Fixed Term Employees - Change of Employment Status As part of the 2019 Public Sector Nurses and Midwives negotiation, there was an [...]
End of Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Bill 2020
Lisa Kelly2020-09-22T15:56:51+10:00End of Life Choices (Voluntary Assisted Dying) Bill 2020 Mike Gaffney (MLC), an independent in the Tasmanian Legislative Council, has released a draft Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill with [...]
COVID-19 and Paid Pandemic Leave
Lisa Kelly2020-08-18T09:36:46+10:00Unions, on behalf of members, recently had a big win with the Fair Work Commission (FWC) granting paid pandemic leave to staff working in residential [...]
Newsflash: Mersey Community Hospital Medical Ward
Laura Paton2020-08-18T09:36:32+10:00ANMF officials along with work representatives attended the Tasmanian Industrial Commission (TIC) on 31 July 2020 in a dispute against the Tasmanian Health Service (THS) [...]
Newsflash: North West Independent Review Survey
Laura Paton2020-08-18T09:37:32+10:00The Independent Review of the Response to the North West Tasmania COVID-19 Outbreak is now open. This is an opportunity for members of the ANMF [...]
COVID-19 Aged Care Update
Lisa Kelly2020-08-05T17:07:39+10:00Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Senator Richard Colbeck has written to Aged Care providers to thank them for their efforts during the period [...]
Changes to JobKeeper and JobSeeker payments announced
Lisa Kelly2020-07-23T16:27:05+10:00Unions, including the ANMF, have been advocating on behalf of members for an extension of both the JobKeeper and JobSeeker payments. This week, the Federal [...]
Vicarious Trauma and Nursing Empathy
Lisa Kelly2020-09-22T14:27:23+10:00Vicarious Trauma and Nursing Empathy COVID-19 appears to be bringing the trauma nurses experience out of the shadows. Instead, words like ‘hero’ [...]
Transition to Practice 2020
Lisa Kelly2020-07-15T11:49:09+10:00Transition to Practice 2020 On Wednesday 2 July 2020, close to 100 nursing students and new graduates from all over Tasmania participated in our [...]
Cinema tickets
Yolanda Zarins2020-07-09T14:15:09+10:00Cinema tickets On this cold and rainy week, why not head out to see a movie at the cinema? Both the State Cinema in Hobart and Village Cinema’s across [...]
ANMF member story: Gurleen Grewal
Yolanda Zarins2020-06-30T16:47:47+10:00ANMF member story: Gurleen Grewal The ANMF recently had the opportunity to speak with Gurleen Grewal, a nurse in the Cardiology Unit [...]
Workforce Retention Bonus Grant
Laura Paton2020-06-12T15:15:42+10:00ANMF Newsflash: Workforce Retention Bonus Grant Below you will find information relating to the Workforce Retention Bonus Grant for residential care and home care. [...]
COVID-19 and workers compensation
Yolanda Zarins2020-05-27T14:39:15+10:00COVID-19 and workers compensation The following information has been created from some of the frequently asked questions received by the WorkSafe Tasmania helpline, relating to [...]