HACSU psychiatric nurse members, do not forget to renew your APHRA registration by 31 May.
- Visit www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au
- For registration enquiries: 1300 419 495 (within Australia) +61 3 8708 9001 (overseas callers)
Good practice guide for psychiatric nurses
HACSU was one of the contributors for the Good practice guide to performance management of nurses and midwives which was developed to provide practical advice that clarifies the delineation between bullying and performance management and identifies the features of best practice performance management (as it relates to the prevention of bullying).
Members can download a copy from health.vic.gov.au/nursing/promoting/noviolence
43 extra mental health bed-based positions set to roll out
Following the successful HACSU members’ 2011-2012 EBA campaign where we won a commitment for an additional 43 EFT targeted towards safety and workload in inpatient services (primarily on the night shifts), the Department of Health have now confirmed that funding for the positions to cover particular shift lines will be rolled out to health services from 1 July 2013.
Worksafe Awards
This year we are proud to announce HACSU OHS rep Vasalia Govender (DHS disability) has been nominated for Health and Safety Representative of the Year for this year’s Worksafe Awards. We wish Vasalia best of luck during the judging process. Continue reading
Equal Pay Education and Information Sessions scheduled for Friday
Please be advised that tomorrow’s Equal Pay Education and Information Sessions have been postponed due to low registration.
HACSU will advise of rescheduled dates and times once these have been confirmed.
Please remember to register for sessions if you or your colleagues wish to attend!
Austin Health contracts out recovery oriented service
A new community care unit (CCU) in Heidelberg, labelled by Austin Health as a Community Recovery Program (CRP) will be staffed by contracted non-government PDRSS staff with only one RPN3 rostered per shift.
Austin Health is seeking a 2/3 cut in core clinically trained staff to be replaced by non-qualified and unregulated support staff. It has become evident that Austin Health do not believe that Austin Health staff are able to provide care under the recovery model and have to contract out this function. Continue reading
Changes to Sub and Rec Leave
As part of the new HACSU/DHS agreement, there will be some changes to Sub Leave and Rec Leave. HACSU strongly advises all members to be aware of these changes and how it will affect you.
DHS accommodation fee increase for residents
Last week’s State Budget by the Napthine Government included funding of $107 million over four years for 720 new individual support packages (ISP) for people with high support needs. Unfortunately part of the funding for these extra ISPs will be from increasing the board and lodging fees for DHS managed disability accommodation to be inline with NGO sector disability accommodation. Continue reading
Budget review for mental health
It’s budget time. We review how the state and federal governments funded mental health services:
Budget review for disability services
It’s budget time. We review how the state and federal governments funded disability services
