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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.
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NTPS NURSES AND MIDWIVES’ 2011-2014 Enterprise Agreement