Health Employees' (State) Award 2021
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by NSW Ministry of Health.
(Case No. 2020/187885 & 2021/163827)
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Before Commissioner Murphy
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4 April 2022
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VARIATION
1. Delete
subclause (xxxv) of clause 1, Definitions, of the award published 27 August
2021 (390 I.G. 111), and insert in lieu thereof the following:
(xxxv)
A "Patient Transport Officer" is an employee
who at the time of appointment who holds a minimum current Basic Life Support
accreditation or equivalent or who has successfully completed any other
relevant training and work experience as determined by the employer to become a
Patient Transport Officer. Such an employee may be required to successfully
complete further instruction/in-service courses necessary for Patient Transport
Officers as determined by the employer and as provided by the employer.
This category of employee will be involved in patient
transport using basic life support skills.
This definition does not apply to HealthShare Patient
Transport Officers captured under the ‘HealthShare NSW Patient Transport
Officer (State) Award 2021’ as varied or amended from time to time.
2. Delete
subclause (lii) of clause 1, Definitions, and insert in lieu thereof the
following:
(lii) A "Trainee
Patient Transport Officer" is an employee who is undertaking relevant
training and work experience as determined by the employer to become a Patient
Transport Officer. Under the supervision of a Patient Transport Officer or
Patient Transport Nurses Escort, this category of employee is involved in
patient transport using basic life support skills.
This
definition does not apply to HealthShare Trainee Patient Transport Officers
captured under the ‘HealthShare NSW Patient Transport Officer (State) Award
2019’ as varied or amended from time to time.
3. This
variation shall take effect on and from 4 April 2022.
J.
V. MURPHY, Commissioner
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Printed by
the authority of the Industrial Registrar.