ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE OF AUSTRALIA (NSW SECTION) NURSING STAFF
(STATE) AWARD
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Notice of Award Review pursuant to section 19 of the
Industrial Relations Act 1996 and another matter.
(No. IRC2474 of 1999 and 776 of 2000)
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Before Commissioner
McLeay
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7 March 2000
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VARIATION
1. Delete the
clause number and subject matter "9.
Increases in Salaries" appearing in the Arrangement clause of the
award published 25 January 1996 (290 I.G. 245), as varied, and insert in lieu
thereof the following clause number and subject matter:
9. Salaries
2. Delete the
words "Annexure "A" - Special Conditions for Nursing Staff"
and the following clause numbering and subject matter appearing in the said
Arrangement clause, and insert lieu thereof the following:
Annexure A - Special Conditions for Broken Hill Nursing
Staff
Annexure B - Special Conditions for Moomba Nursing Staff
3. Delete
clause 9, Increases in Salaries, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
9. Salaries
9.1 Salaries
rates payable are set out in the relevant annexures.
4. Delete
clause 35, Relevant Annexure, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
35. Relevant Annexures
35.1 The following
documents are annexed to and form part of this award:
Annexure "a" - Special Conditions for Broken Hill Nursing
Staff
A.1 DEFINITIONS -
In this annexure:
A.1.1 "BH"
means Broken Hill.
A.1.2 "Clinic
Flight Nurse (Clinical Nurse Specialist)" means a Clinic Flight Nurse who
is graded as a Clinical Nurse Specialist by the RFDS.
A.1.3 "Flight
Nurse" means a registered nurse employed to provide accident and emergency
nursing services in the RFDS network.
A.1.4 "Flight
Nurse (Clinical Nurse Specialist)" means a Flight Nurse who is graded as a
Clinical Nurse Specialist by the RFDS.
A.1.5 Registered Nurse"
means an employee registered as such by the Nurses Registration Board in the
relevant State.
A.1.6 "Clinic
Flight Nurse" means a registered nurse employed to provide nursing
services on the clinic roster in the RFDS Network.
A.2 SALARIES -
Nursing staff shall be paid an annual salary as follows:
Table 1 - (Includes 1.3% Adjustment in Lieu of Leave Loading)
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Classification
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Base Rate
$
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Consolidated
Loading
$
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Broken Hill
Allowance
$
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Total Salary
$
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BH Flight Nurse
(Clinical Nurse Specialist)
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44,482
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5,427
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49,909
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BH Flight Nurse
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42,738
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5,214
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47,952
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Clinic Flight Nurse
(Clinical Nurse Specialist)
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44,482
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645
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45,128
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Clinic Flight Nurse
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42,738
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645
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43,384
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A.3 ON-CALL
ALLOWANCE -
A.3.1 Nursing staff
required to remain on call while off duty shall be paid an allowance of $25.84
per day or part thereof.
A.4 CONSOLIDATED
LOADING -
A.4.1 In addition to
the base rate of salary, Broken Hill Flight Nurses and Broken Hill Flight
Nurses (Clinical Nurse Specialists) shall receive a loading of 12.2% of the
base salary in lieu of all penalty rates, including but not limited to
additional annual leave for shiftwork, the Broken Hill allowance, and public
holidays.
A.5 HOURS OF WORK -
A.5.1 Broken Hill
Flight Nurses -
A.5.1.1 The
ordinary hours of work for full-time Broken Hill Flight Nurses shall be 228
hours per 42 days cycle, as rostered by the RFDS.
A.5.1.2 Flight
Nurses shall be rostered free from duty for 14 days in each 42 day cycle.
A.5.1.3 Rostered
shifts shall be for 12 hour span from 6 am - 6 pm and 6 pm - 6am. Flight nurses shall only be regularly
required to attend the base during rostered periods between 9 am and 5 pm,
Monday to Friday. All other rostered
hours shall be done on a call-in basis.
A.5.1.4 Overtime
shall be calculated on hours worked in excess of 228 hours in any one roster
cycle of 42 days.
A.5.1.5 All
overtime in excess of 228 hours in a roster cycle of 42 days shall be paid at
time and a half of Flight Nurse base rate of pay.
A.5.2 Clinic Flight
Nurses -
A.5.2.1 The
ordinary hours of work for full-time Clinic Flight Nurses shall be 152 hours
per 28 day cycle, as rostered by the RFDS.
A.5.2.2 The
ordinary hours of work for part-time Clinic Flight nurses shall be as rostered
by the RFDS, subject to Clause 6.4 of this Award.
A.5.2.3 Hours
worked in excess of ordinary hours may be taken off as time in lieu of
overtime, subject to approval by the Chief Medical Officer.
A.5.2.4 Where
possible time off in lieu of overtime shall be rostered to avoid disruption to
normal RFDS operations.
A.5.2.5 Time
off in lieu of overtime shall be taken as soon as possible after it becomes due
to avoid accumulation of excess time off.
A5.2.6 On termination of
employment any accrued overtime which has not been taken as time off in lieu of
overtime shall be paid out at double time rates.
A.5.2.7 Clinic
Flight Nurses may be rostered to remain on call after hours to provide second
on call back-up to the Flight Nurses.
A.6 CALL-BACKS -
A.6.1 Nursing staff
other than Clinic Flight Nurses required to work on a rostered day off shall be
paid twice the Daily Rate of Pay for each shift so recalled. The additional days worked do not accrue
days in lieu of overtime.
A.6.2 Clinic Flight
Nurses recalled to work overtime after leaving the RFDS premises shall be paid
at the rate of time and one half for the first two hours and double time
thereafter, with a minimum payment of 3 hours each time so recalled.
A.7 ANNUAL LEAVE -
A.7.1 General -
Nursing staff who have completed 12 months continuous
service with the RFDS shall be entitled to a total of 4 weeks annual leave on
full pay for each completed year of service.
A.7.2 Broken
Hill-Based Nurses -
Broken Hill based Nursing Staff are entitled to 1 weeks
further leave on full pay in addition to their entitlement under Clause A.7.1.
A.8 SICK LEAVE -
A.8.1 Nursing staff
shall be entitled to 2 weeks sick leave per annum fully accumulative to a total
of 52 weeks.
A.8.2 If a Nurse is
absent on sick leave for longer than 2 days, a certificate by a registered
medical practitioner is to be submitted and is to certify that the Nurse is
unfit for work.
A.8.3 Untaken sick
leave is not payable on registration or termination.
A.9 REGISTRATION -
A.9.1 Registration with
the NSW Nurses’ Registration Board, the Nurses Registration Board of Queensland
and the Nurses Registration Board of South Australia is compulsory and shall be
obtained prior to commencement. The
annual costs of registration with Nurses Registration Boards of Queensland and
South Australia shall be borne by the RFDS.
A.10 TELEPHONE
ALLOWANCE -
If a nurse is required by the RFDS to have a telephone
installed at his or her residence for the purposes of his or her employment,
the RFDS shall be responsible for the payment of:
A.10.1 the cost of
installation of the telephone;
A.10.2 three quarters of
the cost of rental of that telephone;
A.10.3 the cost of all
work related line calls.
A.11 EMPLOYMENT OF
CASUAL NURSES -
A.11.1 The RFDS may
employ casual nurses. A casual nurse is
one engaged and designated as such by the RFDS.
A.11.2 A casual nurse
shall be paid per hour the appropriate Hourly Rate of Pay plus 18.3%.
A.11.3 A casual nurse who
works on a public holiday shall be paid double time and one-half for all hours
worked on that day. However, the nurse
shall not be entitled to the casual loading on that day.
A.12 GRADING
COMMITTEE -
A committee consisting of the Flight Nurse Manager, the
Director of Nursing or his/her delegate from the Broken Hill Base Hospital and
a representative from the Australian Nursing Federation shall be constituted
and make representations to the RFDS on:
A.12.1 Any request or
proposal to classify or pay any persons as Clinical Nurse Specialists;
A.12.2 The date of effect
of any grading recommended.
A.13 CAR ALLOWANCE -
A nurse who with the approval of the Executive Director
or his/her nominee, uses on official business a motor vehicle maintained
primarily for other than official business, shall be paid an allowance based on
the rates prescribed by the NSW Health Department Transport Allowance in force
from time to time.
Annexure "A" - Special Conditions for Moomba
Nursing Staff
A.1 DEFINITIONS -
In this annexure:
A.1.1 "Flight
Nurse" means a registered nurse employed to provide accident and emergency
nursing services in the RFDS network.
A.1.2 "Flight
Nurse (Clinical Nurse Specialist)" means a Flight Nurse who is graded as a
Clinical Nurse Specialist by the RFDS.
A.1.3 Registered Nurse"
means an employee registered as such by the Nurses Registration Board in the
relevant State.
A.1.4 "Clinic
Flight Nurse" means a registered nurse employed to provide nursing
services on the clinic roster in the RFDS Network.
A.2 SALARIES -
Nursing staff shall be paid an annual salary as follows:
Table 1
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Classification
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Base Rate
$
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Consolidated
Loading
$
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Total Salary
$
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Moomba Flight Nurse
(Clinical Nurse Specialist)
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42,977
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13,538
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56,515
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Moomba Flight Nurse
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41,292
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13,007
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54,299
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A.3 ON-CALL
ALLOWANCE -
A.3.1 Nursing staff
required to remain on call while off duty shall be paid an allowance of $25.84
per day or part thereof. Nursing staff
required to remain on call overnight at Moomba shall be paid an allowance of
$13.08 per day or part thereof.
A.4 CONSOLIDATED
LOADING -
A.4.1 In addition to
the base rate of salary, Moomba Flight Nurses shall receive a loading of 31.5%
of the base salary in lieu of all penalty rates, including but not limited to
additional annual leave for shiftwork, the remote area and climatic allowances,
and public holidays.
A.5 HOURS OF WORK -
A.5.1 Moomba Flight
Nurses -
A.5.1.1 The
hours of work shall be 7 am to 5 pm, inclusive of meal breaks.
A.5.1.2 Nurses
shall work a 28 day roster cycle.
A.5.1.3 Each
28 day cycle shall consist of 15 working days followed by 13 days free of duty.
A.5.1.4 Duty
free days shall be spent away from the contractual area with return transport
provided to either Broken Hill or Adelaide.
A.5.1.5 All
time spent by an employee undertaking compulsory education away from the Moomba
site shall be calculated on the same basis as time spent at Moomba, ie a day
shall be calculated as 10 hours worked.
This compensates for travelling time spent by employees when required to
attend a place which is not their usual place of work.
A.6 ANNUAL LEAVE -
A.6.1 General -
Nursing staff who have completed 12 months continuous
service with the RFDS shall be entitled to a total of 4 weeks annual leave on
full pay for each completed year of service.
A.7 SICK LEAVE -
A.7.1 Nursing staff
shall be entitled to 2 weeks sick leave per annum fully accumulative to a total
of 52 weeks.
A.7.2 If a Nurse is
absent on sick leave for longer than 2 days, a certificate by a registered
medical practitioner is to be submitted and is to certify that the Nurse is
unfit for work.
A.7.3 Untaken sick
leave is not payable on registration or termination.
A.8 REGISTRATION -
A.8.1 Registration with
the NSW Nurses’ Registration Board, the Nurses Registration Board of Queensland
and the Nurses Registration Board of South Australia is compulsory and shall be
obtained prior to commencement. The annual
costs of registration with Nurses Registration Boards of Queensland and South
Australia shall be borne by the RFDS.
A.9 TELEPHONE
ALLOWANCE -
If a nurse is required by the RFDS to have a telephone
installed at his or her residence for the purposes of his or her employment,
the RFDS shall be responsible for the payment of:
A.9.1 the cost of
installation of the telephone;
A.9.2 three quarters
of the cost of rental of that telephone;
A.9.3 the cost of all
work related line calls.
A.10 EMPLOYMENT OF
CASUAL NURSES -
A.10.1 The RFDS may
employ casual nurses. A casual nurse is
one engaged and designated as such by the RFDS.
A.10.2 A casual nurse
shall be paid per hour the appropriate Hourly Rate of Pay plus 18.3%.
A.10.3 A casual nurse who
works on a public holiday shall be paid double time and one-half for all hours
worked on that day. However, the nurse
shall not be entitled to the casual loading on that day.
A.11 GRADING
COMMITTEE -
A committee consisting of the Flight Nurse Manager, the
Director of Nursing or his/her delegate from the Broken Hill Base Hospital and
a representative from the Australian Nursing Federation shall be constituted
and make representations to the RFDS on:
A.11.1 Any request or
proposal to classify or pay any persons as Clinical Nurse Specialists;
A.11.2 The date of effect
of any grading recommended.
A.12 CAR ALLOWANCE -
A nurse who with the approval of the Executive Director
or his/her nominee, uses on official business a motor vehicle maintained
primarily for other than official business, shall be paid an allowance based on
the rates prescribed by the NSW Health Department Transport Allowance in force
from time to time.
5. This variation
shall take effect on and from 7 March 2000.
J. McLEAY, Commissioner.
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