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Public Sector Updates – North
Public Sector Updates - North Launceston General Hospital (LGH) Operating Room Suite (ORS) TSO Work Bans The ANMF has received advice that TSOs in the ORS currently have work bans in place that could materially affect the workload of nurses. View the latest update. Emergency Department (ED) We have been informed by members that the ED staffing levels [...]
Private Sector Updates – Statewide
Private Sector Updates - Statewide North Calvary Health Care Tasmania (CHCT) - Northern Hospitals It remains clear Calvary do not have enough staff to cover base line rosters in theatre, Cath lab and wards, with many members reporting a shortage in staff with specific skills. Instead of adjusting lists or rosters to accommodate the short fall the practice [...]
ANMF Media Release: Vacancy Control
Vacancy Control 2 August 2024 The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) Tasmania today welcomed the Tasmanian Liberal Government’s decision to quarantine nurses and midwives from the ongoing vacancy control program. ANMF Tasmanian Branch Secretary Emily Shepherd said the ANMF has been lobbying for Nurses and Midwives to be exempt from the vacancy control committee. “We know that [...]
ANMF Media Release: Nurses as Security? ANMF Says No!
Nurses as Security? ANMF Says No! July 2024 The ANMF (Tasmania Branch) today stated it will fight a new Royal Hobart Hospital practice of training Associate Nurse Unit Managers to perform searches and pat-downs for weapons on patients. ANMF Branch Secretary Emily Shepherd said she was shocked to hear of this troubling development at the Royal. “At first [...]
ANMF Media Release: Protected Action Ballot
Protected Action Ballot July 2024 The ANMF (Tasmania Branch) said today it will escalate its campaign against Tas IVF. ANMF Tasmania Branch Secretary Emily Shepherd said the ANMF has applied to the Fair Work Commission to run a protected action ballot at Tas IVF Pty Ltd. “The protected action ballot will give ANMF members the right to take [...]
Nominate an Aged Care Worker in August 2024
Nominate an Aged Care Worker in August 2024 THANK YOU... TO ALL AGED CARE WORKERS Aged Care Employee Day celebrates the more than 427,000 residential care, home care and retirement living staff who care for over 1.5 million older Australians. The annual #ThanksforCaring campaign recognises the countless roles in the aged care workforce – from nurses to personal [...]
Media Releases
ANMF Media Release: North West Regional Hospital Nurses and Midwives Voting on Industrial Action
North West Regional Hospital Nurses and Midwives Voting on Industrial Action 13 May 2022 Door Stop Where: North West Regional Hospital Cafeteria When: TODAY - Friday 13 May [...]
ANMF Media Release: Recognising Tasmanian Nurses this International Nurses Day
Recognising Tasmanian Nurses this International Nurses Day 12 May 2022 Doorstop: When: 2pm TODAY, Thursday 12 May 2022 Where: Outside the main entrance of the Launceston General Hospital [...]
ANMF Media Release: Celebrating International Day of the Midwife
Celebrating International Day of the Midwife 5 May 2022 The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Tasmanian Branch (ANMF) is celebrating the work of our passionate and committed midwives [...]