YOUR HACSU DELEGATES CLINT PENNICOTT Royal Hobart Hospital
KRISTIE MARSHALL Glenara Lakes
I'm a chef for the Royal Hobart Hospital from 6am to 2pm, Monday to Friday, and my days vary depending on which shift I'm allocated for the day, and these range from hot kitchen, pump room, texture modified, desserts, ingredients or sandwiches and salads. I've been a qualified chef for 16 years, have worked at the RHH for 12 years, and joined HACSU in my early years at the Royal and in September 2020 became a delegate to provide support to union members. I now have a better understanding of the workplace award, I’ve been able to input two health & safety representatives into the workplace and also recruit a few new union members in the process. I’m looking to be able to give employees a voice in the workplace through holding regular workplace meetings and, in the future, I'd like to see all staff treated equally and for everyone to have a safe workplace. When not at work I like to travel the world, play sport, and eat out, and I love a good music festival. The hardest part of 2020 for me was not being able to see loved ones and missing out on music festivals. A couple of positives from the COVID year are that I enjoyed slowing down and spending time at home making sourdough and listening to music by the firepot, and in the workplace I was able to take on the union delegate role that allowed me to gain more knowledge, meet new people and improve the workplace.
As an Extended Care Assistant I usually do afternoon shifts as I have two young children. I've been in the health care industry for 4 years on and off since having my kids and have also worked in community care. Before that I looked after my grandmother until she passed away, then completed my certificate in aged care. I became a HACSU delegate as I like to voice concerns for myself and my colleagues, and I'd like to be able to achieve giving everyone enough confidence to find their voice and raise any concerns they may have. My hope for the future in my workplace is to see better management skills. Outside work I like to chill out at home with my family or go and explore places we haven’t been to. The toughest part of 2020 was having my residents tell me they miss their family members when we were in lockdown and no one was allowed in. A postive that emerged from the way COVID-19 affected my life was I decided to enrol at TasTAFE to complete my diploma of nursing.
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