Health Employees' Technical (State) Award
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by NSW Ministry of Health.
(No. IRC 422 of 2015)
Before The Honourable Justice Walton, President
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13 July 2015
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AWARD
Arrangement
Clause No. Subject
Matter
6. Anti-Discrimination
8. Area,
Incidence and Duration
4. Conditions
of Service
1. Definitions
5. Disputes
Resolution
3. Exemptions
7. No Extra
Claims
2. Salaries
PART B - MONETARY RATES
Table 1 - Salaries
PART A
1. Definitions
Unless the context otherwise indicates or requires the
several expressions hereunder defined shall have their respective meaning
assigned to them:
"Chief Medical Photographer" means a medical photographer
who has been appointed as Chief Medical Photographer in a Medical Photography
Department of a hospital.
"Dialysis Technician" means a person employed as
such who has the Industrial Electronics Certificate of the Department of
Technical and Further Education or such other certificate or course of training
as, in the opinion of the employer, is deemed appropriate.
"Electronics Technician" means a person employed
as such who is the possessor of an Electronics and Communications Certificate
of the Department of Technical and Further Education, or who has qualifications
and/or experience deemed by the employing hospital to be equivalent and the
major portion of whose duties include the construction, adaptation, alteration,
repair and/or maintenance of electronic equipment.
"Employer" means the Secretary of the Ministry of
Health exercising the employer function on behalf of the New South Wales
Government (and includes a delegate of the Secretary).
"Health Service" means a Local Health District constituted
under section 8 of the Health Services Act 1997, a Statutory Health Corporation
constituted under section 11 of that Act, and an Affiliated Health Organisation
constituted under section 13 of that Act.
"Hospital" means a public hospital as defined in
section 15 of the Health Services Act, 1997.
"Medical Photographer" means a person who is
employed as such and who has satisfactorily completed the course in photography
conducted by the Department of Technical and Further Education or who possesses
such other qualifications as deemed by the employer to be appropriate and whose
duties include taking, processing and recording all types of clinical
photographs needed for research, teaching, treatment, and/or medical
illustration.
"Perfusionist-Grade 1 (Trainee
Perfusionist)" - means a person appointed as
such who holds, or is qualified to hold, an appropriate tertiary qualification
(Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Applied Science or equivalent qualification)
and who is training in perfusion.
"Perfusionist-Grade 2
(Certified Perfusionist)" - means a person who
has obtained the qualification of Certification in Perfusion of the
Australasian Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion or having qualifications deemed
by the employer to be equivalent, who is capable of performing perfusion duties
of a complex nature including research and development tasks.
"Perfusionist-Grade 3
(In-Charge Perfusionist)" - means a person who
complies with all duties of a Trained Certified Perfusionist
but in addition manages the every day operation of
the department in conjunction with a medical officer.
"Perfusionist-Grade 4
(Director of Perfusion Services)" - means a person appointed as such who
is the most senior Perfusionist within the Hospital
and who is solely responsible for the direction and supervision of other Perfusionists within the Hospital. Director of Perfusion
services is expected to exercise organisational, supervisory and management
skills, mature technical and clinical knowledge, judgement as it relates to the
operation and testing of equipment, to continue to develop expertise with
advances in the relevant body of technical and clinical knowledge and to seek
and utilise other specialist advice when required to.
"Senior Dialysis Technician" means a technician
who has been appointed Senior Dialysis Technician in the area of dialysis.
"Senior Electronics Technician" means an
electronics technician appointed to a position approved as such by the
employer.
"Senior Technical Officer" means a person appointed
to a position approved as such by the employer.
"Sole Electronics Technician" means an electronics
technician appointed as such.
"Technical Officer" means a person appointed as
such who is the holder of the Biological Technicians Certificate, the Chemistry
Certificate, the Nuclear Medicine Technician's Certificate, the Pathology
Technicians Certificate, the Pathology Technicians Higher Certificate, the
Associate Diploma of Health Sciences (Pathology Techniques) of the Department
of Technical and Further Education, the Associate Diploma in Medical Technology
awarded by the Riverina CAE or the Associate Diploma in Medical Laboratory
Science awarded by the Charles Sturt University or such other certificate or
course of training as, in the opinion of the employer, is appropriate.
"Trainee Medical Photographer" means a person
appointed as such who is undertaking the certificate course in photography
conducted by the Department of Technical and Further Education.
"Union" means the Health Services Union NSW.
2. Salaries
Employees shall be paid not less than the following minimum
salaries as set out in Table 1- Salaries of Part B, Monetary Rates.
3. Exemptions
This award shall not apply to:
(a) Members,
novices or aspirants of religious orders in public hospitals, the names of whom
are included or hereafter shall be included in the Third Schedule to the Health
Services Act 1997.
(b) Employees of
Stewart House Preventorium.
4. Conditions of
Service
The Health Employees Conditions of Employment (State) Award,
as varied from time to time, shall apply to all persons covered by this award.
In addition, the Health Industry Status of Employment
(State) Award, shall also apply to relevant employees.
5. Dispute
Resolution
The dispute resolution procedures contained in the Health
Employees Conditions of Employment (State) Award, as varied, shall apply.
6. Anti-Discrimination
(i) It
is intention of the parties bound by this award to seek to achieve the object
in section 3(f) of the Industrial Relations Act, 1996 to prevent and eliminate
discrimination in the workplace. This includes discrimination on the grounds of
race, sex, marital status, disability, homosexuality, transgender identity, and
responsibilities as a carer.
(ii) It follows
that in fulfilling their obligations under the dispute resolution procedure
prescribed by this award the parties have obligations to take all reasonable
steps to ensure that the operation of the provisions of this award are not
directly or indirectly discriminatory in their effects. It will be consistent with the fulfillment of these obligations for the parties to make
application to vary any provision of the award which, by its terms or
operation, has a direct or indirect discriminatory effect.
(iii) Under the
Anti-Discrimination Act 1977, it is unlawful to victimise an employee because
the employee has made or may make or has been involved in a complaint of
unlawful discrimination or harassment.
(iv) Nothing
in this clause is to be taken to affect:
(a) any conduct or act which is specifically exempted from
anti-discrimination legislation;
(b) offering or providing junior rates of pay to persons under
21 years of age;
(c) any act or practice of a body established to propagate
religion which is exempted under section 56(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act
1977;
(d) a party to this award from pursuing matters of unlawful
discrimination in any State or Federal jurisdiction.
(v) This clause
does not create legal rights or obligations in addition to those imposed upon
the parties by the legislation referred to in this clause.
NOTES -
(a) Employers and
employees may also be subject to Commonwealth anti-discrimination legislation.
(b) Section 56(d)
of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 provides:
"Nothing in this Act affects ... any other act or
practice of a body established to propagate religion that conforms to the
doctrines of that religion or is necessary to avoid injury to the religious
susceptibilities of the adherents of that religion.
7. No Extra
Claims
Other than as provided for in the Industrial Relations
Act 1996 and the Industrial Relations (Public Sector Conditions of Employment)
Regulation 2014, there shall be no further claims/demands or proceedings
instituted before the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales for
extra or reduced wages, salaries, rates of pay, allowances or conditions of
employment with respect to the employees covered by the Award that take effect
prior to 30 June 2016 by a party to this award.
8. Area,
Incidence and Duration
(i) This
Award takes effect from 1 July 2015 and shall remain in force for a period of
one year.
(ii) This Award
rescinds and replaces the Health Employees Technical (State) Award published 24
April 2009 (367 I.G. 1152) and all variations thereof.
(iii) This Award
shall apply to persons employed in classifications contained herein employed in
the New South Wales Health Service under section 115(1) of the Health Services
Act 1997, or their successors, assignees or transmittees,
excluding the County of Yancowinna.
PART B
MONETARY RATES
Table 1 - Monetary Rates
Grades
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Rate from
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1.7.2015
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$
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Electronics Technician
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1st year of service
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1,284.70
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2nd year of service
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1,329.40
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3rd year of service
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1,374.20
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4th year of service
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1,460.80
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Sole Electronics Technician
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1,532.00
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Senior Electronics Technician
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1st year of service
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1,556.90
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-2nd year of service
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1,581.60
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Perfusionist - Grade 1
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1st year
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1,566.10
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2nd year
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1,616.70
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Perfusionist - Grade 2
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1st year
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1,739.00
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2nd year
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1,797.10
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3rd year
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1,847.20
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4th year
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2,049.60
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5th year
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2,106.50
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6th year
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2,178.00
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7th year
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2,244.30
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8th year
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2,300.70
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Perfusionist - Grade 3
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1st year
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2,464.90
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2nd year
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2,526.40
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Perfusionist - Grade 4
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1st year
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2,594.40
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2nd year
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2,656.20
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Trainee Visual Aids Officer
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1st year of training
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567.60
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2nd year of training
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638.30
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3rd year of training
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697.80
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4th year of training
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764.90
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5th year of training
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840.90
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Trainee Technical Officer
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1st year of training
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564.10
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2nd year of training
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632.00
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3rd year of training
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714.80
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4th year of training
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787.10
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Technical Officer - Grade 1
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1st year
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996.50
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2nd year
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1,020.50
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3rd year
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1,043.50
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4th year
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1,068.40
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5th year
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1,091.50
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6th year
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1,132.90
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7th year
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1,169.60
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8th year
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1,202.00
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Technical Officer - Grade 2
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1st year
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1,284.70
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2nd year
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1,329.30
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3rd year
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1,374.20
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4th year
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1,460.80
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Senior Technical Officer
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1st year
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1,532.00
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2nd year
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1,556.90
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3rd year and Thereafter
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1,581.60
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Dialysis Technician
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1st year
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1,193.90
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Thereafter
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1,230.30
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Senior Dialysis Technician
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Grade 1 ( Sole Technician)
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1,268.20
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Grade 2
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1,311.40
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Visual Aids Officer - General Scale
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1st year
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941.00
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2nd year
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990.00
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3rd year
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1,040.10
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4th year
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1,063.50
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5th year
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1,088.70
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Visual Aids Officer - Grade 1
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Medical Artists, RPA, RNSH;(I/C Westmead)
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1,194.20
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(2-I/C POW)
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Visual Aids Officer - Grade 2
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Sole Medical Photographer(St.George
& Gosford)
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1,244.10
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Visual Aids Officer - Grade 3
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Chief Medical Photographer - specific hospitals
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1,388.30
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Visual Aids Officer - Grade 4
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Co-ordinator - Audio Visual Services - RNSH
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1,440.90
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Director of Audio Visual Services
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Royal Prince Alfred and Westmead
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1,677.00
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M. J. WALTON J , President
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