HEALTH EMPLOYEES DENTAL OFFICERS (STATE) AWARD
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Notice of award review pursuant to section 19 of the
Industrial Relations Act 1996.
(No. IRC 1068
of 2001)
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Before Mr Deputy President Grayson
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11 July 2001
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REVIEWED AWARD
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Clause No
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Subject Matter
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1
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Definitions
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2
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Conditions of Employment
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3
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Salaries
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4
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Adjustment of Salaries
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5
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Area, Incidence and Duration
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1. Definitions
"Association" means the Health and Research
Employees Association of New South Wales.
"Corporation" means the Health Administration
Corporation of New South Wales.
"Dental Officer" means a person appointed as such
by a hospital who holds a dental qualification registrable with the Dental
Board of New South Wales.
"Hospital" means a public hospital as defined
under section 15 of the Health Services Act, 1997.
"Officer" means a Dental Officer, as defined
herein, occupying a position as specified in clause 3, Salaries, in a hospital
as defined above.
"Service", unless the context otherwise indicates
or requires, means service before and/or after commencement of this award in
any one or more hospitals in New South Wales, including the United Dental
Hospital of Sydney, or any other hospital deemed acceptable by the Corporation.
"Specialist" means a person appointed by the
hospital who:
(a) holds a
dental qualification registrable in New South Wales;
(b) after full registration has spent not
less than six years in the practice of dentistry whether in New South Wales or
elsewhere, deemed by the hospital to be of equivalent standing;
(c) has spent
not less than four years in supervised specialist training and/or experience,
and either:
(1) has obtained an appropriate dental qualification in his/her
speciality acceptable to the hospital, or
(2) is deemed by the Corporation to be a
specialist by recognition of his/her experience and demonstrated performance at
specialist level.
"Weekly rates" will be
ascertained by dividing an annual amount by 52.17857 or a weekly rate can be
multiplied by 52.17857 to obtain the annual amount.
2. Conditions of
Employment
The Public Hospitals (Professional and Associated Staff)
Conditions of Employment (State) Award published 13 March 1985 and reprinted 8
November 1991 (265 IG 1430), as varied, shall apply to all persons covered by
this award.
3. Salaries
The minimum salaries contained in the Health Professional
and Medical Salaries (State) Award made 12 October 1998 shall apply to:
* Dental
Officers-Grades 1 to 5;
* Dental
Specialists;
* Director-Dental
Services-Westmead and Royal Newcastle; and
* Deputy
Director-Dental Services-Westmead
4. Adjustment of Salaries
(i) Grade 1:
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SALARY
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NEXT INCREMENT
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(a) Salary prescribed for appointment if
less than 2 years post-graduate experience:
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(1) Less than 1 year post-graduate
experience;
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1st year
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Anniversary of
appointment
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(2) More than 1, less than 2 years
post-graduate experience.
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2nd year
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Next incremental date
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(b) Salary prescribed for appointment if 2
years and less than 4 post-graduate experience
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3rd year
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Next incremental date
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(c) Salary prescribed for appointment with
4 years and less than 5 years post-graduate experience
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4th year
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Next incremental date
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(d) Salary prescribed for appointment with
5 years or more post-graduate experience
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5th year
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Next incremental date
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(e) Salary prescribed for 1st year of
service on completion of 12 months service on the salary prescribed in paragraph (d) of this
subclause.
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6th year
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Next incremental date
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(f) Salary prescribed for 2nd year of
service on completion of 12 months service on the months service on the
salary prescribed in paragraph (d) of this subclause
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7th year
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See requirements for
progression to Grade 2 set out in subclause (ii) of this clause.
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(ii) Grade 2 -
Progression to Dental Officer, Grade 2 will be subject to:
(a) completion of 12 months service on the
maximum of the scale for Grade 1 or such other service deemed by the hospital
to be equivalent;
(b) the officer demonstrating to the
satisfaction of the hospital by the work performed and results achieved, that
the officer has the aptitude, abilities and qualities of mind to warrant such
progression;
(c) satisfactory conduct and service.
Appointment can also be made
direct to this grade in specifically designated positions.
(variations
to (i) and (ii) above shall take effect on and from 17 August 1999)
(iii) Grade 3 -
This grade shall apply to positions of officer-in-charge at small Hospital
Dental Clinics.
This grade will continue while
there are two Dentists and other support staff. If the third dentist is appointed to the clinic the grading of
the supervisory position will be determined by the Grading Committee. However, it is not to be inferred that the
change in grade will be automatic.
Grade 3 shall not apply to those
officers who are presently paid a rate equal to that of a Section Head/Head of
Unit or Co-ordinating Head/Head of Department. Such officers shall transfer to
the new Grade 4 or 5 as appropriate.
However, where such positions become vacant they are not to be filled
until the worth of the positions has been assessed by the Corporation.
(iv) Grade 4 -
This grade shall apply to Dental Officers appointed as Section Head/Head of
Unit.
(v) Grade 5 -
This will apply to Co-ordinating Heads/Head of Department.
All Grade 2 positions, with the
exception of those positions of Specialist in a speciality recognised by the
New South Wales Dental Board will be reviewed by the Corporation as to
grading. Positions falling vacant are
therefore not to be filled until an appropriate grade has been determined by
the Corporation.
(vi) Specialists - Those employees currently
occupying positions as specialists who have satisfied the full requirements of
the New South Wales Dental Board in a recognised speciality will be appointed
to the Specialist scale in accordance with their years of experience in the
speciality. Their normal incremental
progression date as a specialist will be retained.
Approval must be sought from the
Corporation for the establishment of positions of Specialist for
"specialities" not recognised by the New South Wales Dental
Board. Employees who have not satisfied
the full requirements of the New South Wales Dental Board in a recognised
speciality must be referred to the Corporation's Credentials Committee before
being appointed and paid as specialists
Continued payment as a specialist
will be on the basis of a dentist remaining employed in the Specialist area
concerned.
Section Heads or Co-ordinating
Heads of Departments who possess specialist qualifications recognised by the
New South Wales Dental Board and who are utilising such qualifications in the
course of their employment can be appointed to the Specialist scale in
accordance with their years of experience in that speciality.
This should not apply to Section
Heads/Heads of Units or Co-ordinating Heads/Department Heads who do not possess
qualifications recognised by the New South Wales Dental Board.
5. Area, Incidence and
Duration
This award shall apply to
officers as defined herein within the jurisdiction of the Public Health
Employees (State) Industrial Committee.
This award is made
following a review under section 19 of the Industrial
Relations Act 1996 and replaces the Health Employees Dental Officers
(State) published 1 October 1999 (310 I.G. 1156) and all variations thereof.
The award published 1
October 1999 took effect from the first full pay period to commence on or after
17 March 1999.
The changes made to the
award pursuant to the Award Review pursuant to section 19 (6) of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 and
Principle 26 of the Principles for Review of Awards made by the Industrial
Relations Commission of the New South Wales on 18 December 1998 (308 IG 307)
take effect on and from 11 July 2001.
This award remains in
force until varied or rescinded, the period for which it was made already
having expired.
J. P.
GRAYSON, D.P.
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Printed by the authority
of the Industrial Registrar.