AN120435 – Private Hospital Industry Nurses' (State) Award
Unless the context otherwise indicates or requires the several expressions hereunder defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them:
(i) "Industry of Nursing" means the industry of persons engaged in New South Wales in the profession of nursing in private hospitals.
(ii) "Hospital" means a private hospital as defined by the Private Hospitals and Day Procedure Centres Act 1988.
(iii) "Board" means - the Nurses and Midwives Board NSW.
(iv) "Trainee Enrolled Nurse" means a person who is being trained to become an enrolled nurse in a hospital approved for this purpose by the Board.
(v) "Assistant in Nursing" means a person, other than a registered nurse, student nurse, trainee enrolled nurse, or enrolled nurse, who is employed in nursing duties in a hospital.
(vi) "Enrolled Nurse" means a person enrolled by the Board as such.
(vii) Clinical Nurse Specialist
Clinical Nurse Specialist means a registered nurse with relevant post-basic qualifications and 12 months experience working in the clinical area of his/her specified post-basic qualification, or a minimum of four years post-basic registration experience, including three years experience in the relevant specialist field and who satisfies the local criteria.
(viii) "Nursing Unit Manager" means a registered nurse in charge of a ward or unit or group of wards or units in a hospital shall include:
"Nursing Unit Manager Level 1" whose responsibilities include:
(a) Co-ordination of Patient Services
Liaison with all health care disciplines for the provision of services to meet patient needs.
The orchestration of services to meet patient needs after discharge.
Monitoring catering and transport services.
(b) Unit Management
Implementation of hospital policy.
Dissemination of information to all personnel.
Ensuring environmental safety.
Monitoring the use and maintenance of equipment.
Monitoring the supply and use of stock and supplies.
Monitoring cleaning services.
(c) Nursing Staff Management
Direction, co-ordination and supervision of nursing activities.
Training, appraisal and counselling of nursing staff.
Rostering and/or allocation of nursing staff.
Development and/or implementation of new nursing practice according to patient need.
"Nursing Unit Manager Level 2" whose responsibilities in relation to patient services, ward or unit management and staff management are in excess of those of a Nursing Unit Manager Level 1.
"Nursing Unit Manager Level 3" whose responsibilities in relation to patient services ward or unit management and staff are in excess of those of a Nursing Unit Manager Level 2.
(ix) "Clinical Nurse Educator" means a registered nurse with relevant post registration certificate qualifications or experience deemed appropriate by the employer, who is required to implement and evaluate educational programmes at the ward/unit level. The Clinical Nurse Educator shall cater for the delivery of clinical nurse education in the ward/unit level only.
A nurse will achieve Clinical Nurse Educator status on a personal basis by being required by the Hospital to provide the educational programmes detailed above.
Nothing in this clause shall affect the role carried out by the Clinical Nurse Specialist as a specialist resource and the Clinical Nurse Consultant in the primary role of clinical consulting, researching etc.
(x) "Nurse Educator" means a registered nurse with a post registration certificate, who has relevant experience or other qualifications, deemed appropriate by the employer who is appointed to a position of Nurse Educator.
A Nurse Educator shall be responsible for the development, implementation and delivery of nursing education programmes within a hospital or group of hospitals. Nurse education programmes shall mean courses conducted such as post registration certificates, continuing nurse education, new graduate orientation, post registration enrolled nurses courses and where applicable general staff development courses.
A person appointed to a position of Nurse Educator who holds relevant tertiary qualification in education or tertiary postgraduate specialist clinical nursing qualifications shall commence on the 3rd year rate of the salary scale.
A person appointed as the sole nurse educator for a hospital or group of hospital shall be paid at the 3rd year rate of the salary scale.
Incremental progression for Nurse Educators' shall be on completion of 12 months' satisfactory service subject that progression shall not be beyond the 3rd year rate unless the person possesses the qualifications detailed in the two previous paragraphs. Persons appointed to the 3rd year rate by virtue of paragraphs 3 and 4 above shall progress to the 4th year rate after completion of 12 months' satisfactory full time service.
(xi) "Senior Nurse Educator" means a registered nurse with a post registration certificate or appropriate qualifications, who has, or is working towards recognised tertiary qualifications in education or equivalent and has demonstrated experience and skills in the field of education appointed to a position of Senior Nurse Educator.
A Senior Nurse Educator shall be responsible for one or more Nurse Educators in the planning, co-ordination, delivery, and evaluation of educational programmes such as post registration certificate courses, continuing nurse education, new graduate orientation, post registration enrolled nurses courses and where applicable general staff development courses either on a hospital or group of hospitals basis.
Incremental progression shall be on completion of 12 months' satisfactory service.
(xii) "Clinical Nurse Consultant" means a registered nurse appointed as such to the position of, whose had at least five years post-basic registration experience and who has in addition approved post-basic nursing qualifications relevant to the field in which they are appointed or such other qualifications or experience deemed appropriate by the employer.
(xiii) "Assistant Director of Nursing" means:
(a) A person appointed as such in a hospital where the adjusted daily average of occupied beds is not less than 150 and includes a person appointed as the nurse in charge during the evening or night in a hospital where the adjusted daily average of occupied beds is not less than 150.
(b) A person appointed to be a registered nurse in charge of all theatres in a hospital having four or more major theatres in regular use.
(c) A person appointed as such to a position approved by the employer including persons appointed to be in charge of the administration of a group of wards or department of a hospital including a community nursing department.
(xiv) "Subsidiary Hospital Director of Nursing" means a person who is in charge of a subsidiary hospital which is under the management of the main hospital but which is detached there from and is substantially separately administered.
(xv) "Day Worker" means a worker who works their ordinary hours from Monday to Friday inclusive and who commences work on such days at or after 6.00 am and before 10.00 am otherwise than as part of the shift system.
(xvi) "Deputy Director of Nursing" means a person appointed to that position or deemed to hold that position pursuant to Clause 32, Deputy Director of Nursing and Assistant Director of Nursing, of this award.
(xvii) "Director of Nursing" includes a registered nurse who is registered by their employer with the Health Administration Corporation of New South Wales as the person in charge of the hospital. There shall be only one person in each hospital entitled to be classified as Director of Nursing or whatever title the Senior Nursing Administrator is known by an individual hospitals.
(xviii) "Experience" in relation to a trainee enrolled nurse, enrolled nurse, or assistant in nursing means experience before and/or after the commencement of this award whether within New South Wales or elsewhere and in the case of a trainee enrolled nurse, enrolled nurse or assistance in nursing who was formerly a student nurse includes experience as such student nurse.
For the purpose of determining the year of experience for part time or casual employment a year of experience shall be 1976 hours of employment.
(xix)
(a) Service for the purpose of clause 8, Salaries, means service before or after the commencement of this award in New South Wales or elsewhere as a registered nurse, provided that all service recognised prior to the commencement of this award shall continue to be recognised.
(b) To the foregoing shall be added any actual periods on and from January 1971 during which a registered nurse undertook a post-basic course whilst an employee of and rendering service in an institution or hospital and such course is recognised by the Board or acceptable to the Health Administration Corporation of New South Wales, or is one of the following certificate or diploma courses:
Associate Diploma in Community Health - College of Nursing, Australia; NSW College of Nursing.
Associate Diploma in Nursing Administration - College of Nursing, Australia; NSW College of Nursing.
Associate Diploma in Nursing Education - College of Nursing, Australia; NSW College of Nursing; Newcastle College of Advanced Education.
Certificate in Operating Theatre Management - NSW College of Nursing, Australia.
Certificate in Operating Theatre Technique - College of Nursing, Australia.
Certificate in Coronary Care - NSW College of Nursing.
Certificate in Orthopaedic Nursing - NSW College of Nursing.
Certificate in Ward Management - NSW College of Nursing.
Midwife Tutor Diploma - College of Nursing, Australia, or Central Midwives Board, London.
Occupational Health Nursing Certificate - NSW College of Nursing. Provided that no more than three such courses shall count as service.
A reference to the New South Wales College of Nursing in this award shall be deemed to be a reference also to the School of Nursing Studies, Cumberland College of Health Sciences.
(c) For the purpose of determining the year of service for part time or casual employment a year of service shall be 1976 hours of employment.
(xx) "Shift Worker" means a worker who is not a day worker as defined.
(xxi) "Association" means the New South Wales Nurses' Association.
