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Enterprise Agreement Updates: Private & Aged Care Sectors
EA Updates We are frequently updating information regarding enterprise agreements from private and aged care sites across Tasmania so our members can stay informed. Calvary Health Care Tasmania The ANMF has been notified by Calvary of their intent to commence bargaining. The ANMF is now waiting for a date to [...]
Public Sector Updates – South
Public Sector Updates - South Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) The ANMF has been advised that wards at the RHH were told they will need to accept an additional patient (to be in a bed in a corridor) when ambulances are ramped. This raises concerns about patient safety (including no call bell access), privacy and workloads. The ANMF Tasmanian [...]
Public Sector Updates – North
Public Sector Updates - North Launceston General Hospital (LGH) Operating Room Suite The member survey results are in for the Tasmanian Health Service (THS) proposed Operating Room Suite (ORS) Benchmarking for 2022/23. Click here to view the full update. Emergency Department Over the Christmas and New Year period, the ANMF was contacted regarding short staffing and overcrowding in [...]
Public Sector Updates – Statewide
Public Sector Updates - Statewide Child Health and Parenting Services (CHaPS)The ANMF lodged an application with the Tasmanian Industrial Commission (TIC) regarding workload concerns and a conciliation conference was listed on Tuesday 10 January 2023. Members will be updated on the outcome of this discussion via a newsflash. Updates correct as at 12 January 2023. Authorised by [...]
Private Sector Updates – Statewide
Private Sector Updates - Statewide Australian Red Cross Lifeblood ANMF Tasmania and ANMF Victoria have held discussions around an outstanding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) from the last Enterprise Agreement (EA), with Lifeblood management. This MOU was to review the role of the Registered Nurse (RN) grade 3 against the Donor Services Clinical Supervisor grade 3 when the Session [...]
Media Release: Heat Concerns Raised with Chief Executive Launceston General Hospital
Heat Concerns Raised with Chief Executive Launceston General Hospital 4 January 2023 The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) Tasmanian Branch have raised significant safety concerns for staff and patients with the Launceston General Hospital’s (LGH) Chief Executive. This follows several days over the Christmas period where nurses worked in temperatures of up to 40 degrees while wearing [...]