ON THE
RECORD MAY 2016
An RN Grade 2 Year 6 in NSW earns per week
An RN Grade 2 Year 6 in Victoria earns
It's time for pay parity between NSW and Victoria page 4
Why you need professional indemnity insurance
Focus on midwifery and newborn care
Member profile: Xanthi Roiniotis
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540 Elizabeth Street Melbourne Vic 3000
Know your entitlements Inside this edition
2 Know your entitlements 3 Secretary’s report
Registration renewal
News
Alison O’Gorman, Information Officer
4 • EBA 2016 Public Sector update
• Professional Indemnity Insurance
5 • More regulation for midwifery • Tribunal suspends private midwife's registration
In focus
What do I need to do to renew my nursing or midwifery registration?
• Mental health nurses seek nurse:patient ratios
9 • Bullying in healthcare Health Program • Taking the lead on sustainability in health
Continuing professional development (CPD): The requirement is that each nurse or midwife will participate in 20 hours CPD annually that is relevant to your practice.
Please note if you hold a nursing registration and a midwifery registration (dual registration) you are required to meet this standard for each registration you hold. Remember one hour of active learning equals one hour of CPD. Those members who hold a ‘scheduled medicine endorsement’, or are endorsed as a nurse practitioner or midwife practitioner, must complete a further 10 hours of CPD related to their endorsement.
nursing student employment • SIGS
12 • Job Rep Training • OHS courses 13 • Education calendar
540 Elizabeth St, Melbourne Vic 3000 Phone 9275 9333 Fax 9275 9344 Info Line 9275 9300 (metro) 1800 133 353 (regional) Membership 9275 9313 Library 9275 9391 ANMF Education Centre 9275 9363 Website: anmfvic.asn.au Facebook: facebook.com.au/respectourwork Twitter: @ANMFvicbranch Email: records@anmfvic.asn.au
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There is a fee schedule available on the AHPRA website www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/ Registration-and-Endorsement/Fees.aspx
Recency of practice: You will be asked questions pertaining to your recent practice, as nurses and midwives must have undertaken sufficient recent practice to demonstrate competence in their professions within the preceding five years. This standard applies to nurses and midwives seeking registration, endorsement of registration or renewal of registration.
It does not apply to recent graduates from nursing or midwifery programs in Australia applying for registration for the first time, students, nurses or midwives holding non-practising registration or applicants for non-practising registration.
It is important to note that those who hold dual registration are required to make separate recency of practice declarations for each registration held. In this situation, carefully consider what evidence you are able to provide to meet the relevant competency and registration standards for each profession as there may be common elements of work and education applicable to nursing and midwifery that you can submit as evidence when applying for or renewing dual registration.
3. You are required to meet the registration standards, and as part of renewing registration you will be asked to sign off on or disclose information pertaining to the following :
11 • CINAHL database • Undergraduate
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2. The fee for general registration is $150 (this is tax deductible).
• Pay parity for RDNS
10 • Future of nursing & Midwifery
Professional indemnity insurance (PII): You are required to confirm that you have the required professional indemnity insurance. Provided you do not fall into an exception category, ANMF working memberships include insurance that meets AHPRA requirements.
1. Remember you need to renew your registration before 31 May 2016.
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Details of how to record your CPD can be found at the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia website: www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/ Codes-Guidelines-Statements/FAQ/ CPD-FAQ-for-nurses-and-midwives.aspx Criminal history: The National Law requires the regulator (AHPRA) to consider if a health practitioner’s criminal history is relevant to the practice of their profession. Spent convictions legislation does not apply to criminal history disclosure requirements. This means that when making a declaration about criminal history, applicants must declare their entire criminal history, including convictions within Australia and overseas, and any spent convictions. Factors AHPRA considers when making a determination on criminal history can be found at the NMBA’s website nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/ Registration-Standards.aspx
I am a new nurse or midwife and received my first nursing or midwifery registration in January 2016. Do I have to renew? Yes, you need to renew by 31 May. Registration is renewed annually by 31 May regardless of how long you were registered during the previous 12 months. The 31 May is the national annual renewal date. If you are a graduate who registered within two months prior to the 31 May annual renewal date you are registered to practise until 31 May of the following year. You can check the national register at the AHPRA website ahpra.gov.au if you are not sure when your registration is due for renewal.
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Secretary’s report
Your ANMF Lisa Fitzpatrick, State Secretary
Thank you members Lisa Fitzpatrick
I would like to thank the tens of thousands of members who voted in the public sector protected industrial action ballot last month. The ANMF (Vic Branch) is working around the clock to ensure public sector nurses, midwives and mental health nurses receive better wages and conditions when the new enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) is completed. Staff members and volunteers called more than 30,000 public sector members over four days in April to ensure you received your ballot material and understood how important the ballot was for the EBA outcome.
Paul Gilbert,
Assistant Secretary
Ultimately, we are supporting you to engage with the EBA process so you can achieve change and we will be meeting with members to progress the campaign until a new agreement with the government and your employers is reached. We are seeking significant pay rises across the public sector. On page 4 of this edition of On The Record, we have included a pay table to illustrate some of the gaps in remuneration between Victorian nurses and midwives and your NSW counterparts.
Pip Carew,
Assistant Secretary
In some instances, Victorian nurses earn at least 20 per cent less than a NSW nurse or midwife with the same experience. The average nurse (Grade 2, year 6) takes home 15.75 per cent less pay. This is simply not good enough. The public sector EBA campaign is important for nurses and midwives working in the private sector too. The results we achieve in the new EBA will become the benchmark for the entire Victorian healthcare sector in future negotiations. We remain determined to see ratios introduced into public sector mental health inpatient units, workload management addressed in community mental health workplaces and significant pay increases across the mental health sector. See page 8 for an update on the progress of negotiations.
Services is developing a new service infrastructure plan for maternity services and ANMF (Vic Branch) has been a key stakeholder in the reforms. See page 7 for more detail. There have been several deeply troubling media reports this year in relation to maternity services. Of great concern is the Coroner’s recent findings on the death of Caroline Lovell, who died in 2012 after giving birth at home with the assistance of a privately practising midwife. Coroner Peter White found midwife Gaye Demanuele’s management of the birth ‘inadequate’ and marked by multiple failings. Since 2012, the ANMF has been calling for tighter regulations around home births and the midwives who provide this service. We support the Andrews Government’s Health Complaints Bill 2016, which would give the Health Complaints Commissioner greater powers to stop unregistered privately practising midwives from putting mothers and infants at risk. The ANMF is committed to seeing policies in place that protect women who wish to birth at home but this needs to occur in concert with public hospital maternity services to ensure mothers and newborns are safe. Read more on pages 5 to 7. On a final note, I am delighted to announce we have had record numbers of registrations for two of our biggest conferences. The 2016 Health and Environmental Sustainability Conference had more than 500 nurses and midwives attend and the Student Study Day on 13 May has already received more than 600 registrations. Keep up the great work.
The focus feature this month is on midwifery and changes to Victoria’s maternity services. The Department of Health and Human
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News ANMF public sector members and industrial action ANMF (Vic Branch) public sector members met on 21 April to discuss the industrial action ballot, what industrial action would be appropriate for the EBA campaign and ‘Where to from here?’
The meeting followed the Australian Electoral Commission ballot in which public sector members were voting for the right to take protected industrial action to achieve their EBA claims. At the time of On the Record going to print, ballot votes had not yet been counted. ANMF (Vic Branch) made a concerted effort to ensure that all public sector members were informed about the ballot and the need to return their vote by the closing date of 18 April. Each facility needed a majority of nurses and midwives to have voted and of those who did, more than half had to have voted ‘yes’ in the ballot for nurses and midwives working at that facility to have the right to take protected industrial action. At a paid statewide meeting at Moonee Valley Racecourse on 23 March, ANMF (Vic Branch) Secretary Lisa Fitzpatrick and
VIC $/week (2015)
Entry level Registered Nurse/Midwife
Clinical Nurse/ Midwife
Assistant Secretary Paul Gilbert outlined members’ claims for the new agreement and progress of negotiations with the Victorian Government and the Victorian Hospitals Industrial Association, the employers’ representative. At that meeting, members voted unanimously to reject the Victorian Government’s offer of a three per cent pay increase. A key claim of the Victorian public sector nurses’ and midwives’ EBA log of claims is for pay parity with our NSW counterparts. The claim is not for a uniform percentage increase, as the pay differential with NSW nurses and midwives can vary from three to 20 per cent. Members should check the ANMF website anmfvic.asn.au for the latest news on the EBA campaign.
NSW $/week (2015)
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Grade 2 Year 1
$1,034.30
1st Year
$1,114.30
7.73%
Grade 2 Year 6
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6th Year
$1,429.50
15.75%
Grade 2 Year 10
$1,369.20
8th Year
$1,564.80
14.29%
CN/M
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CNS Grade 1
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Why is the ANMF's professional indemnity insurance essential? The ANMF has recently been made aware that a misleading message about professional indemnity insurance (PII) is being relayed to Victorian nurses and midwives. It has come to our attention that nurses and midwives are being told they do not need PII offered by the ANMF (Vic Branch) because their own hospitals cover them. 'Vicarious liability' means an employer is responsible for the acts of its employees. However, it does not mean that a nurse or midwife is not also responsible if an act of negligence is found to have occurred. Both are responsible. In fact, under common law, the employer is entitled to recover from the employee a contribution to any damages which the employer has had to pay to a person injured or the family of a person killed. If the employer was found to be not negligent at all, there is potential for the employee to be held responsible. In the event of a serious incident such as a patient death, nurses and midwives need to bear in mind that an employer or their insurer may argue that they are not liable because the nurse or midwife acted outside hospital policy or practice. ANMF (Vic Branch) lawyers have acted for several members whose employers have argued that the nurse or midwife, rather than the hospital, was liable for a patient’s death. When it comes to the crunch, who would you trust more? The ANMF or your employer? As a member of the ANMF (Vic Branch) you receive PII coverage when providing nursing or midwifery services as part of your professional practice. PII is a requirement of registration. The Health Practitioner Regulation National Law places the specific obligation on registered nurses and midwives not to practise unless they know appropriate PII is in place. Your PII protects you against the legal costs and claims for damages to third parties which may arise out of an act, omission or breach of professional duty in the course of your professional practice. This means you are protected should you be: • s ued for negligence or malpractice and your employer does not provide indemnity • s ued for damages arising from a public liability claim • r equired to appear before the Coroner and when your employer doesn’t provide representation at their cost • reported to AHPRA. The ANMF PII policy meets and exceeds the standard required by AHPRA. Visit the ANMF website for more information.
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More regulation needed for home birth midwifery services ANMF (Vic Branch) is supporting greater regulation for midwives in private practice providing services at home births following the Victorian Coroner’s inquest report into the tragic death of Caroline Lovell during a home birth in 2012. Ms Lovell, 36, died in hospital following a post-partum haemmorhage. The Coroner found the management of the birth by the primary midwife, Gaye Demanuele, ‘inadequate’ and marked by multiple failings, including failing to call an ambulance when Ms Lovell was begging her to do so. The Coroner said the current regulatory system had ‘failed to cause this then registered midwife to perform her duties in an appropriately professional manner’. The ANMF (Vic Branch) agrees with the Victorian Coroner’s statement that rules need to be in place that allow for a high level of safety for babies and mothers, as well as protection for the work of midwives properly engaged in providing birthing services to women. The ANMF concurs with the Coroner’s view that midwifery services for home births should only be undertaken by highly trained, experienced and accredited practitioners. We believe those providing midwifery services at
home births also need to be registered. At the time of providing midwifery services to Ms Lovell, Ms Demanuele was registered as a midwife but removed herself from the register after Ms Lovell’s death. The Victorian Government has since introduced the Health Complaints Bill 2016, which would replace the Health Services Commissioner with the Health Complaints Commissioner and give the commissioner greater powers, including the ability to prohibit unethical, impaired or incompetent health service providers who are not regulated under National Law from practising. The ANMF (Vic Branch) also supports the Coroner’s recommendation that the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia develop specific guidelines to define mandatory clinical competency and experience standards for privately practising midwives working within home settings and for mandatory training for these midwives. The ANMF (Vic Branch) has been calling for further regulation of privately practising midwives at home births since 2012, addressing the issue with the previous health minister David Davis and current Victorian Health Minister Jill Hennessy. ANMF (Vic Branch) supports the Andrews Government’s pilot program which enables privately practising midwives to admit their patients to public hospitals (see article below).
Private midwives' pilot program to improve safety for mothers and babies ANMF (Vic Branch) has been working with Northern Health to develop a pilot program that will enable pregnant women to be cared for during labour and birth by a private midwife in hospital. A steering committee has been meeting fortnightly about the pilot program and five private practice midwives have been approved by Northern Health. These midwives are awaiting finalisation of contracts prior to the program starting. The pilot program’s guidelines will ensure that if a patient’s condition becomes complex and beyond the midwifery scope of practice, the midwife will consult with, or refer the patient to, a doctor. Private midwives will work within the hospital’s practice policies. ANMF (Vic Branch) has been concerned for some time about adverse outcomes that have occurred during births at home. It is important
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that hospitals work to provide professional midwifery services that meet families’ expectations within a framework of best practice and safety. Choice of midwife is one part of this equation. The pilot program was an election promise of the Andrews Government. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal recently determined that a privately practising midwife’s registration would be suspended for six months, with stringent conditions placed on her registration for a further two years, following an attempted home birth which ended with an emergency caesarean section being performed at the Royal Women’s Hospital. The baby was stillborn. The tribunal found that the midwife had failed to: • document the time of rupture of the patient’s membranes • confirm with the patient the time of the ruptured membranes
• recommend that the patient be transferred to the nearest hospital • consult with a medical practitioner • transfer the patient to hospital in an appropriate time frame. The patient had a prolonged rupture of membranes, prolonged second stage labour and a previous history of caesarean section for obstructed labour. Under the tribunal’s order, the midwife, upon returning to practice, must only practise in a public hospital under the supervision of approved registered midwives, for a minimum 2994 care hours, with further supervision required upon her return to private practice. ANMF (Vic Branch) encourages midwives to ensure that robust risk assessment and contemporary evidence underpins professional midwifery practice in every environment.
• discuss with the patient the possibility of antibiotic therapy
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In focus - midwifery and newborn care Midwives need to report clinical risk ‘early and often’ Tragic events and near-misses within Victorian maternity wards in recent years have underlined the need for midwives to report clinical risk issues ‘early and often’, says the ANMF (Vic Branch) Maternity Services Officer Julianne Barclay. Serious clinical risk issues in maternity units have come to light in a number of Victorian hospitals and ANMF (Vic Branch) has been working with midwives to raise the profile of these risks and to demand they be addressed. In Melbourne’s growth corridors, increasing birth numbers have not been matched by increased staff capacity and governance structures to ensure that clinical risk issues are being identified and addressed. Other issues that have increased the risk profile are budgetary constraints and policy inadequacies. Examples provided to ANMF include: • seriously ill women waiting for hours for care • infant resuscitation taking place in a hospital’s public corridor • high complexity labours being conducted in hospitals without the necessary infrastructure to care for the mother and baby • sick babies in postnatal wards not receiving care in accordance with hospital policies and • numerous births taking place outside of designated birth suites, in pre-birthing areas, a corridor and in an ambulance. Since December 2015 ANMF members have passed resolutions at The Women’s Hospital, West Gippsland Hospital and Mercy Werribee Hospital relating to inadequate midwifery staffing, midwives’ concerns about their ability to manage clinical risk and other issues. Meetings with members and management at Barwon Health have also been conducted to highlight members’ concerns. On 7 March, midwives at Werribee Hospital passed a resolution calling for the hospital’s operator, Mercy Health, to address staff shortages, serious equipment shortfalls and inadequate physical space to provide safe care. ANMF (Vic Branch) is also concerned that Werribee Hospital does not have on-site management and is instead managed from the Mercy Hospital for Women in Heidelberg. Meanwhile, the ANMF (Vic Branch) has been in contact with West Gippsland Hospital in Warragul, and member midwives working there, over similar concerns. 6
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ANMF (Vic Branch) has taken up with hospital management the midwives’ concerns that they are over-worked and under-staffed, and dealing with cases of higher acuity, including bariatric patients, than the hospital’s workforce and infrastructure can safely manage.
The report states that the department:
The West Gippsland Healthcare Group completed a review of maternity services at West Gippsland Hospital in 2015, making recommendations about how the maternity services could be remodelled and the maternity workforce bolstered to support the increased volume and acuity of births. ANMF (Vic Branch) has been closely monitoring that the group's recommendations are implemented.
• undertakes limited monitoring of health services’ patient safety performance, and
While the hospital’s night shift staffing level has been restored to six midwives, other shifts remain under-staffed. ANMF (Vic Branch) is concerned that the pace of addressing change at the hospital is too slow and addressing midwifery staffing has not been given the priority it deserves. ANMF (Vic Branch) has also reminded nurses and midwives to be aware that in caring for unwell neonates, their hospitals must allocate adequate numbers of staff to enable nurses and midwives to comply with policies relating to care of those babies. Members can read the ‘Newsflash’ on this topic at anmfvic.asn.au The broader governance issues affecting maternity units in several Victorian hospitals are reflected in the Victorian Auditor-General’s recent patient safety report which found ‘systemic failures by the department indicating a lack of effective leadership and oversight which collectively pose an unacceptably high risk to patient safety’.
• has failed to implement an effective statewide clinical incident reporting system • does not systematically aggregate, integrate or analyse patient safety data • does not have assurance that health services report sentinel events • does not disseminate important lessons learned from incidents to health services
• has not shared comprehensive data, which has limited the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority’s ability to support health services. While the department moves to implement system-wide reforms in Victoria’s maternity and newborn system, ANMF (Vic Branch) encourages midwives and neonatal nursing staff to report clinical risk incidents to management whenever they occur or are predicted to occur. Timely advice to management provides the best opportunity to improve staffing and other resources that may be required to manage risk. ‘ANMF (Vic Branch) commends those midwives and neonatal nurses at Geelong Hospital, Werribee Mercy, the Women’s and West Gippsland hospitals, and other hospitals in Victoria, for speaking up about issues that compromise the safety of mothers and their babies,’ Ms Barclay said. ‘We remind midwives of their professional obligation under the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia’s national competency standards to act as advocates to protect the rights of women, families and communities in relation to maternity and neonatal care.’ Visit nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au to download the national competency standards for midwives.
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Governance and staffing improved at Bacchus Marsh
In March 2015, the Department of Health & Human Services was notified of a cluster of perinatal deaths at Djerriwarrh Health Services during 2013 and 2014. The department commissioned an independent review which concluded that seven of the eleven deaths were preventable and demonstrated deficiencies in clinical care.
Department redesigns Victoria’s maternity and newborn system The Department of Health and Human Services is developing a new service and infrastructure plan for Victoria’s maternity and newborn system. The department met with public and private hospital stakeholders in January and March to discuss the reforms and asked ANMF to contribute. The final draft of the reforms is expected to be presented to the Minister for Health, Jill Hennessy, before June. For our contribution to the reforms, ANMF (Vic Branch) has drawn on the expertise of the Victorian Midwifery Homecare Group, neonatal nurses, nurse/midwife managers and the continuing feedback from midwife members who have been alerting us to issues of scarce resources and unmitigated clinical risk. ANMF (Vic Branch) has nominated improved midwifery staffing and funding models for antenatal clinics, postnatal and neonatal care in the home, and neonates being cared for in the postnatal ward as priorities for the department to consider in its system-wide reforms. In addition, ANMF (Vic Branch) called for sufficient staffing in early labour and pregnancy care centres to enable surveillance and support of women and babies during early labour and a dedicated clinical environment and staff to be available for women with high clinical dependency (such as women experiencing pre-eclampsia). ANMF believes that clear policies regarding midwifery and medical roles are needed in antenatal care and ample opportunity for two way consultation and referral. www.anmfvic.asn.au
ANMF (Vic Branch) recommends that an audit of 2015’s incident reporting data in maternity and newborn services should be undertaken. We believe it is important to establish a baseline of data, including an independent statewide survey of mothers at discharge from maternity care. The Australian Safety and Quality Commission report into the cluster of perinatal deaths at Djerriwarrh Health Services (Bacchus Marsh Hospital) found that although Djerriwarrh Health Services made four maternity-related VHIMS reports in the years 2012-13 and 2013-14, only one was rated as the highest incident severity, which triggers a report to be provided to the department. The remaining three were classified as moderate severity. Because the department does not undertake routine surveillance of serious clinical events, other than sentinel events, these reports were not subject to further review. ANMF notes that, while building capacity in Victoria’s maternity system is important in improving access, there must also be an increase in nurse and midwife education, support and numbers in order to avoid adverse patient outcomes. ANMF (Vic Branch) believes that the Victorian Government’s new plan must facilitate improved safety for mothers and babies, with better clinical and psychosocial outcomes.
Midwives at Bacchus Marsh Hospital (Djerriwarrh) had informed ANMF (Vic Branch) of their concerns about clinical risk, particularly the practice of accepting higher risk deliveries at 34 weeks and other services beyond the unit’s capability. Midwives and the ANMF were not able to resolve these concerns locally. ANMF (Vic Branch) reported the midwives’ concerns to the then Department of Health in 2014. At Bacchus Marsh Hospital, a change in the management team and an overhaul of policies and procedures has taken place. This has provided midwives and medical staff with improved clarity and has enabled midwives to escalate issues and receive a response in a timely manner. Staffing levels have also been brought into line with midwife to patient ratios under the Safe Patient Care Act. AHPRA is continuing to investigate a significant number of Djerriwarrh maternity cases across a time period which is broader than the initial external review of the health service. Additionally the Health Services Commissioner is investigating certain cases on behalf of families who have requested the commissioner’s assistance. ANMF lawyers Ryan Carlisle Thomas are available to assist midwife members who have been contacted by AHPRA or the Office of the Health Services Commissioner. Any midwife who requires assistance with writing a statement or providing information to AHPRA or the Health Services Commissioner should contact their ANMF industrial relations organiser on 9275 9333.
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Member profile – Xanthi Roiniotis to take the psychiatric medications that help them stay well. Clients might need to be linked with services such as The Alfred’s Prevention and Recovery Care Program or clients with children might need support from family services. 'A lot of my work is developing a rapport and having a good relationship with clients,’ Ms Roiniotis said. ‘That gets you through the tough times.’ ‘Tough times’ might involve managing clients’ delusional beliefs, or a client not taking their medication or having an episode of illness, possibly becoming aggressive or agitated.
Xanthi Roiniotis
Asked what she loves about her job, Xanthi Roiniotis responds without hesitation: ‘Communication - and being able to help people when they are at the most difficult time of their lives and the challenges and complexities that come with that.’ Ms Roiniotis is a mental health case manager with Inner South Community Health Service’s mental health outreach team. A day in Ms Roiniotis’s working life involves visiting clients with mental health issues who are in recovery or rehabilitation. Mostly she visits clients at home or sometimes at the community health centre, working closely with other services such as The Alfred community mental health clinic. ‘I get clients out and about and involved with community groups and help people with their physical health, linking them with GPs and providing education around diabetes and things like that, as well as activities of daily living like cooking and cleaning.
‘Sometimes they might need more specialist services, like financial counselling, so I link them with counselling, or legal services sometimes.’ Ms Roiniotis, is a registered nurse who has completed both psychiatric and general nursing training. She firmly believes that physical and mental health are interlinked and both must be addressed if a client is to recover and stay well. ‘Sometimes people can either focus on the physical or the mental and sometimes mental health might be impacted by what’s going on physically,’ she said. ‘For example, if a client has diabetes, they might be more confused or agitated because of hypoglycaemia rather than schizophrenia.’ Conversely, a person might be physically affected by their psychotropic medication – if they are lithium-toxic, this can present as physical symptoms. Typically, Ms Roiniotis sees approximately four clients per day and has phone contact with others. Many of Ms Roiniotis’s clients have a schizophrenia diagnosis and need support with day-to-day living, with accessing treatment if they become acutely unwell, or reminders
For those tough times, Ms Roiniotis is grateful for the support of her team and occasionally, a colleague’s company on a client visit. ‘When you’re in the psychiatric field for a long time...you see unexpected things around violence or aggression, so it’s important you have those supports around you to talk it through and even have a break away from direct care work,’ she said. She has worked at the Inner South Community Health Service for nearly 13 years, with four of those years as an ANMF Job Rep, helping her colleagues through a restructure during which one of the services was relocated. Now, Ms Roiniotis is supporting her colleagues through the enterprise agreement bargaining process, making sure they are well informed and engaged in the process. ‘Sometimes people think “Oh the union can sort it out.” But it’s about being active and reading about what’s going on, trying to get to the meetings and trying to get people signed up who aren’t involved with the union to understand the importance of membership to improve pay and conditions, including (mental health nurse: patient) ratios,’ she said. ANMF (Vic Branch) mental health members are seeking nurse: patient ratios as part of the next enterprise agreement.
Mental health nurses seek nurse: patient ratios Victoria’s mental health nurses have rejected a Victorian public sector employers’ wages and conditions offer that does not guarantee nurse to patient ratios in public sector inpatient units and puts access to quality mental health care at risk for members and the community. Mental health nurses members from across the Victorian public sector met at the ANMF (Vic Branch) headquarters in late March to hear a report back on the progress of negotiations with the Victorian Hospitals' Industrial Association (VHIA), which acts on behalf of the employers. Despite rigorous weekly meetings with VHIA and the Health and Community Sector Union (HACSU), ANMF (Vic Branch) Assistant Secretary Pip Carew said that in an offer from VHIA that came to members on 30 8
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March, most claims were either not agreed or required further discussion. The offer failed to recognise the contribution nurse to patient ratios make to safe patient care for people accessing mental health services, in stark contrast to the Andrews Government’s commitment in the general public sector, where ratios have been made law. ‘Ratios have been made law in public sector general hospitals and the ANMF’s ratios claim would ensure the sickest mental health patients in the state receive the safest care. Anyone who has had contact with these high acuity psychiatric services would know that they are under enormous pressure that ratios could help alleviate,’ Ms Carew said.
ANMF’s mental health members voted unanimously to reject the VHIA’s offer and will meet again on 5 May. The ANMF (Vic Branch) members are also seeking salary increases across the public sector to be in line with NSW’s nurses, who earn between 3% and 20% more than their Victorian counterparts. The average Victorian nurse, a Grade 2 Year 6, earns 15.75 per cent less than a similarly qualified NSW nurse. ANMF mental health and general health members working in the public sector have taken part in a ballot for the right to take protected industrial action as part of the EBA campaign. The ballot closed on 18 April. Results were unavailable at the time of going to print.
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Bullying in healthcare needs sector-wide action The ANMF (Vic Branch) welcomes the Victorian Auditor-General’s report on bullying and harassment acknowledging bullying in the sector as a widespread and significant health and safety issue that needs urgent, comprehensive action from health agency managers and a stronger sector-wide approach. The report from the acting Auditor-General, Dr Peter Frost, Bullying and Harassment in the Health Sector, followed an audit of a number of Victorian health sector agencies. ANMF (Vic Branch) recognises that bullying is a significant issue for nurses and midwives and regularly supports and represents members on this issue. We are disturbed but not surprised by the Auditor-General’s finding that no audited agency could demonstrate that it responds systematically or effectively to formal bullying and harassment complaints. The Auditor-General’s finding of significant under-reporting of bullying and harassment due to fear of repercussions and lack of faith that allegations would be addressed was not unexpected. ANMF (Vic Branch) supports the Auditor-General’s comments that health facilities need to demonstrate stronger leadership, address a lack of effective policies and procedures, and provide managers with training to prevent and manage this serious health and safety issue. We also endorse the Auditor-General’s statement that health agencies need to consider bullying and harassment within a risk management framework, rather than on a case-by-case basis, and elevate to Board level the causes, prevalence and impact of bullying on employees. We are encouraged by the Auditor-General’s call for sector-wide collaboration to prevent and manage bullying and harassment in the healthcare sector. Bullying victims can experience severe physical and psychological effects which may include high levels of stress and anxiety, panic attacks, sleep disturbance, depression, headaches and digestive problems. Bullying may also affect nurses’ and midwives’ ability to do their jobs and therefore can affect patient care. The Victorian Auditor-General’s audit of patient safety in Victorian hospitals, the report of which was tabled in Parliament on the same day, found that health organisations with strong staff safety cultures have fewer patient safety incidents. ANMF (Vic Branch) provides individual advice, support and representation to members who allege they are experiencing www.anmfvic.asn.au
bullying or have had bullying allegations levelled against them. We note that the Auditor General’s report also recommends greater education and training. Education of public sector nurse unit managers is within the Service Delivery Partnership Plan currently being negotiated as part of the EBA. ANMF (Vic Branch) runs twice-yearly conferences on how to prevent and manage bullying. The next Prevention of Workplace Bullying Conference will take place at ANMF (Vic Branch) on 26 May. Register at our website anmfvic.asn.au We have a comprehensive ‘bullying pack’ of information to guide members who believe they are being bullied or have been reported for alleged bullying, together with a tool that enables members to document alleged bullying incidents. Allegations of bullying need to be dealt with in a timely manner. Health facilities need to have systems in place with clear bullying policies and procedures, so that bullying allegations can be investigated and responded to promptly, consistently and appropriately. The ANMF (Vic Branch) submission to the Victorian Auditor-General’s audit of bullying and harassment in the health sector is available at our website anmfvic.asn.au
Bullying victims can experience severe physical and psychological effects which may include high levels of stress and anxiety, panic attacks, sleep disturbance, depression, headaches and digestive problems. Bullying may also affect nurses’ and midwives’ ability to do their jobs and therefore can affect patient care.
Public sector pay parity sought for RDNS nurses ANMF (Vic Branch) is seeking pay parity with public sector nurses and no loss of terms and conditions in the next enterprise agreement for RDNS nurse members. In March RDNS members unanimously rejected a grossly unsatisfactory offer from RDNS of a one-year agreement with a four per cent pay increase that would have been funded by slashing nurses’ conditions. Members have indicated strong support for taking protected industrial action if the RDNS offer continues to be unsatisfactory. ANMF (Vic Branch) is seeking pay parity with Victorian public sector nurses in anticipation of a pay increase for public sector nurses in their next enterprise agreement, which is also currently under negotiation.
ANMF wants RDNS to maintain recognition of continuity of service for nurses joining RDNS from the public sector. Under the log of claims for the RDNS enterprise agreement endorsed by members and the ANMF (Vic Branch) Council, ANMF is also seeking improvements to classifications, particularly the clinical nurse consultant role and an expanded range of pay increments for nurses in grades 3 and 4. ANMF is also seeking to include maternal and child health nurses in the agreement and to roll continuing professional development payments into hourly rates. In view of redundancies at RDNS last year, ANMF is also seeking to improve redundancy pay and job security for RDNS nurses, with 3.5 weeks pay for each year of service, uncapped, in the event of a nurse being made redundant. For the latest news on the RDNS enterprise agreement campaign, visit the ‘News’ section of our website anmfvic.asn.au
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Future of Nursing & Midwifery Health Program Victoria ANMF (Vic Branch) is working with the Nursing & Midwifery Health Program of Victoria and the Victorian Government to find a way to ensure the NMHPV is able to continue its present service. As a result of the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia’s 2015 decision to discontinue funding of the NMHPV from the end of 2016, the organisation made two decisions. NMHPV decided to submit a joint tender application with Turning Point to provide a national health support service for nurses and midwives. The national model proposed by the NMBA focuses on telephone and online
support for nurses and midwives, a departure from the existing NMHPV model which involves case management. The NMHPV is yet to learn of the outcome of this submission. The NMHPV also decided that it wished to continue to provide its current personalised, one-to-one service to Victorian nurses and midwives, despite the NMBA’s decision to discontinue funding. The NMHPV and the ANMF (Vic Branch) are working together to find an alternative funding source. The NMHPV hopes that by the end of 2016, it will not only continue to operate its current service but it will also be jointly operating a national health support service for nurses and midwives with Turning Point.
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ANMF taking the lead on sustainability in health By Libby Muir, CPD and Environmental Health Officer
In 2012 ANMF (Vic Branch) Job Reps passed a resolution at the Annual Delegates’ Conference, that the union becomes more involved in policy debate on climate change and environmental issues. From this, the inaugural 2013 ANMF (Vic Branch) Health and Environmental Sustainability Conference was created and the Branch became more engaged in climate change and health advocacy. We spoke with many nurses and midwives who had initiated brilliant environmental sustainability programs in their workplaces, often despite significant resistance, who were seeking support from their union, workplace and the Department of Health & Human Services. By agreeing to share their stories through ANMF conferences or publications, these sustainability champions inspire other nurses and midwives. The Branch began to gain a comprehensive understanding of the links between health and the environment and the importance of action. ANMF (Vic Branch) is committed to raising government and community recognition of the link between climate and health and the role that the Victorian health sector has
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in helping mitigate and adapt to the health impacts of climate change. In December last year, the position of CPD and environmental health officer was created. This role entails developing the ANMF (Vic Branch) annual health and environmental sustainability conference and exploring, establishing and maintaining online and face-to-face forums and meetings to enable connection between nurses and midwives, and assisting green champions in their efforts. In addition the position will continue to build ANMF (Vic Branch) partnerships with other branches of the ANMF, the Climate and Health Alliance, the Victorian Trades Hall Council and other relevant organisations, including education and political groups.
We participated in the Australian health panel organised by the Climate Council, the Climate & Health Alliance strategy meeting and the Climate Action Network Strategy meeting. As climate and health policy is developed, ANMF (Vic Branch) will continue to advocate for government engagement with nurses and midwives, through representation on government panels and forums. In 2015 the Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change identified climate change as ‘the greatest global health opportunity of the 21st century’. ANMF (Vic Branch) agrees that working to prevent climate change, including creating clean green health services and building a health system that is flexible and robust enough to adapt, can support our health and that of future generations.
Since the position was created we have been working with members, their health facilities and government to advocate for and access resources to promote environmentally sustainable health care practices in Victoria.
Nurses and midwives are a strong and trusted voice and we have a significant opportunity to engage with others in our professions and with the community on this critical health issue.
As well as this direct work, we have been involved in a number of committees and roundtables including the Victorian Trades Hall Council Climate Caucus which advised the Victorian Government Climate Change Framework Union Roundtable. We also provided advice as a participant in the Health and Social Sector Roundtable.
For more information on the links between our environment and health visit the ANMF (Vic Branch) website anmfvic.asn.au, or to share your story, access resources or link up with other green champions contact me via email: lmuir@anmfvic.asn.au or phone: 9275 0264.
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CINAHL database a goldmine of knowledge Did you know that as part of your ANMF (Vic Branch) membership, you get access to a database of more than 1300 nursing journals? The CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) is a well-known database for articles from nursing journals. The database provides you with full text access with no embargo to key journals including Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal and Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing. ‘Self-directed learning’ through reading journal articles that are relevant to your profession is an acceptable continuing professional development activity, counting towards the 20 hours continuing professional development you are required to do annually as part of registration conditions. Accessing high quality, peer-reviewed journal articles via the CINAHL database is ideal for maintaining, broadening knowledge and developing evidence-based practice. You can access the CINAHL database via the members’ menu at anmfvic.asn.au. Look under Helpful Links.
Special Interest Groups Visit www.anmfvic.asn.au/interest-groups for all upcoming ANMF (Vic Branch) Special Interest Group news, events and meetings. Advance Care Planning SIG Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
Executive Committee Meeting Thursday 9 June, 2pm – 4pm Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Anne Marie Fabri, Secretary email: annemarie.fabri@nh.org.au Phone: 9495 3235
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Members' Education Seminar Transgender Health When: Tuesday 10 May, 5pm – 9.30pm Venue: Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Inq: Milena Pinamonti anzanac.vic@gmail.com or 0466 280 445
CoNSA Vic/Tas SIG Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
General Committee Meeting Thursday 2 June, 6pm – 9pm Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Christine Sumper nfcv.sec@gmail.com
Day Surgery SIG Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
Members meeting, education session Wednesday 22 June, 6.30 – 9.30pm Eastlink Surgical Centre Chris Guidotti chris_guidotti@y7mail.com
Diabetes Nurse Educators SIG When: Venue: Inq:
Saturday 18 June, 8am – 1pm Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Catherine Wallace-Wilkinson positivehealth@bigpond.com 0411 557 631
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Undergraduate nursing student employment model Monash and Eastern Health will participate in a 12-month trial of a new undergraduate nursing student model of employment expected to start in July. ANMF (Vic Branch) welcomes this initiative which forms part of a pre-election commitment of the Andrews Labor Government. The Department of Health and Human Services Workforce Branch has invited ANMF (Vic Branch) to be a member of the project implementation group overseeing the trial. At the time of going to print, the first meeting of the implementation group was yet to take place but ANMF expects the undergraduate nursing student’s role to be modelled on the health assistant in nursing role currently in place in some public health facilities. Employment of the undergraduate nursing student will be in accordance with the Undergraduate Nursing Student Agreement between ANMF ( Vic Branch) and the respective employer.
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Immunisation Nurses SIG Topic: When: Where: Inq:
IEMR update Wednesday 1 June, 6pm – 10pm Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House INSIG administration,
membership@immunisationnursesvic.org.au
Medical Imaging Nurses Assoc Topic: When: Where: Inq:
Member workshop Saturday 16 July St Vincent's Hospital (Melbourne, 41 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy) Deborah Shears deborah.shears@i-med.com.au
Mental Health Nurses SIG Inq:
Carole de Greenlaw records@anmfvic.asn.au
Orthopaedic Nurses Assoc Topic: When: Where: Inq:
Professional Development Day Friday 5 August, 8am – 6pm Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Cheryl Dingey 9345 7027 Meinir Griffiths 9342 8417 onavic@anmfvic.asn.au
Palliative Care SIG Inq:
Siobhan Clark siobhanclark@ymail.com
The undergraduate nursing student employment model is intended to: • provide support for the tertiary education of nurses • allow students to apply skills and knowledge learnt in their undergraduate nursing program of study within the parameters of the agreed role and position description • facilitate a more seamless transition from undergraduate student to registered nurse • provide appropriate employment to nursing students in their chosen career field • assist employers in the recruitment and retention of registered nurses and to ensure a sustainable and highly skilled nursing workforce. Undergraduate students employed under the model will not be counted towards compliance with nurse to patient ratios as specified within the Safe Patient Care Act or the current workload management arrangements.
Safe Patient Handling Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
Members forum Friday 20 May, 9.30am – 2pm Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Stephen Morley smorley@bendigohealth.org.au
Vic Assoc of Research Nurses Inq:
Lesley Poulton lesley.poulton@monash.edu
Vic Assoc Of Maternal & Child Health Nurses Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
Executive meeting Wednesday 8 June, 6.30pm – 9.30pm Level 3 Boardroom, ANMF House Stephen Morley smorley@bendigohealth.org.au
Vic Midwifery Homecare SIG Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
Members meeting Wednesday 22 June, 10.30am – 12.30pm Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Ingrid Ridler IRidler@mercy.com.au
Vic Perioperative Nurses’ Group Inq:
enquiries@vpng.org.au or 1300 721 169
Victorian School Nurses Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
Members meeting Tuesday 26 July, 6pm – 9pm Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Gina Harrex 0401 717 352
Vic Urological Nurses Society Inq:
vunssecretary@gmail.com
Pre-admission Nurses Group Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
PaNA Professional Day Saturday 23 July , 8am – 1pm Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Kate Hussey k.hussey@healthscope.com.au
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2016 Job Rep training Workplace organising programs These two-day programs are offered to groups of workplace-specific Job Reps, according to your ANMF organiser, and continue on from the successful 2015 series.
Staff changes at ANMF An introduction to your union and your role A single day program for new Reps and post three-year refresher.
You will have the opportunity to work with your organiser, your Job Rep colleagues and ANMF trainers to develop practical skills and knowledge to assist you to begin organising, by planning realistic and achievable strategies and activities to bring members together for a common purpose at your workplace.
• This program provides information and guidance to get you started in your role as an ANMF Job Rep, and covers ANMF structure, objectives and organisation, key responsibilities for your role, industrial relations legislation (how agreements are made and your rights at work), and resources to assist you in your role.
The program will cover how to:
• 24 May – Mildura region Job Reps
• motivate and engage members around workplace issues
• 1 June – for Melbourne based Job Reps
• build and maintain workplace organising structures and communication networks
The schedule for June to November is now available on our website anmfvic.asn.au including regional dates for this program.
• use conversation and strategies to promote your professional/industrial goals • create your own organising plan. Please register for your workplace-specific program in accordance with your ANMF organiser(s). 4-5 May – Melbourne based mental health (Organiser Richard Joske). Register now for your program as you will need to give your employer sufficient notice for you to access paid union training leave.
Register online For registrations or information, go to anmfvic.asn.au, phone 9275 9333 (Job Rep training team), or email jrt@anmfvic.asn.au
Brendan Soraghan and Amy Cooper have been seconded from their usual duties to work on ratios improvement negotiations with the Victorian Government until the end of July. Organiser Anthony Stafford is backfilling Brendan Soraghan’s position as industrial officer and Ruby Leppik has been appointed to the position of graduate and final year support officer to backfill for Amy Cooper. Ms Leppik completed her Bachelor of Nursing at the Australian Catholic University and has recently completed the Union Summer Internship Program with the ANMF. Toni Coughlin returned from leave in March and will fill Anthony Stafford’s organiser role until the end of July. Kay Brazulaitis will remain with the Branch until the end of July to continue in her current role and area as an industrial organiser. Peter Birch will be remaining with the Branch until the end of August assisting with EBA activities and replacing Maggie Ormerod as an organiser during her long service leave beginning in June. New appointments to the Branch are Melissa Chubb as a media and communications assistant, Andrew Downes as an IT support officer, Isabelle Leane as an IP secretary and Anne Dao as a records officer. We welcome all new staff members.
OHS courses
HSR Initial OHS Training Course (WorkSafe approved)
HSR Refresher OHS Training Course (WorkSafe approved)
Nurses, midwives and personal care workers are exposed to many hazards including manual handling, violence and aggression, bullying and harassment, stress, shiftwork, hazardous substances and infectious diseases.
This course relates specifically to health and aged care workplaces, with a strong focus on issues and hazards relevant to nursing and midwifery, and is designed to equip elected HSRs and Deputy HSRs with an understanding of the OHS regulatory framework. It is also designed to provide participants with the skills required to implement effective hazard control strategies in the workplace.
This one-day refresher course relates specifically to health and aged care workplaces, with a strong focus on issues and hazards relevant to nursing and midwifery. It is designed to refresh HSRs’ knowledge and understanding of the OHS regulatory framework. It is also designed to provide the skills required to implement effective hazard control strategies in the workplace.
The HSRs are the highly dedicated representatives who work to maintain a safe and professional workplace. Become an HSR or upgrade your HSR skills at one of our courses listed below. Under Section 67 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004, HSRs and Deputy HSRs, after being elected, are entitled to attend a five day course. The course must be WorkSafe approved and chosen by the HSR in consultation with their employer. The HSR is entitled to time off work with pay and the costs associated with attendance at the course paid by the employer. Under OHS legislation and guidelines, employers must not obstruct or prevent Health and Safety Representatives from attending an approved course.
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2016 course dates: 1-3, 16-17 June 10-12, 25-26 August 9-11, 24-25 November Time: 9am – 5pm each day Venue: Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House, 540 Elizabeth St, Melb Cost: $750 (payable by employer). Register online: anmfvic.asn.au/hsr-training
Metropolitan courses 2016: 7 July, 13 October Time: 9am – 5pm Venue: Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House, 540 Elizabeth St, Melb Cost: $250 (payable by employer). Register online: anmfvic.asn.au/hsr-training Regional courses 2016: Bendigo - 12 May Warrnambool - 28 July Ballarat - 27 October
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Education calendar May 2016 ALL
Hepatitis C – bloody important facts CPD: 3 hours , course code: 2128 10 May 2016 9.30am-12.30pm Presenter Gabrielle Bennett, Victorian Viral Hepatitis Educator Liver cancer is the fastest growing cause of cancer death in Australia. This is largely due to untreated viral hepatitis. Yet only 2% of people living with hepatitis C get treatment in Australia – why is this? Newly available treatments are more effective, taken for shorter duration and have fewer unwanted effects. This new half-day seminar aims to increase, update and support health professionals’ understanding of the facts about Hepatitis C including epidemiology, signs and symptoms, testing, the latest on management and treatment, Infection control and occupational exposure and stigma and discrimination. The seminar includes a positive speaker presentation.
Member $110, Non-member $180, Job Rep or SIG member $100 EN Strengthening EN medication
practice CPD: 6 hours , course code: 2148 13 May 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Jennifer Irwin This seminar will assist enrolled nurses to further develop and apply their skills and knowledge in the nursing practice area of medications. The learning will apply to a variety of healthcare settings and with reference to the professional practice framework. This seminar also aims to build upon skills and knowledge attained through completion of the nationally accredited units associated with NMBA approved enrolled nurse medication administration requirements and work practice.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170 M What is new on postpartum
haemorrhage? CPD: 3 hours, course code: 2065 24 May 2016 9.00am-noon Presenter Dr Wendy Pollock Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is a leading cause of intensive care admission for maternity patients and remains a cause of death in Victoria. This seminar will cover the current rates of PPH in Victoria, provide an overview of factors associated with major haemorrhage and
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discuss new management options.
Member $110, Non-member $180, Job Rep or SIG member $100 RN EN
IV cannulation for registered nurses and midwives CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2034 26 May 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter This seminar will focus on the process and procedure for inserting a peripheral IV in the adult patient. It includes an overview of relevant anatomy, selection of insertion sites and cannula, insertion techniques, related care, infection control, common problems and corrective action. Identification of appropriate equipment, specific cannulation techniques and participant practice will be conducted utilising manikin simulation.
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Course available to all nurses, midwives, PCAs and AINs Course available to registered nurses Course available to enrolled nurses Course available to midwives
This new half-day seminar presents the facts about Hepatitis B for midwives and MCHN including epidemiology, pregnancy and Hepatitis, signs and symptoms, testing, the latest on management and treatment, Infection control and occupational exposure and stigma and discrimination. The seminar includes a positive speaker presentation and the importance of health literacy.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170
Member $110, Non-member $180, Job Rep or ANMF SIG member $100
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RN EN Venipuncture, conducting
nurses CPD: 6 hours, course code: 1955 31 May 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Margaret Lang This seminar explores all ACFI business rules, a comprehensive breakdown of the 12 ACFI questions and a practical review of compiling and completing an ACFI appraisal pack.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170
June 2016 EN Contemporary wound
management CPD: 12 hours, course code: 2200 1 and 8 June 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenters Julie Baulch & Anne Bryant In this two day interactive course you will examine the basic anatomy and physiology of wound healing, the importance of health assessment and wound diagnosis and explore a range of wound management practices, including frameworks for assessment, factors affecting healing, diagnostics and planning care.
Member $360, Non-member $420, Job Rep or SIG member $320 M Hepatitis B for midwives and
MCHNs CPD: 3 Hours, course code: 2129 7 June 2016 9.30am-12.30pm Presenter Gabrielle Bennett, Victorian Viral Hepatitis Educator
a 12 lead ECG and contemporary pathology collection CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2040 9 June 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter This workshop delivers a comprehensive one-day program relating to venipuncture techniques and conducting a 12-lead electrocardiogram. A wide range of practical training aids for blood collection is provided, and the program allows participants to undertake practice of the relevant techniques under guided supervision in a simulated clinical environment. It is a must for nurses who are required to perform phlebotomy and undertake 12-lead ECG recording as part of their role.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170 ALL
Clinical Supervision for Role Development Training – for supervisors of clinical supervision Course 2, course code: 1993 8, 29, 30 June 2016, 11, 12, 13 October 2016 and 9, 10 Feb 2017. 8.45am (for 9.00am start) – 4.30pm Presenters: Julie Skinner and Sue Harvey This new course provides potential supervisors of clinical supervision with skills and a range of techniques to enable facilitation of quality clinical supervision sessions. The eight-day training is spread over three workshops (3 days + 3 days + 2 days), and two courses will be offered by ANMF (Vic Branch) in 2016.
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Course entry criteria apply, and only 14 participants will be offered a place in each course.
The total cost of this course is $2,800 including a deposit made with this application and three instalments aligned with each workshop.
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Law & ethics for registered and enrolled nurses CPD: 12 hours, course code: 2050 8 and 15 July 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Jenny Poulter Law and ethics directly impacts nursing and midwifery practice in a myriad of ways. This seminar is designed to refresh nurses' understanding of the fundamentals of the law and the legislation that impacts on nursing practice. Included is an outline of legal precepts, documents, scope of practice of registered and enrolled nurses and the legal and ethical principles of nursing practice. This course is also applicable to midwives.
Member $360, Non-member $420, Job Rep or SIG member $320 ALL
The importance of documenting nursing care within the aged care environment CPD: 6 hours, course code: 1976 5 July 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Margaret Lang This seminar highlights the importance of an understanding of the significance of accurate documentation in Aged Care. Identifying the when, why and what of documentation with regards to client care, funding and legal issues. The seminar will include a discussion on the ACFI and Aged Care Accreditation Standards and the principles of an effective handover.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170
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HLTAID003 Provide First Aid
CPD: 12 hours, course code: 2056 20 and 27 October 2016 9.00am–4.30pm Presenter Jenny Poulter Renewing first aid qualifications is an essential part of professional development for many nurses and midwives. ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre offers members nationally recognized training delivered by experienced nurse trainers. These courses fill fast so enrol as early as possible.
Member $360, Non-member $420, Job Rep/ANMF SIG member $320 ALL
HLTAID001 Provide Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation CPD: 3 hours, course code: 2161 23 November 2016 9am–noon Presenter TBC Renewing CPR qualifications is an essential part of professional development for many nurses and midwives. ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre offers members nationally recognised training delivered by experienced nurse trainers. These courses fill fast so enrol as early as possible.
Member $360, Non-member $420, Job Rep or ANMF SIG member $320
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Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE40110) Course 2, course code: 2095 10, 16, 24, 31 May 2016; 7, 14, 21, 22, 27 June 2016; 5, 12, 19, 26 July 2016; 2, 9 August 2016; 9am–5pm The TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment course focuses on the skills required to deliver training and assess competence in the participants’ own industry areas. It is the benchmark qualification (along with subject matter expertise) for trainers and assessors in the VET sector. The course is designed for people who are currently working in a training or assessment role, or where part of their job requires training and assessment. Comprising 10 units delivered over 15 days, this course focuses on the skills required to deliver training and assess competence in the participants’ own industry areas. This course includes the Language, Literacy and Numeracy unit recently added to this qualification.
Cost $2100 which covers tuition fees, assessments and learning resources and which is paid in three instalments throughout the course. Please enrol online. Payment plan: Deposit $900 – on enrolment Instalment 1 $600 – week 6 Instalment 2 $600 – week 12 This is a nationally recognised qualification delivered by the ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre RTOID 22609
Cardiac rhythm recognition and 12-lead ECG workshop This workshop will simplify cardiac rhythm and 12-lead ECG interpretation, making it easier for you to identify, understand and manage cardiac rhythm changes. It is suitable to be attended in combination with Managing the deteriorating patient. Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170
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