NSW Ambulance Control Centre Officers (State) Award
2023
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by Health Secretary, Ministry of Health.
(Case No. 462780 of 2023)
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Before Chief Commissioner Constant
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21 December 2023
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AWARD
PART A
Arrangement
Clause No. Subject Matter
1. Definitions
2. Salaries
3. Conditions
of Employment
4. Classifications
5. On Call
Rates
6. Anti-Discrimination
7. No Extra
Claims
8. Area,
Incidence and Duration
PART B
Table 1 - Rates of Pay
Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances
1. Definitions
"Employer" means the Secretary of the Ministry of
Health exercising employer functions on behalf of the Government of NSW (and
includes a delegate of the Secretary).
"Union" means the Health Services Union New South
Wales.
2. Salaries
Employees shall be paid the salaries as set out in Table 1 -
of Part B - Monetary Rates of this Award.
3. Conditions of
Employment
(i) The
following awards as varied or replaced from time to time shall apply except in
so far as any term of any of those awards are inconsistent with this award:
Paramedics and Control Centre Officers (State) Award,
as varied or replaced from time to time; except for:
Clause 26(f) - do not apply
In the event of any inconsistency between the above
awards, the provisions in this award shall apply.
4. Classifications
Non-Paramedic Work Levels
The Non-Paramedic Work Levels set out in subclauses (i) to (iii) below are intended to encompass Employees who
are employed in or in connection with the provision of ambulance services but
are not required by the Employer to be, or be in training to become, a
registered paramedic.
(i) Non-Paramedic
- Entry Level
(1) Non-Paramedic -
Entry Level means a person employed in or in connection with the provision of
ambulance services who is undertaking study and/or training to meet the
requirements of a Non-Paramedic - Level 1 and otherwise meets the requirements
of and is appointed to a Non-Paramedic - Entry Level position as determined by
the Employer.
(ii) Non-Paramedic -
Level 1
(1) Non-Paramedic -
Level 1 means a person employed in or in connection with the provision of
ambulance services and is appointed to a Non-Paramedic - Level 1 position as
determined by the Employer.
(2) Positions within
Non-Paramedic - Level 1 may include (but are not limited to):
(A) Ambulance
Control Centre Officer means an employee who has successfully completed the requirements as set out for
Trainee Ambulance Control Centre Officer and who is appointed to an Ambulance
Control Centre Officer position identified as such by the Employer and has not
been credentialed and recognised as qualified paramedic by the Employer.
(iii) Non-Paramedic -
Level 2
(1) Non-Paramedic -
Level 2 means an employee who meets the requirements of a Non-Paramedic - Level
1 as determined by the Employer and, in addition, meets the requirements of and
is appointed to a Non-Paramedic - Level 2 position as determined by the
Employer.
(2) Positions within
Non-Paramedic - Level 2 may include (but are not limited to):
(A) Duty Control
Centre Officer - Non-Paramedic means an employee who has successfully completed the requirements as
set out for a Non-Paramedic Level 1 position and who has successfully completed
the requirements for and is appointed to a Duty Control Centre Officer position
identified as such by the Employer.
5. On Call Rates
(i) This
clause is to be read in conjunction with Clause 26, On Call, of the Paramedics
and Control Centre Officers (State) Award, as varied or replaced from time to
time
(ii) The weekly
on-call allowance as set out in Item 1 of Table 2A - Allowances of Section 8,
Monetary Rates, shall apply in the following circumstances:
(1) Employees
required by the Employer to be on call on a roster other than a modified hours roster;
(2) Employees
employed on or before 31 July 1988 who are required by the Employer to be on
call; or
(3) Employees who
are required by the Employer to be on call as part of a modified hours roster
where the weekly on call allowance applies by agreement between the parties.
(iii) The daily
on-call allowance as set out in Item 2 of Table 2A - Allowances of Section 8,
Monetary Rates, shall apply in all other circumstances where an employee is
required by the Employer to be on call.
(iv) The provisions
of paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this clause shall not
apply to resident employees in One-Officer Branch Stations, as defined in
subclause (a) of clause 38, Accommodation of the Paramedics and Control Centre
Officers (State) Award.
(v) Payment of the
on-call allowance shall not apply during periods of Annual Leave or Long
Service Leave.
6. Anti-Discrimination
(i) It
is the intention of the parties bound by this Award to seek to achieve the
object of section 3(f) if 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 age.
(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 effects. It will be consistent with the
fulfilment of these obligations for the parties to make an application to vary
any provisions 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 exempt from anti-discrimination legislation.
(b) Offering or
providing junior rates to a person 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 a 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:
(i) Employers
and employees may also be subject to Commonwealth anti- discrimination
legislation.
(ii) 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, 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 2024 by a party to this Award.
8. Area, Incidence and
Duration
(i) This
Award takes effect from 1 July 2023 and shall remain in force for a period of
one year. The salaries and allowances in the last column of Table 1 - Salaries
and Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances of Part B, Monetary Rates, will apply
from the first full pay period on or after (ffppoa) 1
July 2023.
(iii) This Award
shall apply to employees of the New South Wales Health Service employed within
NSW Ambulance in the classifications in clause 4, Classifications, under
Section 115(1) of the Health Services Act 1997, or any
successors, assignees or transmittees.
PART B
Table 1- Salaries
In the period 1 July 2023 to the commencement of the first
full pay period on or after 1 July 2023, the applicable rates of pay are those
that applied immediately prior to the first full pay period on or after 1 July
2023.
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Classification
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Rate effective
first full pay period on or after 1/07/2023
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$
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Ambulance Control Centre - Non Paramedic
- Trainee
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1375.76
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Ambulance Control Centre - Non Paramedic
- Year 1
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1414.77
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Ambulance Control Centre - Non Paramedic
- Year 2
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1441.92
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Duty Control Centre Officer - Non
Paramedic
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1974.74
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Table 2 - On Call Allowance
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Item No.
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Clause
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Allowance
Description
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Frequency
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Rates ffppoa
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1 July 2023
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1
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26
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On Call Allowance (AO) (D)
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Per 24 hours
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25.80
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2
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26
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On Call Allowance (AO) (W)
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Weekly
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103.40
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N. CONSTANT, Chief Commissioner
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.