[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] Relocation of the North West Rehabilitation Service 7 August 2019 The Joint Industrial Consultative Committee continues to meet fortnightly with the last meeting held on 25 July 2019. [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] Mersey Community Hospital Updates 7 August 2019 Mersey Community Hospital Medical Ward The ANMF have written to the acting Director of Nursing (DoN) to advise of the necessity [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] North West Regional Hospital (NWRH) Updates 7 August 2019 Medical Ward ANMF members at the North West Regional Hospital (NWRH) medical ward have raised several issues relating to [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] Launceston General Hospital (LGH) Update 7 August 2019 Ward 4N ANMF officials met with members working on ward 4N on Thursday 27 June, to seek direction regarding the [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] Correctional Primary Health Services 7 August 2019 The ANMF understand that further discussion between Correctional Primary Health Service (CPHS) and Tasmanian Prison Service need to occur before the [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] Nursing Hours per Patient Day (NHpPD) 7 August 2019 The ANMF have received several inquiries from members working in the state’s public hospitals regarding the assessment of site [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) Updates 7 August 2019 5A – Orthopaedics/Surgical Specialties On Friday 19 July, a member meeting was held on 5A at the RHH. The meeting, [...]
A fond farewell from a familiar face Written by past ANMF Organiser, Jen Brown 1st August 2019 Many of members in the south, particularly those working at the Royal Hobart [...]
HERC out and about 1st August 2019 On Thursday 1 August, our Health Education and Research Centre (HERC) attended the Rosny College careers day. Here, staff spoke to a number of [...]
CHaPS Celebrations 25th July 2019 Child and Protective Health Services (CHaPS) held their midyear get together last week on Thursday 25th July. This event put on by the CHaPS team, [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]North West Regional Hospital Medical Ward 24 July 2019 Members have raised several issues relating to workload, and a Step 1 Grievance was raised with the NUM. Solutions were [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Mersey Community Hospital Medical Ward 24 July 2019 Members met on 20 June 2019 with ANMF Organisers Noni Morse and Phoebe Mansell, and Nurse Unit Manager (NUM), Jill McCarthy. [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Update: Launceston General Hospital (LGH) 24 July 2019 Launceston General Hospital (LGH) Ward 5D ANMF officials met with members working on Ward 5D on 11 July 2019 to discuss [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Updates: Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) 24 July 2019 Paediatrics Services – Royal Hobart Hospital The ANMF held a member meeting in Paediatric Services Ward 3A in the RHH on [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Repatriation Centre Change Proposal 24 July 2019 The ANMF are currently finalising their response to the Repatriation Centre Change Proposal regarding on-site car parking. As we have had the [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Correctional Primary Health Services (CPHS) 24 July 2019 Subsequent to a facilities walk-through between the ANMF and CPHS/TPS management on 2 July 2019, a revised protocol for medication dispensing [...]
Negotiations will soon begin for a replacement enterprise agreement at The Eye Hospital, although the first bargaining meeting has not yet been scheduled. The ANMF has been consulting with members [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Millbrook Rise 10 July 2019 On 12 June 2019, the ANMF attended a meeting between Statewide Mental Health Services management and Millbrook Rise nursing staff to discuss issues relating [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Alcohol and Drug Services (ADS) 10 July 2019 On 21 May 2019, the ANMF attended a member meeting at the St John’s Park Campus of Alcohol and Drug Services [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Correctional Primary Health Services (CPHS) 10 July 2019 The ANMF attended a walk-through of facilities at the Risdon Prison on Tuesday 2 July 2019, in the company of senior [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Updates: Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) 10 July 2019 Vale: Jenni Young, Nurse Unit Manager for Cardiology Ward (2DC) We were saddened to hear the news of Jenni Young’s recent [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Update: Launceston General Hospital (LGH) 10 July 2019 Ward 4N ANMF officials met with members working on Ward 4N on Thursday 27 June 2019 to seek direction regarding the [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] 1 July 2019 ANMF CALL FOR RENEWED COMMITMENT AND CLARITY FOR TASMANIAN HEALTH PORTFOLIOS The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Tasmanian Branch (ANMF) welcomes Sarah Courtney MP [...]
If your employment is NOT under an Agreement and/or you are on the minimum wage (including Modern Award) you may soon receive a pay increase. As of Monday 1 July [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Update: Smithton District Hospital 26 June 2019 A member meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 19 June 2019 at 1430 to discuss progress on Enterprise Agreement negotiations and any other [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Update: Mersey Community Hospital Medical Ward 26 June 2019 The meeting scheduled for 13 June 2019 was postponed until 20 June 2019. The meeting discussed progress towards addressing workload [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Update: North West Rehabilitation Service 26 June 2019 ANMF has written to the Director of Nursing outlining outstanding concerns following a staff forum. The Minister has yet to respond [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Update: Mersey Leven Community Health Nursing Service 26 June 2019 ANMF met with the Nurse Unit Manager to discuss solutions to workload issues on Wednesday 8 May 2019. A [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Updates: Launceston General Hospital (LGH) 26 June 2019 LGH Emergency Department The ANMF are continuing to advocate for our members working in the LGH Emergency Department (ED). As well [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Update: Australian Red Cross Blood Service 26 June 2019 ANMF officials met with members of the Australian Red Cross Blood Service (ARCBS) on Monday 17 June 2019, to discuss [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] Update: Give me 5 for kids 26 June 2019 The ANMF attended the Give Me 5 For Kids breakfast at the Launceston General Hospital (LGH) on 6 June [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Updates: Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) 26 June 2019 Emergency Department (ED) ANMF Executive Director Andrew Brakey, attended the Tasmanian Government access meeting on Wednesday 18 June 2019. The meeting [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] 24 June 2019 NURSES AND MIDWIVES OFFER RECEIVED The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has received an offer from government in reply to a counteroffer put [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] 24 June 2019 ANMF CALL FOR HEALTH ACCESS SOLUTIONS IN NORTH AND NORTH WEST TASMANIA Media Doorstop When: SATURDAY, 22 MAY 2019 Time: 1100 Where: Front [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Updates: Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) 12 June 2019 Department of Psychiatry (DoP) DoP continues to experience bed block with high numbers of patients continuing to wait in the Department of [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Update: North East Solders Memorial Hospital 12 June 2019 The working group to oversee the trial of the Health Care Assistant position at Scottsdale will be reconvened shortly to [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Updates: Mersey Community Hospital (MCH) 12 June 2019 Mersey Community Hospital Day Procedure Unit and Surgical Ward The ANMF NW Organiser, met with members on 16 April and 18 [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Updates: North West Rehabilitation Service 12 June 2019 The Director of Nursing (DoN) provided feedback at a staff forum on 23 May 2019. ANMF Organiser, Noni Morse attended and [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Updates: Mersey Leven Community Health Nursing Service 12 June 2019 The ANMF met with the Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) on Wednesday 8 May 2019, to discuss solutions to issues [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Update: Central Coast Community Health Nursing Service 12 June 2019 The ANMF have contacted members working in the Central Coast Community Health Nursing Service seeking their opinion the need [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Update: THS Joint Consultative Committee 12 June 2019 ANMF Organiser, Noni Morse attended the Tasmanian Health Service’s Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) to raise concerns about the sustainability of services [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Updates: Safe staffing committee 12 June 2019 ANMF Organiser, Noni Morse attended the recent North West safe staffing committee meeting. Here she reported on the impact delays in recruitment [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Updates: Recruitment delays 12 June 2019 Several managers have expressed concern about delays in recruitment processes attributed to the adoption of a Statewide Employment Review process. The ANMF has [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Updates: Launceston General Hospital (LGH) 12 June 2019 Ward 5A The ANMF met with management at the LGH on 30 May 2019, to discuss the Step 2 Workload Grievance. [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]Updates: District Hospital Working Group 12 June 2019 The ANMF have again met with the Tasmanian Health Service (THS) to discuss our concerns and seek resolutions around the draft [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget]RHH Mental Health Workload Meetings 12 June 2019 Department of Psychiatry (DoP) DoP continues to experience bed block with high numbers of patients continuing to wait in the Department of [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] 10 June 2019 ANMF Calls for Dedicated Child and Adolescent Health Unit The ANMF are dismayed to learn that the promised Liberal Hodgman Government commitment to a dedicated [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget] 31 May 2019 Members at North West Regional Hospital hold vigil for state of health care in Tasmania <<UPDATED BREAKING NEWS INCLUDED>> Vigil When: TODAY, Friday 31st [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="Tribe_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget]Update: Expressed concerns 29 May 2019 Several managers have expressed concern about delays in the recruitment processes attributed to the addition of a statewide employment review process. The ANMF [...]
[siteorigin_widget class="Tribe_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget]Update: Member meeting 29 May 2019 ANMF Organiser, Noni Morse met with members on 16 and 18 April to seek feedback on the Day and Surgical Day Procedure Unit, [...]
