Psychiatry Staff Specialists Attraction and Retention (State) Interim Award 2025

 

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

 

Application by Australian Salaried Medical Officers' Federation (New South Wales), Industrial Organisation of Employees.

 

(Case No. 76984 of 2025)

 

 

AWARD

 

Arrangement

 

Clause No.        Subject Matter

 

PART A

 

1.        Title

2.        Parties Bound

3.        Area, Incidence and Duration

4.        Definitions

5.        Issue Resolution

6.        Psychiatry Attraction and Retention Allowance

 

PART B

 

MONETARY RATES

 

Table 1 – Psychiatry Attraction and Retention Allowance

 

PART A

 

1.  Title

 

This award is known as the Psychiatry Staff Specialists Attraction and Retention (State) Interim Award 2025.

 

2.  Parties

 

The parties to this award are:

 

(a)       the Secretary of the Ministry of Health exercising employer functions on behalf of the Government of New South Wales; and

 

(b)       the Australian Salaried Medical Officers’ Federation (New South Wales).

 

3.  Area, Incidence and Duration

 

3.1      This award commences on 3 October 2025 and shall continue in force for a period of 12 months, unless varied or rescinded in accordance with section 17 of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW).

 

3.2      This award applies to Psychiatrist Staff Specialists, being employees who are:

 

(a)       a Staff Specialist within the meaning of clause 2 of the Staff Specialist (State) Award 2022, and

 

(b)      a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) employed by the Employer to work as a psychiatrist.

 

3.3      This award does not rescind or replace the Staff Specialists (State) Award 2022 or the Health Secretary’s Determination No 52 of 2024, but rather, provides an additional term and condition to Psychiatry Staff Specialists during the nominal term of this award. 

 

4.  Definitions

 

4.1      “Employer” means the Secretary of the Ministry of Health exercising employer functions on behalf of the Government of New South Wales.

 

4.2      “Level 1 Private Practice Allowance” means the allowance provided for at clause 2(b)(i)(2) of the Staff Specialist Determination 2015.

 

4.3      “Salary” means the salary set out in Part B of Schedule 1 of the Staff Specialist (State) Award 2022.

 

4.4      “Special Allowance” means the Special Allowance of 17.4 % of a Staff Specialist’s Salary as set out in clause 4 of NSW Health Circular 90/39, as incorporated at clause 2(a)(ii) of the Staff Specialist Determination 2015.

 

4.5      “Staff Specialists (State) Award 2022” means the Staff Specialists (State) Award 2022 (Code 470), as varied on 1 July 2023.

 

5.  Issue Resolution

 

5.1      Any grievances and disputes arising between the parties or between the Employer and any employees covered under this award are dealt with in accordance with the Issue Resolution procedure prescribed under the Staff Specialists (State) Award 2022.

 

6.  Psychiatry Attraction and Retention Allowance

 

6.1      From the first full pay period on or after 3 October 2025, for a period of 12 months, a Psychiatry Staff Specialist will be paid the Psychiatry Attraction and Retention Allowance.

 

6.2      The Psychiatry Attraction and Retention Allowance is a payment (the current FTE rate is prescribed for convenience in Part B of this Award) calculated as 10% of the sum of the Psychiatry Staff Specialist’s:

 

(a)       Salary;

 

(b)      Special Allowance; and

 

(c)       the Level 1 Private Practice Allowance.

 

6.3      The Psychiatry Attraction and Retention Allowance will be paid to Psychiatry Staff Specialists during their usual pay period each fortnight.

 

6.4      The Psychiatry Attraction and Retention Allowance will be payable during periods of paid absences on approved leave but will not be paid where the monetary value of leave is paid upon termination.

 

6.5      The Psychiatry Attraction and Retention Allowance is to be considered as salary for the purposes of superannuation.

 

PART B

 

MONETARY RATES

 

Table 1 – Psychiatry Attraction and Retention Allowance

 

Staff Specialist Award Level	Frequency	Psychiatry Attraction and Retention Allowance (ffppooa 3 October 2025) (1.0 FTE)
1	Annual	$26,238
2	Annual	$27,772
3	Annual	$29,305
4	Annual	$30,843
5	Annual	$32,378
Senior	Annual	$35,448
Post graduate fellow	Annual	$21,634

 

 

 

D. CHIN J., Vice President

P. KITE J., Acting Judge

N. CONSTANT, Senior Commissioner

 

 

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