Public
Hospital Medical Physicists (State) Award
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by Health
Services Union, Industrial Organisation of Employees.
(Nos. IRC 5671 of 2005 and
260 of 2007)
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Before Mr Deputy
President Grayson
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12 December 2008
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AWARD
Arrangement
Clause No. Subject Matter
PART A
1. Definitions
2. Conditions
of Employment
3. Progression
of Medical Physicists
4. Area,
Incidence and Duration
PART B
Table 1 - Salary rates for Accredited Medical Physicists
Table 2 - Salary rates for Non-Accredited Medical
Physicists
PART C
Transitional Arrangements
Transition Table from Hospital Scientists’ Scale to new
Structure
PART A
1. Definitions
Unless the context otherwise indicates or requires the
several expressions hereunder defined shall have their respective meaning
assigned to them:
‘Union’ means the Health Services Union.
‘ACPSEM’ means the Australasian College of Physical
Scientists and Engineers in Medicine.
‘Accredited Medical Physicist’ means a Medical Physicist who
has been awarded accreditation by the relevant ACPSEM accreditation panel for a
Medical Physics specialty, or by another suitably recognised accreditation body
acceptable to the Director-General, NSW Department of Health. Such specialties
include, but are not limited to Radiation Oncology, Nuclear Medicine, and
Diagnostic Radiology.
‘Non-Accredited Medical Physicist’ means a person who is
employed as a Medical Physicist but who does not satisfy the definition of an
‘Accredited Medical Physics Specialist’ under this award. For salary purposes,
a non-accredited Medical Physicist is to be translated to the appropriate
classification and rate as shown in Table 2, Salary rates for Non-Accredited
Medical Physicists’, until such time as they satisfy the accreditation process.
The rates for non-accredited Medical Physicists are discounted by 10% at the
Medical Physics Specialist level, by 4% at the Senior Medical Physics
Specialist level, and by 3% at the Principal Medical Physics Specialist and
Director levels.
‘Public Health Organisation’ is as defined at Section 7 of
the Health Services Act 1997.
‘NSW Health Service’ is as defined at Section 115 of the Health
Services Act 1997.
‘Medical Physicist’ is a generic description for the
purposes of this award. It refers to all persons employed as a Medical Physics
Registrar, and also employed in either capacity of an accredited or
non-accredited Medical Physics Specialist, Senior Medical Physics Specialist,
Principal Medical Physics Specialist and Director, Medical Physics Specialist.
‘Medical Physics Registrar’ means a person who is employed
and undergoing training, including but not limited to the ‘Training, Education
and Accreditation Program’ (TEAP), in a medical physics specialty towards
obtaining accreditation by ACPSEM, or such other accreditation body acceptable
to the Director-General, NSW Department of Health.
‘Medical Physics Specialist’ means a person with
qualifications and clinical experience acceptable to the Director-General, NSW
Department of Health and ACPSEM, or such other accreditation body acceptable to
the Director-General, NSW Department of Health, and who is qualified to be
employed under this award as a Medical Physics Specialist.
‘Senior Medical Physics Specialist’ means a Medical Physics
Specialist with 5 years post-accreditation as a Medical Physics Specialist and
whose progression has been approved by the progression committee as per the
determined criteria.
‘Principal Medical Physics Specialist’ means a Senior
Medical Physics Specialist year 4 whose progression to this level has been
approved by the progression committee as per the determined criteria.
‘Director Medical Physics Specialist’ means a Medical
Physics Specialist with experience and competency at least equivalent to that
of a Senior Medical Physics Specialist Year 4, with direct supervision of at
least two other Medical Physics Specialists (or higher grade) and who meets one
of the following criteria:
- is responsible for a physics specialty at a site
- is responsible for multiple specialties at a site,
- is
responsible for a single specialty across multiple sites (including
responsibility for Directors of a speciality)
The Director will be appointed at a level dependent on the
number of FTE Medical Physics Specialists (or higher grade) under line
supervision:
Level 1: 2 to 5
Level 2: >5 to 10
Level 3: >10
2. Conditions of
Employment
The Hospital Scientists (State) award, (the Conditions
Award), as varied from time to time, shall apply to all employees covered by
this award, excepting for those conditions expressly contained in this award.
For the purposes of establishing such conditions, the
following classifications in this award of ‘Medical Physics Registrar’ and
‘Medical Physics Specialist Year 1’ will be afforded the conditions available
to the classification of Hospital Scientist in the Conditions Award.
For the purposes of establishing such conditions, the
following classifications in this award of ‘Medical Physics Specialist Year 2 -
Year 5’ inclusive, will be afforded the conditions available to the
classification of Senior Hospital Scientist in the Conditions Award.
Further, for the purposes of establishing such conditions,
the following classifications in this award of ‘Senior Medical Physics
Specialist’ and ‘Director Medical Physics Specialist’ will be afforded the
conditions available to the classification of Principal Hospital Scientist in
the Conditions Award.
3. Progression of
Medical Physicists
Progression Committee.
A committee consisting of three Director or Principal Medical Physics
Specialists, at least two of whom are in the same specialty as the applicant,
shall be constituted to consider and, if appropriate, recommend to the NSW
Department of Health upon application by the employing area health service:
(i) The promotion
of a Medical Physics Specialist to Senior Medical Physics Specialist
(ii) The promotion
of a Senior Medical Physics Specialist to Principal Medical Physics Specialist.
4. Area, Incidence
and Duration
This award shall apply to employees as defined herein
employed in public hospitals and Area Health Services in the State, excluding
the County of Yancowinna, within the jurisdiction of the Public Health
Employees (State) Industrial Committee.
This award shall take effect from the first pay period to
commence on or after 9 February 2007, and shall remain in force until 9
February 2010.
PART B
Table 1 - Salary
Rates for Accredited Medical Physicists
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Year of
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Rate of Pay
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Rate of Pay
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Rate of Pay
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Rate of Pay
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Service /Level
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effective from
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effective
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effective
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effective
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9 February 2007
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1 July 2007
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1 July 2008
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1 July 2009
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$ pa
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$ pa
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$ pa
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$ pa
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4%
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3.9%
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3.9%
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Medical Physics Registrar
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Year 1
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48,670
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50,617
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52,591
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54,642
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Year 2
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54,080
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56,243
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58,436
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60,715
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Year 3
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59,490
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61,870
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64,283
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66,790
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Year 4
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64,900
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67,496
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70,128
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72,863
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Year 5
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70,300
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73,112
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75,963
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78,926
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Medical Physics
Specialist
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Year 1
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81,120
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84,365
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87,655
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91,074
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Year 2
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91,940
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95,618
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99,347
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103,222
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Year 3
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102,750
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106,860
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111,028
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115,358
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Year 4
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113,570
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118,113
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122,719
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127,505
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Year 5
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124,380
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129,355
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134,400
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139,642
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Senior Medical Physics
Specialist
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Year 1
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129,790
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134,982
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140,246
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145,716
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Year 2
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135,200
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140,608
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146,092
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151,790
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Year 3
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140,610
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146,234
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151,937
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157,863
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Year 4
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146,020
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151,861
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157,784
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163,938
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Principal Medical
Physics Specialist
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Year 1
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151,420
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157,477
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163,619
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170,000
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Director Medical
Physics Specialist
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Level 1
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151,420
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157,477
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163,619
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170,000
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Level 2
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159,000
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165,360
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171,809
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178,510
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Level 3
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167,650
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174,356
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181,156
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188,221
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Table 2 - Salary
Rates for Non-Accredited Medical Physicists
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Year of
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Rate of Pay
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Rate of Pay
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Rate of Pay
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Rate of Pay
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Service/Level
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effective from
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effective
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effective
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effective
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9 February 2007
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1 July 2007
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1 July 2008
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1 July 2009
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$ pa
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$ pa
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$ pa
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$ pa
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4%
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3.9%
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3.9%
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Medical Physics
Registrar
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Year 1
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Year 2
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Year 3
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N/A - Refer
Accredited Medical Physicist Table 1
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Year 4
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Year 5
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Medical Physics
Specialist * (-10%)
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Year 1
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73,008
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75,928
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78,889
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81,966
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Year 2
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82,746
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86,056
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89,412
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92,899
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Year 3
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92,475
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96,174
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99,925
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103,822
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Year 4
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102,213
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106,302
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110,448
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114,755
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Year 5
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111,942
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116,420
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120,960
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125,677
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Senior Medical Physics
Specialist # (-4%)
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Year 1
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124,598
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129,582
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134,636
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139,887
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Year 2
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129,792
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134,984
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140,248
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145,718
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Year 3
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134,986
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140,385
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145,860
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151,549
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Year 4
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140,179
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145,786
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151,472
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157,379
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Principal Medical
Physics Specialist ≠ (-3%)
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Year 1
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146,877
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152,752
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158,709
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164,899
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Director Medical
Physics Specialist ≠ (-3%)
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Level 1
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146,877
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152,752
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158,709
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164,899
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Level 2
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154,230
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160,399
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166,655
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173,155
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Level 3
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162,621
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169,126
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175,722
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182,575
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Note:
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* Reduced by 10%;
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# Reduced by 4%; and
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≠ Reduced by
3%
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PART C
Transitional Arrangements
(i) Non-accredited
Medical Physicists are to remain on the appropriate non-accredited Medical
Physicist classification until such time as they satisfy the accreditation
process. In the meantime, they are entitled to 4 hours per week of their normal
weekly hours to study for accreditation in which they have enrolled for a
period of up to 2 years.
(ii) Medical
Physicists whose accreditation is delayed due to ACPSEM processing of
candidates will have their start date for progression backdated to the first
exam after the application to correct for this delay and receive payment to
meet the loss in earnings due to the said delay.
(iii) A Medical
Physicist currently employed as a Deputy Chief Medical Physicist or Deputy
Director of Medical Physics will transfer to Senior Medical Physics Specialist
Year 1 or at the level corresponding to their current position, as per Part C
Transition Table, whichever is the higher. A Medical Physicist currently
in-charge of a specialty and employed on the Principal Hospital Scientist level
(job title Chief Medical Physicist or Director of Medical Physics, or similar)
will transfer to Director Medical Physics Specialist.
(iv) It is expected
that Medical Physicists who were employed prior to the implementation of this
award as a Senior Hospital Scientist years 6 to 8, and who were directly
responsible for an area within a specialty in medical physics, will be promoted
to the Senior Medical Physics Specialist Year 1 rate upon submitting a summary
of their duties and responsibilities to their employer. It would be expected
the summary be supported by the Senior Hospital Scientist’s line supervisor.
Such promotions should be implemented as soon as possible after the
implementation of this award, but no later than 3 months from that date. In
case of disputes, clause 3 (i) applies.
(v) In the case of
Medical Physicists employed prior to this award as Hospital Scientist Years 1
to 6, such Medical Physicists are to transfer to rates for Medical Physics
Registrars as shown in Part C Transition Table. Such Medical Physicists are not
Registrars in the context of this award, and can progress through either the
accredited and non-accredited scales
according to the appropriate criteria, and their accreditation status.
PART C
Transition Table
from Hospital Scientists’ Scale to New Structure
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Current Hospital
Scientists
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Transfer to new
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Award level
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Medical Physicists
Award level
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Medical Physics Registrar Year 1
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Hospital Scientist Year 1
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Medical Physics Registrar Year 2
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Hospital Scientist Year 2
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Medical Physics Registrar Year 3
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Hospital Scientist Year 3
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Hospital Scientist Year 4
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Medical Physics Registrar Year 4
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Hospital Scientist Year 5
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Hospital Scientist Year 6
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Medical Physics Registrar Year 5
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Hospital Scientist Year 7
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Hospital Scientist Year 8
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Medical Physics Specialist Year 1
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Senior Hospital Scientist Year 1
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Senior Hospital Scientist Year 2
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Medical Physics Specialist Year 2
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Senior Hospital Scientist Year 3
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Senior Hospital Scientist Year 4
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Medical Physics Specialist Year 3
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Senior Hospital Scientist Year 5
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Senior Hospital Scientist Year 6
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Medical Physics Specialist Year 4
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Senior Hospital Scientist Year 7
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Senior Hospital Scientist Year 8
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Medical Physics Specialist Year 5
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Principal Hospital Scientist Year 1
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Principal Hospital Scientist Year 2
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Senior Medical Physics Specialist Year 1
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Principal Hospital Scientist Year 3
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Principal Hospital Scientist Year 4
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Senior Medical Physics Specialist Year 2
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Principal Hospital Scientist Year 5
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Principal Hospital Scientist Year 6
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Senior Medical Physics Specialist Year 3
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Principal Hospital Scientist Year 7
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Principal Hospital Scientist Year 8
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Senior Medical Physics Specialist Year 4
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Principal Hospital Scientist Year 9
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Principal Hospital Scientist Year 10
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Principal Medical Physics Specialist
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Chief Medical Physicist
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Director Medical Physics Specialist
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J.
P. GRAYSON D.P.
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the authority of the Industrial Registrar.