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go RED to 

SAVE a BED 

also in this issue: 

Aged care awards 

ANF education calendar 

Professional Indemnity Insurance 

2012 

FEBRUARY

The Premier refused to 

exempt nurses working 

in the public sector 

from the discretionary 

processes of MD8 

which determine if 

the Government will 

provide indemnity to a 

nurse. Therefore there is 

no certainty for nurses. 

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NEROLI ELLIS 

BRANCH SECRETARY 

BRANCH SECRETARY 

Neroli Ellis 

neroli@anftas.org 

LEAD ORGANISER 

Agnes Stanislaus–Large 

agnes@anftas.org 

PROFESSIONAL/ 

EDUCATION MANAGER 

Steven Cooper 

education@anftas.org 

Professional Indemnity Insurance 

(PII) –We’ve got you covered! 

IN DECEMBER, AuSTRALIAN NuRSING FEDERATION 

WROTE TO THE PREMIER TO SEEK A WRITTEN 

ASSuRANCE ON BEHALF OF NuRSES WORKING IN 

THE PuBLIC SECTOR THAT THEY WILL BE ExEMPT 

FROM THE MINISTERIAL DIRECTION NuMBER 8 AND 

WILL BE GuARANTEED FuLL INDEMNITY IN THE 

EvENT OF AN ADvERSE OuTCOME THAT OCCuRS FOR 

PATIENTS WITHIN THE SYSTEM OR DuE TO CuTS TO 

HEALTH SERvICES FOR PERSONS WHO ARE uNABLE 

TO ACCESS SERvICES. 

Premier Lara Giddings had previously provided 

public assurances that all nurses working on the public 

sector would be granted indemnity against legal 

process, stated on ABC News 8 December 2011; “That’s 

just a political furphy, really. Of course all doctors and 

nurses who work within the public health system have 

appropriate indemnity.” 

The provisions of Ministerial Direction 8 clearly states: 

• This indemnity is subject to the discretion of the 

Inter-Agency Committee and will only apply to 

those awards made and costs incurred after an 

application for indemnity has been received by the 

relevant Agency. 

The following extract is from the response received from 

the Premier; 

It would be inappropriate for me to provide an 

assurance that full indemnity will be granted to 

any public officer or employee ahead of any legal 

proceedings actually arising. Nor would it be 

appropriate for me to make a decision or in lieu of the 

process established ... particularly as the Committee is 

required to take account of the circumstances giving rise 

to the legal action... 

This confirms that the ANF legal advice is correct and 

indemnification from the Government for health workers 

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South 

Sue Darcey 

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is not absolute. Therefore nurses (and other health 

workers) working in the public sector could be in breach 

of section 129(1) of the Act if they rely solely on the MD 

8 provisions. Nurses and midwives are required to hold 

appropriate PII in order to work. 

The revised NMBA Professional Indemnity Insurance 

Arrangements Registration Standard for nurses and 

midwives commenced on 10 January 2012. While there 

are some changes it is important that nurses and 

midwives continue to be able to demonstrate that they 

have appropriate insurance. ANF do not believe that 

public sector workers have this assurance in Tasmania. 

The registration standard can be accessed at http:// 

www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Registration- 

Standards.aspx 

What does this mean for you? 

All ANF members have full Professional Indemnity 

Insurance arrangements which meet the new NMBA 

Standard included in your membership. A certificate 

confirming your PII arrangements which meet Section 

129 of the Health Practitioners Regulation National Law 

can be obtained from the ANF Office. 

Your PII includes; 

• Cover for Professional Indemnity (Malpractice) - up to 

$10m for any one claim and $50m in the aggregate 

• Cover for Public Liability (Negligence for injury to third 

party, persons or property) - up to $10m for any one 

claim and in the aggregate 

• Cover for legal expenses if individual representation is 

required at a Coroners Inquest for nurses and care staff 

• Cover (if necessary) for nurses for legal expenses 

before the Nursing and Midwifery Board Tribunal 

• Some conditions apply for individual circumstances 

Your ANF membership has you covered. n 

ANF BRANCH COUNCIL & EXECUTIVE 

Julie Driver 

President, RHH WACS 

Jenny Parker 

Vice President, LGH ICU 

Colleen Fletcher 

Executive, Clarence Plains CHC 

Andrew Ostler 

Executive, RHH NSU 

Juanita Mayne 

Executive, RHH Maternity 

James Lloyd 

Executive, RHH Central 

Coordination Unit 

Sally Bonde 

Palliative Care South 

Caroline Cryer 

RHH Nephrology 

Sally Dare 

Queenborough Rise 

Anneke Davies 

RHH 2B South 

Deirdre Douglas 

LGH 5A 

Lyn Johnson 

MCH Ante Natal Clinic 

Jackie Nicholls 

RHH Maternity 

Jan Robinson 

NWRH DEM 

Myf Sutton 

Midlands MPC 

Oggy Thynne 

Spencer Clinic 

Joanne Triffitt 

Mental Health 

Lee Wallace 

LGH 3R 

www.anftas.org

Go Red to Save a Bed 

‘GO RED TO SAvE A BED’ WAS INSPIRED 

FROM AN ANF NORTHWEST MEMBER’S 

SuGGESTION TO HIGHLIGHT THE 

CLOSuRE OF BEDS AT THE BuRNIE 

CAMPuS OF THE NORTH WEST AREA 

HEALTH SERvICE. 

The concept was integrated and 

became an important part of the ANF 

campaign strategy. Red has become 

the colour of the ANF ‘Protect Frontline 

Health’ campaign rallies and signals that 

ANF members wearing red T-shirts are 

highlighting the short sighted decision 

to shut beds. The ‘Go Red to Save a Bed’ 

campaign was undertaken across DHHS 

sites in Tasmania and has helped to: 

• Galvanise support for the ANF campaign 

with the Tasmanian community 

• Be a visible reminder of the campaign 

objectives 

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• Raise awareness of the impact of the 

budget cuts decisions 

• Assist nurses to speak to relatives 

and to the public about the concerns 

related to bed closures 

• Provide enhanced publicity and 

media coverage for the campaign 

and its objectives. n 

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The Tasmanian nursing magazine for ANF Members FEBRUARY 2012 INFUSION 

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FOCUS 

On the Heartbeat for February, have 

you felt part of a unified voice against 

the Government’s budget cuts? 

Ged Kearney, ACTu President 

I AM INCREDIBLY PROuD OF NuRSES 

RIGHT AROuND AuSTRALIA AND vERY 

PROuD OF THE TASMANIAN NuRSES FOR 

STANDING uP FOR EquALITY IN HEALTH 

CARE, FOR THE HEALTH CARE OF THEIR 

STATE, THE HEALTH CARE OF THE PEOPLE 

THAT THEY WORK WITH BECAuSE THEY 

ARE uNDER PRESSuRE BY THESE CuTS 

Kim Clarke - 4O/4B LGH 

Definitely - between rallies and overtime bans and attempts by 

the ANF to continue to protect the public from these atrocious 

budget cuts. But unfortunately, there is still a lot of apathy. 

One wonders if it is going to take a death to change it? 

Naomi Baldock - ICU NWRH 

Absolutely - I feel that through the ANF I have been able to have 

a great deal of involvement and that with their support we have 

been able to achieve some success. It’s good that through the 

ANF nurses can have a unified response. 

Tania Battaglini - Renal Unit NAHS 

It is great to be part of a united team dedicated to protecting 

patients and the public from the devastating health 

budget cuts. 

Dan McCarthy - Clinics NWRH 

Yes absolutely, I felt that it has been good the ANF was there to 

support nurses’ views in the face of decisions being made by 

management. I also think it’s important to continue using the 

ANF to ensure our voices are heard. 

Brent Hollis - DEM NWRH 

Yes, I attended the first rally at the Hospital and the one in 

Burnie in support of nurses both here and across the State. 

Our campaign champion 

AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, FOR THE 

HEALTH CARE AND THE quALITY 

OF CARE THAT THEY CONTINuE FOR 

THEIR PATIENTS. 

Everybody knows how hard nurses work and 

it takes a great deal for them to come to the 

point where they actually need to protest like 

this. So you have to understand that if nurses 

The full impact 

Kim Ford, RHH 

WE NEED TO MAKE THE COMMuNITY 

AWARE OF WHAT THE IMPACT WILL 

BE TO THEIR HEALTH SYSTEM AND 

THE COMMuNITY HEALTH SYSTEM. 

WE ARE TRYING TO BRING IT TO THE 

GOvERNMENT’S ATTENTION THAT IT IS 

NOT ACCEPTABLE. 

The situation is that the beds are full, ED is 

blocked up, people aren’t getting the care 

that they need and people’s operations are 

being cancelled. There are a lot of people 

working double shifts as we are unable to 

fill vacancies. 

People are getting tired and worn out; 

when that happens sick leave goes up, there’s 

more overtime, and mistakes can be made. 

People are getting worn out. I am worried 

that mistakes are going to be made; they may 

already have happened and the situation will 

get worse as this goes on. n 

are protesting it must be very bad indeed. 

I myself am a nurse; I understand how they 

feel and how deeply they feel about the care 

they provide to their patients. 

Nurses will continue to advocate for their 

patients as long as it takes, and I understand 

about the fiscal constraints that State 

Governments have, but you have to look at 

the whole picture. You have to listen to the 

people working within those constraints and 

start to act accordingly. n

Your 

Campaign 

CuTS TO THE TASMANIAN HEALTH 

BuDGET, uNDER THE GuISE OF 

IMPROvED GOvERNMENT FISCAL 

MANAGEMENT, HAvE YET AGAIN 

PLACED THE BuRDEN ON 

FRONTLINE HEALTH. 

Premier Lara Giddings, during her tenure as 

the Tasmanian Health Minister from 2006 to 

2010, placed the Tasmanian health system in 

its current predicament. Lara Giddings is now 

the Tasmanian Premier and Treasurer. 

Less beds, less services, fewer options 

have made an already overburdened health 

system struggle for breath. Withdrawing 

health services affects our most vulnerable, 

and ultimately the Tasmanian community will 

suffer from the short sighted decisions made 

by Premier Lara Giddings and Minister for 

Health Michelle O’Byrne. 

An important and enduring strategy of 

this ANF campaign has been the need to 

move proactively rather than be reactive. 

Unfortunately the scale of the cuts to the 

Tasmanian Health budget shocked ANF and 

members. There was, and still appears to be, 

no apparent logic to the scale of the cuts. 

All direct evidence, including the DHHS 

Tasmanian Health Plan, supports increasing 

demand for health services. Greater 

presentations to Emergency Departments, 

a need for more elective surgery and more 

beds; and yet the vision from the Tasmanian 

Government is to shut beds, cut elective 

surgery and reduce access to services. 

Shut the doors and it all might go away! 

ANF’s campaign was launched on 10 

October for World Mental Health Day, as the 

scale of the cuts was announced and the real 

effects were highlighted. ANF embarked on 

informing and engaging with the Tasmanian 

public to expose the risks associated with the 

cuts. The key elements to the ANF campaign 

have included: 

• Utilising public media 

• Improved communication to members 

and the public through the ANF website 

and Facebook 

• Regional community rallies in 

collaboration with CPSU and HACSU 

• Submission of a petition with over 27,000 

signatures to the Tasmanian Parliament 

• Industrial action by members 

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PROTECT Frontline 

Health 

ANF Petition Handover to the Tasmanian Liberals 

• Rolling stop work and 48 hour bans on 

overtime and double shifts 

• Go Red to Save a Bed Days 

• Encouraging members and the public to 

speak out against the cuts. 

The ANF campaign has been successful 

in gaining public opinion and support. 

The daily letters to all regional newspapers 

confirms this. The ANF petition, presented 

to the Tasmanian Parliament by Opposition 

Leader Will Hodgman, was the second 

largest in Tasmanian history with over 27,000 

signatures. The joint ANF, HACSU and CPSU 

rallies conducted across all three regions 

were well attended and sent very clear 

messages to the Premier, Health Minister and 

Green minority Government partners. 

The media coverage for our rallies was 

exceptional. The themes from the rallies 

included the death of the Tasmanian health 

system and it was wonderful to see nurses 

speak out on behalf of their colleagues in 

such an articulate and passionate manner. 

Everyone was left with no doubt that very 

poor decisions had been made and lives will 

be placed at risk. 

Many fixed term and casual employees 

have been left with great uncertainty as 

a result of the announced budget cuts. 

The DHHS has stated that they have poorly 

administered fixed term contracts and ANF 

has been fighting relentlessly to ensure those 

nurses eligible to be converted to permanent 

employment will be. Unfortunately not all 

nurses on fixed term contracts will be able 

to gain ongoing employment. Many nurses 

have already left nursing or have decided to 

seek work in other States. 

The 48 hour ban on overtime successfully 

highlighted that the Tasmanian health 

system is run on the goodwill of nurses. 

In October 2011, 198 double shifts were 

worked across the three regions of Tasmania. 

Based on current Award rates those 198 

double shifts were the equivalent of 3168 

hours paid at ordinary rates. That is 1.6 full 

time equivalent nursing positions for a 

full year! 

ANF’s campaign to protect frontline 

positions and health services WILL 

continue into 2012 and ANF would like 

to thank the assistance, guidance and 

great effort undertaken by our Workplace 

Representatives and members. n 

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Our United Voice 

My Voice - 

Emily Shepherd, 

RN 4D LGH 

ON WEDNESDAY 5 OCTOBER 2011, 

WARD 4D AT LGH WERE INFORMED 

THAT THEY WOuLD BE CLOSED BY 

THE END OF DECEMBER. SINCE THEN 

WE HAvE SEEN OuR NORTHERN AREA 

HEALTH SERvICE DECIMATED AS MORE 

ANNOuNCEMENTS HAvE BEEN MADE IN 

RELATION TO MEETING THE $28 MILLION 

BuDGET CuT. 

This will mean longer than ever elective 

surgery waiting lists, lack of beds, 

reduced specialised wards, more patients 

presenting to the emergency department 

and longer lengths of stay. This will 

ultimately mean an overflowing emergency 

department, lower standards of care and an 

all round increase in cost. 

The State Government has failed to 

realise how vitally important our fixed term 

contract nurses are. When we speak of these 

fixed term nursing positions we are talking 

about staff who bring an invaluable amount 

of knowledge and skills to every area of our 

health system. 

Our Government has made a significant 

investment in our nurses on fixed term 

contracts. We will be losing well over 45,000 

hours of orientation and education from just 

My Voice - 

Megan Mundy, 

Nursing Graduate 

I COuNT MYSELF AS ONE OF THE LuCKY 

ONES, BECAuSE I HAvE GRADuATED 

WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I HAvE 

A JOB TO GO TO. I APPLIED FOR A 

GRADuATE NuRSING JOB IN NSW AS I 

DIDN’T THINK I WOuLD GET A GRAD JOB 

IN TASMANIA. 

It took just two days to hear back from NSW 

Health with the offer of an interview. In the 

middle of my mental health placement I 

headed to Queanbeyan on the border of 

the ACT. I was nervous, it was my first ever 

interview and I am ashamed to say that I 

considered not going, thinking there was still 

hope for me to get a job in Tassie. 

Just one day after I had returned home 

the graduate coordinator for the Southern 

the first 12 months of their employment. 

As an estimated monetary figure this 

accounts for over $1.5 million. 

This cost cutting strategy employed 

by the Government is a false economy, as 

reducing the fixed term contract staff will 

only cost more money in the long run; if we 

look to the future we will see a health system 

that cannot keep up with demand. 

So what will happen then? We will need 

to re-open the services, re-open the beds, 

and re-open the wards. Then we will need 

to recruit more staff. We will have to turn 

Murrumbidgee Area Health called and said as 

long as I wanted a job, I would have one. 

I was pretty pumped that I had a job, 

and looked at it as a back up or a second 

option so that when the time came to choose, 

I would have the choice to work in Tasmania 

or NSW. Then my luxury of having a choice 

was taken away from me. 

I am incredibly disappointed in my 

Government, that I am not being given 

the opportunity to continue serving in my 

community. I was born here, I went to school 

here, I did my university degree here and I 

did all my practicals here. So for me the next 

logical step for my transition to employment 

would be to work here too! 

If I ever want to come back to Tasmania to 

work and live, I have to seize this opportunity 

with open arms because at the end of the day, 

we will all be fighting for the same job. n 

around and orientate and educate the new 

staff at a cost of over $1.5 million when we 

could have just kept the exceptional nursing 

staff we already have. 

I am fearful for the future of the health 

system. I fear for the health and lives of our 

patients. We must continue to fight and 

show our patients, our community and our 

fellow nursing colleagues that we will never 

condone or respect these decisions. 

United we stand, divided we fall and if we 

have any chance of making this government 

see sense, we must do it together. n

A healthy health system is 

the sign of a healthy country. 

Australians deserve access to 

the best health care provided by trained 

and licensed professionals. We work hard 

and pay our taxes. I want to know that if 

my family or I need care we get what we 

have paid for. I implore you do not cut the 

health budget. When a country’s health 

system deteriorates, so does 

the country - just look at the 

rest of the world - it really is a 

no brainer! 

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Dear Minister... 

Thank you To anF members and people From The communiTy who conTinue To add Their voice To ours. 

messages below have been senT To The minisTer For healTh, honourable michelle o’byrne and The 

minisTer For human services, honourable cassy o’connor, voicing concerns abouT The budgeT cuTs To 

our healTh sysTem. To add your voice To our campaign, please visiT www.anFTas.org. 

I am a 24 year old Registered 

Nurse and I am afraid for my 

future, my job and my career. 

Your decision to cut the Tasmanian health 

budget has affected my entire life. 

Today, I cried to the parking meter man 

when he wrote out a parking ticket for 

taking too long at the counsellors. I cried 

to the employee assistance man that could 

only shrug his shoulders and say ‘why you 

are in a pickle then aren’t you?’ 

I cried in the toilets during my lunch 

break because a patient asked me where I 

would be working when my contract runs 

out. I cried to my workmates when it was 

time to knock off. They reassure that they 

were feeling the same as me. 

I cried to my partner when I got home 

and saw my puppy waiting for me at 

the front door. I cried and cried to him, 

because I know that when I decide to 

relocate interstate he won’t be coming with 

me. This is not living. 

I have seen my doctor who referred 

me to a psychologist, I joined a gym, I am 

seeing the employee assistance counsellor. 

I find going to work toxic as everyone else is 

feeling as down as I am. These people have 

families, mortgages and LIVES. 

I do not have a mortgage nor am I 

married. I do however have a partner, 

a puppy, a father, a mother, grandparents 

and friends who are all concerned about 

my welfare at the moment. 

It won’t be a merry Christmas for my 

family this year. 

Please take a moment to think 

about how your decisions are affecting 

Tasmanians. 

You are not helping us. 

How are the budget cuts 

affecting YOU? 

As much as I can only imagine 

the pressure being placed on 

you to do your best, it is clear 

the budget cuts that have been made to 

our health system are in NOBODIES (sic) 

best interests. Cystic Fibrosis sufferers 

heavily rely on the Hospital in the Home 

service and for it to be cut could mean 

life threatening infections brought on by 

constant hospital stays as well as many 

other complications that may 

arise. I urge you to reconsider 

this choice. 

I am extremely concerned 

about the budget cuts to our 

health system. Health is one 

area that cannot afford these massive cuts 

without affecting everyone. We have an 

increasing ageing population that relies on 

an efficient health system. 

We need to maintain the Royal Hobart 

Hospital as a teaching facility 

or we are going to lose our 

prospective new doctors to 

the mainland and overseas. 

I have been a recipient of this 

valuable service (Hospital in 

the Home), that might I add, 

not only gave a hospital bed to someone 

else who needed it, but also gave me the 

opportunity to go home and recuperate 

whilst still receiving the life saving medical 

treatment I needed. I could not speak highly 

enough of all the dedicated nurses who 

were so professional and caring during my 

recovery process. The Government should 

hang their heads in shame for 

even thinking about getting 

rid of this vital service that 

DOES save lives!! 

Please find a way to save our 

public health system! We put 

our trust in you and hope you 

can return our faith in the Government. 

I have just completed my first year of 

nursing and have already started looking 

with interest in nursing positions in QLD. 

They have a great health system, and have 

had more financial woes in their state 

more recently than us! They still manage to 

provide an excellent primary and tertiary 

care base to their public hospitals. Call Anna 

Bligh and ask her how she does it!!! 

Don’t let down our state, 

and especially don’t let all our 

new graduates leave the state!! 

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FOCUS 

Southern Community Rally 

SOuTHERN TASMANIA HAD ITS TuRN 

TO RALLY AGAINST THE GOvERNMENT’S 

BuDGET CuTS LATE LAST YEAR. 

WELL OvER 1,000 MEMBERS OF 

ANF AND OTHER uNIONS JOINED 

COMMuNITY MEMBERS, MARCHING 

FROM THE ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL TO 

PARLIAMENT LAWNS. 

Chants of ‘no more cuts’ echoed 

throughout the Hobart streets with many 

bystanders shouting their support. ANF was 

proud to see a sea of red throughout 

the crowd, showing the large number of 

nursing supporters. 

The crowd voiced their concern and 

discontent towards the Premier, The 

Honourable Lara Giddings and Leader of 

the Tasmanian Greens, The Honourable Nick 

McKim, as they attempted to justify the 

Government’s decisions. 

Union leaders were welcomed by a 

cheering crowd saying that they were 

determined to keep up the fight against the 

budget cuts. 

Thank you to all members who attended 

with family and friends. n

Our Nursing Graduates 

AS uTAS STuDENTS GATHERED TO 

CELEBRATE THEIR GRADuATION IN 

LAuNCESTON IN DECEMBER, THE TALK 

INEvITABLY TuRNED TO WHO HAD BEEN 

LuCKY ENOuGH TO SECuRE POSITIONS 

WITHIN THE STATE, WHO WAS 

PREPARING TO LEAvE AND WHO WAS 

STILL WAITING TO HEAR. 

While undergraduates had never expected 

to be guaranteed a position with the DHHS, 

they felt that the prolonged confusion and 

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uncertainty was unwarranted, and perhaps 

reflected the current emphasis of meeting 

budget targets over patient care. 

One graduate stated that the current 

situation had already had an adverse impact 

on her family, creating an environment of 

stress due to the uncertainty surrounding 

employment options. Other students 

were facing difficult decisions about 

relocating to take up graduate positions, 

knowing that in all likelihood they would 

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be dismissed at the end of their contract. 

Overwhelmingly though, the thoughts of 

students and their families were with those 

nurses already affected by the Government’s 

mismanagement of Tasmania’s health care, 

which has resulted in a severe reduction in 

nurses, beds and service delivery for those 

members of our communities most in need. 

In a show of solidarity graduates and 

their families added ‘go RED to SAVE a BED’ 

stickers to their ceremonial attire. n 

ANF is now on Facebook! 

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Private Sector EA Updates 

Presbyterian Care 

Nurses EA 2011 

The Presbyterian Care Nurses EA 2011 has been 

approved by FWA and came into effect on 

21 November 2011. 

• Wage increases: 3% - 1/4/2011, 

3% - 1/4/2012, 3% - 1/4/2013 

• Shift penalties: Increase of night shift 

penalty to 20% 

• Allowances: Where applicable to 

increase at same time and amount as 

wage increases 

• Career Structure – fast track for 

Registered Nurses 

• Post Graduate Allowance – Enrolled 

Nurses included 

Mt St Vincent Staff 

EA 2011 

The Mt St Vincent Staff EA 2011 has been 

approved by FWA and came into effect on 


• Wage increases: Non-Nursing Staff: 

3.5% - 1/7/2011, 3.5% - 1/7/2012, 

3.5% 1/7/2013 

Nursing Staff: 5% - 1/7/2011, 3.5% - 

1/7/2012, 3.5% - 1/7/2013 

• Shift penalties: Afternoon shift – 

Nursing staff increase to 15% 

Sunday - Nursing Staff increase to 187.5% 

from FFPP 1/7/2011 and 200% from FFPP 

1/7/2012 



wage increases. 

Addition of Buddy/Orientation Shift 

Allowance - $1.00 p/hr 

Addition of Laundry Allowance - 

$1.49 p/wk or $0.32 p/shift, whichever is 

the lesser amount 

• Leave: Bereavement/Compassionate 

Leave – 3 days paid leave or 5 days for 

interstate travel 

Parental Leave entitlement 

Nursing staff – replaced by 18 week PPLS 

with employer supplement to base rate 

of pay. 

Other employees – 18 week at minimum 

wage Federal Government Paid Parental 

Leave Scheme. 

Employer contribution of superannuation 

on parental leave payment 

Long Service Leave – Access to 8.66 weeks 

after 10 years of service. 

• Additional Entitlements: 

Police Checks – employer to pay costs 

• Casual Loadings: Transitioning – 

1/7/2011 – 22%, 1/7/2012 – 23%, 1/7/2013 

– 24% 

Corumbene Nurses EA 

2010 – 2013 

The Corrumbene Nursing Home for the Aged 

Inc Nurses EA 2010 has been approved by FWA 

and came into effect on 21 November 2011. 

• Wage increases: 2.9% - 1/1/2010, 

2.1% - 1/1/2011, 3% - 1/7/2011, 

3% - 1/7/2012, 3% - 1/7/2013 

• Shift penalties: Afternoon - 13% 

Night - 16% 

• Allowances: Higher Duties and 

In-Charge - $20 p/shift 

Preceptor - $2 p/hr 

• Leave: Parental Leave – Employer paid 14 

weeks maternity leave at ordinary rate for 

eligible female employees 

2 weeks paid paternity leave at ordinary 

rate for eligible employees 

Professional Development and Study 

Leave entitlements 

• Casual Loadings: Transitioning – 21% - 

1/7/2010, 22% - 1/7/2011, 23% - 1/7/2012, 

24% - 1/7/2013 

Corumbene Non 

Nursing EA 2011 

The Corumbene Nursing Home for the Aged 

Inc Non Nursing EA 2011 has been approved 

by FWA and came into effect on 



3.25% - 1/7/2012, 3.25% - 1/7/2013 

• Shift penalties: Public Holiday - 200% 

for casual 

• Allowances: Remote call - $0.85 p/hr 

with minimum payment $8.70 each 24hr 

period 

Foul & Nauseous Linen - $10.20 p/wk 

• Leave: Annual leave of 152 hrs after 

12 months service for FTE and pro-rata 

for PTE 

• Casual Loadings: Transitioning - 21% - 

1/7/10, 22% - 1/7/2011, 23% - 1/7/2012 

ACSAG General Staff 

EA 2010 – 2013 

The Aged Care Services Australia Group Pty Ltd 

Sandhill and Tamar Park General Staff EA 2010 

– 2013 has been approved by FWA and came 

into effect on 8 December 2011. 

• Wage increases: 3% - 1/10/10, 3% - 

1/7/2011, 3% - 1/7/2012, 3% - 1/7/2013 

• Shift penalties: Public Holiday – 250% 

for rostered employees, 170% for PTE and 

casual employees who receive loading. 

Night – 20% 

• Allowances: Foul and Nauseous Linen - 

$12.00 p/wk 

Employer to meet cost of flu vaccination 

Where applicable to increase at same time 

and amount as wage increases 

• Leave: 3 days Compassionate/ 

Bereavement Leave 

Access to 8.66 weeks LSL at 10 years service 

18 weeks Federal Government PPL for 

eligible employees 

3 days Study Leave for FTE, pro-rata for PTE 

Blood Donor and Emergency Service 

Paid Leave 

• Casual Loading: 25% 

Freemasons Homes Of 

Southern Tas Nurses 

EA 2011 

The Freemasons Homes of Southern Tasmania 

Nurses EA 2011 has been approved by FWA 

and came into effect on 8 December 2011. 


3% - 19/10/2012, 3% - 19/10/2013 



wage increases 

Preceptor - $2.84/hr 

High duties and In Charge - $23.76 per 

shift / $27.89 for night shift 

• Additional Entitlements: Payment of 

Police checks employer contribution – 

50% for FTE and pro-rata for PTE 

• Casual Loadings: Transitioning - 22% - 

19/10/2011, 23% - 1/7/2012, 24% - 1/7/2013, 

25% - 1/7/2014 n

Continuing our Commitment to 

Aged Care 

FRIDAY 11 NOvEMBER 2011 SAW OvER 100 AGED CARE NuRSES 

AND CARE WORKERS FROM AROuND THE STATE GATHER 

AT THE HILLTOP GRANTON FOR A DAY OF EDuCATION AND 

RECOGNITION FOR THE CHALLENGING WORK THEY DO IN 

THEIR SPECIALITY SECTOR. 

To the theme of Dignity - the D in Aged Care, speakers included nurse 

practitioners, medical practitioners and allied health professionals. 

Topics covered ranged from Dying with Dignity to the importance 

of ongoing education and training in Aged Care. Federal Assistant 

Secretary, Yvonne Chaperon, gave an overview on progress with the 

Because We Care Campaign, as well as an in-depth look at possible 

legal issues faced by those working in Aged Care. 

The day also included the presentation of the ANF/ME Bank Aged Care 

Excellence Awards. This year there were so many entries that were worthy 

of receiving an award that we also presented a Highly Commended prize in 

the Care Worker category. 

Congratulations to the following award recipients, as well as to all those 

who were nominated. The Aged Care sector relies on your commitment 

and dedication to provide care to older Tasmanians. 

• Registered Nurse - Winner: Joanne Triffitt (Roy Fagan Centre) 

• Enrolled Nurse - Winner: Marian Salter (Fred French) 

• Care Worker - Winner: Amanda Strang (Vaucluse Gardens) 

• Care Worker - Highly Commended: Debbie Ker (Community Health) n 

ANF wishes to congratulate Emmerton Park for their recent success in 

the Tasmanian Aged Care Awards. Emmerton Park received The Media 

Award for their different ideas for keeping residents entertained. 

The home recently introduced an ‘in-house’ radio station and this 

has improved their social environment and has seen increased 

participation from residents, improving their mental and physical 

wellbeing. They were also awarded the Aged Care Organisation 

Award in recognition of their achievements in people management, 

training, technology, customer service, environment and stakeholder 

communications. Well done to all staff involved in this success. 

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Aged Care Award Recipients - Debbie Ker, Joanne Triffitt and Marian Salter with Caron 

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Northern Report 

Launceston 

Reception Prison 

At the time of writing, LRP nurses and ANF 

are in consultation with Management over 

the existing establishment, workloads and 

rostering. Consultation will continue through 

the beginning of the New Year. 

LGH 

During the Christmas break there was the 

closure of Ward 4D, 10 beds from Ward 5A 

and 12 from Ward 5B, two ICU beds and 

three children’s ward beds. Elective surgery 

and the Day Procedure Unit have also seen a 

reduction in cases. 

Amidst the closures, DEM is now 

operating at its new capacity of 43 beds and 

the Acute Medical Assessment Unit (AMU) is 

now fully operational with 20 beds open. 

The first intake of Transition to Practice 

Nurses commenced at NAHS on 30 January, 

with 14 positions at the LGH, three in Primary 

Health and three commencing in Mental 

Health. ANF welcomes these new Graduates. 

The 4O/4B staff survey which was 

conducted in August was collated and 

presented to midwives in December. 

Mental Health 

Services South 

south 

(MHSS) 

With 2011 now well behind us, the effect of 

the drastic changes that have been (and are 

yet to be) implemented to all areas of the 

Service will remain a constant reminder of a 

very difficult time. 

Members have stated that they are at 

a loss to fully comprehend some of the 

strategies developed by Management and 

have constantly protested and raised their 

serious concerns at appropriate forums and 

via correspondence to senior managers. The 

priority issue for members is the ability to 

maintain a safe and beneficial service for the 

increasing needs of their patients/clients. 

ANF has written to the Acting CEO 

outlining members’ concerns related to 

quality patient care and outcomes and also 

asking who will take the responsibility for 

any adverse outcome for clients/patients. 

Members are also seeking an assurance that 

they will be afforded indemnification (under 

MD8) should an adverse event occur for 

a client. 

The common theme from the midwives 

outlined insufficient communication from 

Management, who are now looking to have 

biweekly unit meetings and open forums to 

allow staff to discuss and resolve issues as 

they arise. 

James Scott Wing 

(NESMH Scottsdale) 

A process has commenced with a Joint 

Consultative Committee (JCC), which 

includes ANF, to work through Presbyterian 

Southern Report 

Calvary Health 

Care Tasmania 

The Calvary EA for the Southern and 

Northern Campus’ expires in March 2012. 

Discussions have begun with staff members 

in regards to the new Log of Claims. A survey 

has been done to ascertain the important 

issues for members. 

If staff have any concerns or issues they 

would like addressed in this EA please 

contact the Information Officers at the ANF 

office on 6223 6777 or 1800 001 241 (outside 

Hobart area) or email info@anftas.org. 

Because We 

Care Campaign 

The Because We Care Campaign is continuing 

into 2012 with renewed pressure to be applied 

to the Federal Government in the lead up to 

the 2012-13 Federal Budget. 

This pressure is being applied at a 

national level with all State and Territory ANF 

Branches being involved in activities across 

the country. 

In Tasmania we will be looking at 

targeting influential and marginal electorate 

Care Tasmania taking over the James Scott 

Wing from the DHHS. Staff are currently 

public sector employees and are having 

to make a decision to transfer to the 

private sector with Presbyterian Care or 

remain public sector employees and face 

redeployment and/or redundancy. ANF will 

work closely with individual members to 

ensure a smooth process, that they are not 

disadvantaged and to enable members to 

make the best decision for themselves and 

their families. n 

Federal MPs. ANF will be planning activities 

in those key electorates. ANF thanks 

members for their continuing involvement in 

the Campaign and we look forward to your 

continued participation. 

Aged Care Enterprise 

Agreements (EAs) 

2012 will see the continuation of bargaining 

in the Aged Care Sector with Agreements 

coming up for renegotiation throughout the 

year. ANF encourages members to actively 

participate in the bargaining process as it 

is the only way to ‘HAVE YOUR SAY IN 

YOUR EA’. 

Child Health and 

Parenting Services 

(CHAPS) 

ANF attended a presentation on the new 

model of care for Children and Youth Services 

(CYS) in January. ANF is encouraging members 

currently working in CHAPS to provide 

feedback on the new model of care and any 

concerns that they may have so that this 

information can be forwarded to CYS as part of 

the consultative process. n

North West Report n–west 

NWAHS 

Surgical West at NWRH is now fully closed 

with staff moving on to different chapters 

of life and little belief it will open again. 

The nurse educator and chaplains organised 

a memorial service for the end of an era, 

allowing nurses to express their grief and 

share memories. A bookmark was given 

to each nurse commemorating the ward 

featuring the following words: 

“When you’re a nurse, you know that 

every day you will touch a life or a life 

will touch yours.” Author Unknown 

Surgical Central at NWRH is chaotic with bed 

numbers increasing up to 34, when it is only 

benchmarked for 24. Nurses have raised 

concerns regarding the mixing of clean and 

dirty surgery, infection control issues and safe 

workspace issues. 

Burnie Acute Care at Home (NWRH HITH 

service) will be relocated to function from 

the Community Health Centre. Staff are 

concerned at the impact this will have on 

some clients requiring more complex care 

provided in the BACH clinic setting in the 

hospital. Management have committed to 

work through the issues with ANF Members 

over a six month transition period. 

Mental Health 

Slashing continues across the service with 

changes occurring prior to final endorsement 

of the proposal. Nurses hold grave fears 

for their clients with fixed term contracts 

only being renewed at the ‘11th hour’, which 

prevents the waiting list blowing out but 

provides no certainty to members OR 

the clients. 

CATT has been negotiating a 10 hour shift 

Section 55 Agreement for over a year, to now 

have Management withdraw their agreement 

to undertake ANOTHER review. Industrial 

action is occurring until Management agree 

to have an Agency Officer external to MHS 

conduct the review. 

Smithton Hospital 

ANF met with members there who were 

frightened of what the budget cuts would 

mean for them. Fortunately there have been 

Q 

I WORK IN AN AGED 

CARE FACILITY. CAN AN 

ENROLLED NuRSE CHECK 

SCHEDuLE 4 MEDICATIONS WITH A 

CARER AND IN WHAT CIRCuMSTANCES 

CAN AN ENROLLED NuRSE ADMINISTER 

SCHEDuLE 4 OR SCHEDuLE 8 

MEDICATIONS WITHOuT A REGISTERED 

NuRSE PRESENT? 

A 

Under the Tasmanian Poison’s 

Regulations (s 60) an EN can 

administer schedule 4 (restricted 

medications – prescription only) or schedule 

8 medications (drugs of dependence) 

where they; 

(a) have completed a course of study which 

included medication management 

by a Registered Training Organisation, 

this qualification has been recognised by 

AHPRA, and 

(b) they act in accordance with the written 

authority of a medical practitioner, 

dentist or nurse practitioner and under 

the supervision of a medical practitioner, 

no sufficient cuts at the time of writing, but a 

review of staffing, which is being monitored 

by members, and the flexibility to call more 

staff in during times of need, remains. 

ARCBS 

Visits have been made to Devonport and 

Burnie to establish a Log of Claims for the 

upcoming EA negotiations. The nurses 

are concerned that Vic/Tas is managed as 

a single operational unit but yet they have 

different Agreements. Tasmanian members 

seek to have the same entitlements as 

their Victorian counterparts. 100% density 

celebrations have also been held at both sites 

with members receiving an ANF gift. n 

dentist, nurse practitioner, registered 

nurse or midwife. 

Supervision may be direct, where a 

registered nurse is present in the same 

room as the EN, or indirect, where a 

registered nurse is onsite and accessible at 

all times to supervise the administration 

of medications and to clinically assess 

residents as required prior to the 

administration of PRN medications. 

Therefore an EN should not check 

schedule 4 medications with a carer as this 

does not meet the legislative guidelines. 

An EN may administer a schedule 4 

medication without the direct supervision 

of a registered nurse where the medication 

is a regularly administered dose, there is 

written authority for the medication to be 

administered and the administration does 

not require a clinical assessment of the 

resident prior, that is a PRN medication. 

An EN may not administer a schedule 8 

medication without the direct supervision 

of a registered nurse. n 



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ANF Education Centre 

IN NOvEMBER AND DECEMBER 2011 OvER 80 STuDENTS 

COMMENCED THEIR TRAINING WITH ANF’S EDuCATION 

CENTRE – 15 COMMENCED CERTIFICATE III IN HOME AND 

COMMuNITY CARE; 27 COMMENCED THEIR BRIDGING 

DIPLOMA OF NuRSING; AND 40 COMMENCED THE ADvANCED 

DIPLOMA OF NuRSING. 

Certificate III courses are delivered in Hobart only; the Diploma 

and Advanced Diploma are being delivered across the State with the 

following student numbers by location: 

• Diploma: South 11, North 10, North West 5 

• Advanced Diploma: South 15, North 17, North West 7 

Diploma and Advanced Diploma orientation sessions have now 

been completed. The majority of students have attended a skills 

recognition interview; training delivery schedules are finalised with 

training delivery to commence this month and first assignments will 

be issued at these training sessions. 

The Certificate III in Home and Community Care training (for 

jobseekers), and the Advanced Diploma training (for existing workers), 

is subsidised by the Australian Government’s Productivity Places 

Program (PPP) – which funds training for areas/industries identified as 

experiencing a ‘skills shortage’. 

The ANF Education Centre will be applying for more funding 

in early 2012 for courses to be delivered in 2012. If successful with 

these tenders, the Certificate III in Aged Care will be offered in mid 

April 2012 and the Certificate III in Home and Community Care, 

Bridging Diploma and Advanced Diploma of Nursing will be offered in 

the second half of 2012. n 

Update 

The Macquarie Street Education Centre 

building is underway. 

We will provide our members with regular 

updates. Watch this space. 

Personal service 

for our members 

Tamara (Registered Nurse), 

RBF member 

Newly Elected Reps 

Emily Shepherd – 4D LGH 

James Lloyd – Central Coordination RHH 

RBF comes to you in your workplace wherever you are in Tasmania. 

Our face to face discussions with you can help you to achieve your 

goals for retirement, and financial peace of mind. 

1800 622 631 www.rbf.com.au 

The RBF Board is the trustee of RBF. The relevant RBF brochures, available at www.rbf.com.au, 

set out important information that you should consider in deciding whether to hold an RBF account.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 

EARN CONTINuING PROFESSIONAL 

DEvELOPMENT (CPD) HOuRS FROM 

ANF TRAINING RELEvANT 

TO YOuR PRACTICE. 

FEBRUARY 

NURSING HOURS PER 

PATIENT DAY (NHpPD) 

The NHpPD model is a systematic nursing 

workload monitoring and measuring system. 

The aim of this session is to engage nurses 

in the process and articulate the guiding 

principles. 2 CPD hours 

Hobart 

Tuesday 7 February, 10:00am - 12:00pm 

Presenter: ANF Organiser 

Ulverstone 

Thursday 2 February, 5:30pm - 7:30pm 

Presenter: ANF Organiser 

THEORIES ON GRIEF 

Current theories on grief. 1.5 CPD hours 

Hobart 

Thursday 23 February 6:00pm - 7:30pm 

Presenter: Fiona Jones, Specialist Palliative Care 

Social Worker, Hobart 2 CPD hours 

Launceston 

Tuesday 7 February, 6:00pm - 8:00pm 

Presenter: Sheryl Neasey, Social Worker, 

Palliative Care Service, Launceston 

CARDIAC AND PULMONARY 

REHAB 

What’s new? 2 CPD hours 

Launceston 

Wednesday 15 February, 6:00pm - 8:00pm 

Presenter: Nadia Zalucki, Acting Cardio 

Respiratory Physiotherapy Supervisor 

KNOWING YOUR CPD 

REQUIREMENTS 

Discuss the progress of nursing and midwifery 

and impact of this on practitioners, explore the 

NMBA endorsed benchmarks for practice, 

explore the role of reflective practice in 

continuing competence, and define the term 

Professional Portfolio and the relationship to 

practice. 2 CPD hours 

Hobart 

Monday 20 February, 6:00pm - 8:00pm 

Presenter: ANF Education Team 

MEN’S HEALTH AND 

CANCERS 

Signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatments and 

how to reduce your risk. 2 CPD hours 

Hobart 


Presenter: Maria Duggan, Health Promotion 

Officer, Men’s Health and Cancers 

YOu CAN NOW REGISTER AND PAY FOR EDuCATION SESSIONS 

ONLINE AT www.anftas.org 

Launceston 


Presenter: Guy Carey, Health Promotion Officer, 

Men’s Health and Cancers 

Ulverstone 

Monday 13 February, 6:00pm - 8:00pm 

Presenter: Guy Carey, Health Promotion Officer, 

Men’s Health and Cancers 

MARCH 

ASTHMA MANAGEMENT AND 

TREATMENT 

How to manage asthma and advice on the 

latest methods of treating asthma and its 

symptoms. 2 CPD hours 

Hobart 

Thursday 8 March, 10:00am - 12:00pm 

Presenter: Asthma Foundation Tasmania 

UNDERSTANDING ORGAN 

AND TISSUE DONATION 

To Donate Life – discover the facts about organ 

and tissue donation. 1 CPD hours 

Hobart 

Thursday 15 March, 6:00pm - 7:00pm 

Presenter: Clare Robinson, CNC, Organ and 

Tissue Donation, RHH 

Launceston 

Tuesday 6 March, 6:00pm - 7:00pm 

Presenter: Melinda Hay, ACNC, Organ and 

Tissue Donation, LGH 

Ulverstone 


Presenter: Karine Menzies, CNC, Organ and 

Tissue Donation, NWRH 

KNOWING YOUR CPD 

REQUIREMENTS 

Discuss the progress of nursing and midwifery 

and impact of this on practitioners, explore the 

NMBA endorsed benchmarks for practice, 

explore the role of reflective practice in 

continuing competence, and define the term 

Professional Portfolio and the relationship to 

practice. 2 CPD hours 

Launceston 

Monday 19 March, 4:00pm - 6:00pm 

Monday 19 March, 6:30pm - 8:30pm 

Tuesday 20 March, 9:00am - 11:00am 

Presenter: ANF Education Team 

PAYMENTS ARE THROuGH PAYPAL. 

SAFER. SIMPLER. SMARTER. 

TREATMENT AND SUPPORT 

FOR MS 

An overview of client services, treatment and 

support. 2 CPD hours 

Hobart 


Presenter: MS Tasmania 

COST 

ANF now offers courses over a range of 

CPD hours. Cost varies depending on the 

length of the course and CPD hours accrued. 

Please refer to the CPD hours for each course to 

the pricing below. 

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$25 ANF Members 

$15 ANF Student Members 

1.5 CPD hour 



2 CPD hours 



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Click on Checkout and submit your details 

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Without your payment your place is not confirmed. 

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL 

EDUCATION ONLINE 

www.anftas.org 

Just one click and you’re on your way. 

$7.70 per topic – ANF Members 

$30.00 per topic – Non Members 

ANF Members can record continuing professional 

education portfolio online, which can be printed 

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