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(iv) a declaration that the Employee has been advised to seek financial advice regarding the arrangement; (v) calculations used to determine salary deductions; (vi) details of the right of return to the pre-existing employment arrangements; (vii) other matters deemed relevant to the arrangements; and (viii) signatures of the Employee and CEO. (b) An extended leave agreement is non-renewable. On the expiry of an existing agreement, the Employee may lodge a new application for approval by the CEO. 59.6 Cessation of extended leave (a) An extended leave arrangement may cease in the following ways: (i) A the request of the Employee on the giving of 3 months written notice to the CEO, provided that approval of the request is at the discretion of the CEO, based on operational and other relevant considerations. (ii) At the initiative of the CEO, on the giving of 3 months written notice to the Employee, along with reasons for the cessation. (iii) The Employee ceases employment with the NTPS. (iv) The Employee moves to a new work area within the Agency, or to another Agency (unless the new work area or Agency agrees to continue the arrangement). (b) Where an extended leave arrangement ceases in accordance with paragraph (a), the Employee will be reimbursed a lump sum payment of monies paid within 2 months of the date of cessation, provided that where the Employee has already commenced the period of extended leave, he or she will be reimbursed monies paid on a pro-rata basis, in accordance with the portion of monies relating to the unused period of leave. Division 5 – Other 60. Redeployment and Redundancy The Redeployment and Redundancy provisions as set out in Schedule 3 to this Agreement apply in the NTPS. 61. Pupil Nurse Over the term of this Agreement the Department will explore options for creating employment opportunities for pupil nurses in consultation with Employees and their representatives. 72 NTPS NURSES AND MIDWIVES’ 2011-2014 Enterprise Agreement
Schedule 1 Nurses (Northern Territory Public Sector) Provisions 1. Recognition of previous experience 1.1 Approved experience will mean such experience in the industry of nursing as is recognised by the CEO for the purposes of this clause. 1.2 An Employee will be credited with approved experience for purposes of determining salary on appointment and eligibility for incremental advancement. 1.3 A Nurse 2 Employee who has returned to the nursing industry after completing a ‘refresher course’, and who has not worked as a Registered Nurse for five or more years, will not immediately be credited on appointment with ‘approved experience’ for salary purposes. 1.4 However, within their first three months of service they may request the CEO make an assessment of their performance to determine the extent to which they have recovered their former skills and the proportion of their previous experience which should be recognised as ‘approved experience’ for salary purposes. 1.5 Employees will be eligible for salary and incremental advancement from the date on which the assessment is made. 2. Enrolled Nurse (Nurse 1) Progression and Accelerated Advancement 2.1 Definitions (a) (b) (c) Enrolled Nurse means an Employee whose training or education is deemed satisfactory for the purposes of enrolment on a register or roll as a nurse other than as a Registered Nurse (as defined), and who is subject to the regulations or by-laws of the Nurses Board of the Northern Territory, and who holds a current practising certificate as such. Employee or Employees includes, for the purposes of this clause, the Enrolled Nurse (as defined) unless otherwise stated. In-service training means the formal or informal work related learning activities undertaken by an Employee through opportunities provided by the employing agency, which contribute to an Employee’s professional development and efficiency by: i. the acquisition and updating of skills and knowledge beneficial to effective performance within a team; or ii. reducing the degree of direct supervision required by the Employee; or iii. enhancing the breadth or depth of knowledge and skills or both required by an Employee in a specific area or range of areas of nursing practice, as the case may be. 73 NTPS NURSES AND MIDWIVES’ 2011-2014 Enterprise Agreement
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