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Service. This position requires strong leadership skills and a

focus on clinical outcomes. The successful candidate for this role

will need to have advanced clinical skills, demonstrate effective

and professional nursing practices in planning, implementing

and monitoring effective nursing practice.

To be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate and

possess:

1. Current registration with the Nursing Board of Australia.

2. Although previous experience in aged care and

management is desirable this is an ideal opportunity for

the suitable candidate to develop these skills in a fully

supported and mentored environment.

3. The ability to co-ordinate and promote the organisations

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OCEANIA UNIVERSITY

OF MEDICINE

NOW INTERNATIONALLY ACCREDITED

Take the next step, earn your MBBS at

Oceania University of Medicine.

OUM is proud to announce an even more attractive fee structure from 2013.

Applications are now open for courses beginning in February and August.

New facilities, greater capacity and over 150 students currently enrolled.

Study from a Home Base under faculty from top international medical schools.

Receive personalised attention from your own Academic Advisor.

OUM Graduates are eligible to sit for the AMC exam or NZREX.

OUM Graduates are employed in Australia, New Zealand, Samoa and USA.

RNtoMBBS

What I like about

OUM is that I can

continue to work

part time

and continue

my studies in

medicine.

The ability to

combine my

studies with the

cases I was seeing

in the hospital

really enhanced

my education.

Vivian Ndukwe, RN

from Melbourne,

OUM Class of 2012

In AU 1300 665 343 or NZ 0800 99 01 01 www.RNtoMBBS.org

1318-002 1PG FULL COLOUR CMYK (typeset)

W: www.ahnr.com.au E: [email protected] T: 1300 981 509www.ahnr.com.au

For full details of this and other nursing and allied health vacancies visit our web site at:

AGED CARE UNIT MANAGERSouth West VictoriaAre you an experienced Registered Nurse looking for a new challenge in a progressive rural health service?

This role as Aged Care Unit Manager offers the successful applicant the opportunity to work in a progressive and stimulating aged care environment at Western District Health Service. This position requires strong leadership skills and a focus on clinical outcomes. The successful candidate for this role will need to have advanced clinical skills, demonstrate effective and professional nursing practices in planning, implementing and monitoring effective nursing practice.

To be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate and possess:

1. Current registration with the Nursing Board of Australia.

2. Although previous experience in aged care and management is desirable this is an ideal opportunity for the suitable candidate to develop these skills in a fully supported and mentored environment.

3. The ability to co-ordinate and promote the organisations quality improvement program.

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DEAKIN IS THE HEALTHY CHOICE FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDY.Studying at Deakin University offers students the unique edge for working in the healthcare sector. Many courses are offered by off campus or full time or part-time.

For more information visit deakin.edu.au or email [email protected] 03 9251 7777.

Courses available: Nutrition and Dietetics

Psychology

Coaching and Counselling

Nursing and Midwifery

Exercise Physiology

Health Promotion

Clinical Leadership

Medicine, Surgery

Public Health

Optometry

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that allows freedom of choice are now available.

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Excellent general medical knowledge and terminology

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companys friendly and personable approach to Health Screening

Current CPR Certification

National Police Check

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For more information on employment or to apply visit: www.svphm.org.au

Applications close 23 September 2013.

St Vincents Private Hopital Melbourne is a facility of St Vincents Health

Australia under the stewardship of Mary Aikenhead Ministries. We are a not

for profi t Catholic private hospital which operates across the three sites at

Fitzroy, East Melbourne and Kew.

Clinical Coach Peri Operative

Permanent Part Time

St Vincents Private Kew

37.5 hours a fortnight

Do you have a passion for educating nurses in the operating suite?

Would you like to work with a team of educators who are recognised

as leaders in clinical education?

We are seeking an educator who:

Has current registration with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse;

Has recent clinical nursing experience in the perioperative area of nursing;

Has a post graduate quali cation in perioperative nursing;

Has experience in supporting learners including graduate registered

nurses and post graduate nurses in GOR; and

Has or is willing to work towards a post graduate quali cation in education.

This position will be based at the Kew site and will also involve education at

the East Melbourne and Fitzroy sites.

Please note that applications must be supported by a cover letter, CV and

two professional referees, proof of identity (certifi ed copy of passport and /or

birth certifi cate, drivers licence).

COMPASSION JUSTICE INTEGRITY EXCELLENCE

For the full article visit NCAH.com.au

Health may be one of the largest spending areas

for the Federal Government but it has been largely

overshadowed in the federal election campaign

due to the focus on economic management,

jobs, the cost of living, asylum seekers and

same-sex marriage.

Health this year accounted for 16 per cent of the

budget or $64.6 billion.

As the election heads into its final days, here is a

snapshot of what the major political parties have

pledged on the health front.

Labor:

$15 million in funding for 34 cancer care

nurse coordinators and $50 million to

create a national network of stroke care

coordinators, comprising more than 60

allied health professionals and nurses both

announcements have been welcomed by the

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation

(ANMF)

A $180 million investment over five years for

dementia research through the National Health

and Medical Research Council

$14.95 million for Australias aged care workers

to receive specialist palliative care training

and advance care planning expertise, along

with a 24-hour daily telephone line to advise

aged care staff and GPs on palliative care and

advance care planning issues applauded by

the ANMF

New projects and upgraded hospital

infrastructure including $30 million for the

Prince of Wales Hospital in New South Wales,

$215,000 for Victorias Lorne Community

Hospital, $40 million for the constructive of

a new hospital at Palmerston in the Northern

Territory, $100 million to redevelop the

Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, $10 million

for the Childrens Medical Research Institute

at Westmead, $15 million for a cancer clinic

at South Australias Flinders Medical Centre

and new facilities at Brisbanes Royal Princess

Alexandra, Royal Brisbane and Prince Charles

hospitals

The continuation of its $2.2 billion mental health

package to be rolled out over five years

$30 million to fund a new prevention program

and research to address increasing rates of

sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and

blood borne viruses including HIV, Hepatitis B

and Hepatitis C.

Coalition:

$18 million to establish the countrys first

National Centre for Excellence in Youth

Mental Health and a review of mental health

services through the National Mental Health

Commission

A review of the nations 61 Medicare Local

centres

Changes to the way medicines are listed on

the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme with

medicines to be listed on the basis of advice

from the independent Pharmaceutical Benefits

Advisory Committee

$200 million investment over five years to find

a cure for dementia and $35 million to find a

cure for Type 1 Diabetes

$46 million for National Bowel Cancer

Screening

Plans to axe means-testing for the private

health insurance rebate and a pledge to sell

the Commonwealths Medibank Private health

insurer

Will retain Labors National Health Reform

Agreement with the states, with the

Commonwealth set to increase its share of

growth funding to 50 per cent with an extra

$16 billion in federal funding between 2014

and 2020

Health heart rate slows in federal election

by Karen Keast

For more articles visit NCAH.com.au

The number of cases of arthritis and other musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions is forecast to almost double to affect 8.7 million Australians within 20 years, according to alarming new research.

Arthritis and Osteoporosis Victoria (A&OV) has called for government and industry action to manage the rising cost of MSK conditions, including a multi-disciplinary approach from nurses and allied health professionals such as physiotherapists.

The A&OV report, A Problem Worth Solving, reveals there were an estimated 6.1 million cases of arthritis and other MSK conditions in Australia last year (26.9 per cent of the population), including 2.9 million people with back problems, 1.9 million people with osteoarthritis, 800,000 people with osteoporosis and 500,000 people with rheumatoid arthritis.

Those figures are expected to rise 43 per cent an extra 2.6 million people by 2032 to affect 30.2 per cent of the population, with the number of people with osteoarthritis and osteoporosis projected to increase the fastest, at 58 per cent and 50 per cent respectively, while back problems will remain the most prevalent condition.

The report found arthritis and other MSK conditions cost the country $55.1 billion and shows more Australians live with MSK conditions than any national health priority area such as heart disease, cancer or diabetes.

Australian Physiotherapy Association president Marcus Dripps labelled chronic MSK pain the nations silent epidemic.

Musculoskeletal conditions are the most common cause of severe long term pain and physical disability, and as this report shows, this is costing us billions, he said.

Mr Dripps said physiotherapists are well placed to tackle the key areas of intervention,

from direct health costs to productivity costs and also in preventing MSK conditions from developing into disability and other chronic diseases, including cardiovascular, diabetes and mental health problems.

Physiotherapy can reduce overall direct health costs as long as patients have access to physiotherapy services including physiotherapist-led group exercise as a preventative measure.

A&OV CEO Linda Martin said health professionals, including physiotherapists, nurses, rheumatologists, orthopaedic surgeons and endocrinologists, should work together with consumers and policy makers to address MSK conditions.

Physiotherapists can tackle rise in MSK conditions: APAby Karen Keast

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We hope you enjoy perusing the range of opportunities included in Issue 18, 2013.

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ABN 29 071 328 053.

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All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be copied or

reproduced by any means without the prior written permission of

the publisher. Compliance with the Trade Practices Act 1974 of

advertisements contained in this publication is the responsibility of

those who submit the advertisement for publication.

Issue 18 9 September 2013

www.ncah.com.au

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Monday 16th September 2013

Wednesday 18th September 2013

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For more information on employment or to apply visit: www.svphm.org.au Applications close 23 September 2013.

St Vincents Private Hopital Melbourne is a facility of St Vincents Health Australia under the stewardship of Mary Aikenhead Ministries. We are a not for profi t Catholic private hospital which operates across the three sites at Fitzroy, East Melbourne and Kew.

Clinical Coach Peri OperativePermanent Part Time St Vincents Private Kew37.5 hours a fortnight Do you have a passion for educating nurses in the operating suite? Would you like to work with a team of educators who are recognised

as leaders in clinical education?

We are seeking an educator who:

Has current registration with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse; Has recent clinical nursing experience in the perioperative area of nursing; Has a post graduate quali cation in perioperative nursing; Has experience in supporting learners including graduate registered

nurses and post graduate nurses in GOR; and Has or is willing to work towards a post graduate quali cation in education.

This position will be based at the Kew site and will also involve education at the East Melbourne and Fitzroy sites.

Please note that applications must be supported by a cover letter, CV and two professional referees, proof of identity (certifi ed copy of passport and /or birth certifi cate, drivers licence).

COMPASSION JUSTICE INTEGRITY EXCELLENCEFor the full article visit NCAH.com.au

Health may be one of the largest spending areas for the Federal Government but it has been largely overshadowed in the federal election campaign due to the focus on economic management, jobs, the cost of living, asylum seekers and same-sex marriage.

Health this year accounted for 16 per cent of the budget or $64.6 billion.

As the election heads into its final days, here is a snapshot of what the major political parties have pledged on the health front.

Labor:

$15 million in funding for 34 cancer care nurse coordinators and $50 million to create a national network of stroke care coordinators, comprising more than 60 allied health professionals and nurses both announcements have been welcomed by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF)

A $180 million investment over five years for dementia research through the National Health and Medical Research Council

$14.95 million for Australias aged care workers to receive specialist palliative care training and advance care planning expertise, along with a 24-hour daily telephone line to advise aged care staff and GPs on palliative care and advance care planning issues applauded by the ANMF

New projects and upgraded hospital infrastructure including $30 million for the Prince of Wales Hospital in New South Wales, $215,000 for Victorias Lorne Community Hospital, $40 million for the constructive of a new hospital at Palmerston in the Northern Territory, $100 million to redevelop the Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, $10 million for the Childrens Medical Research Institute at Westmead, $15 million for a cancer clinic at South Australias Flinders Medical Centre

and new facilities at Brisbanes Royal Princess Alexandra, Royal Brisbane and Prince Charles hospitals

The continuation of its $2.2 billion mental health package to be rolled out over five years

$30 million to fund a new prevention program and research to address increasing rates of sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and blood borne viruses including HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C.

Coalition:

$18 million to establish the countrys first National Centre for Excellence in Youth Mental Health and a review of mental health services through the National Mental Health Commission

A review of the nations 61 Medicare Local centres

Changes to the way medicines are listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme with medicines to be listed on the basis of advice from the independent Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee

$200 million investment over five years to find a cure for dementia and $35 million to find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes

$46 million for National Bowel Cancer Screening

Plans to axe means-testing for the private health insurance rebate and a pledge to sell the Commonwealths Medibank Private health insurer

Will retain Labors National Health Reform Agreement with the states, with the Commonwealth set to increase its share of growth funding to 50 per cent with an extra $16 billion in federal funding between 2014 and 2020

Health heart rate slows in federal electionby Karen Keast

For more articles visit NCAH.com.au

The number of cases of arthritis and other

musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions is forecast to

almost double to affect 8.7 million Australians

within 20 years, according to alarming new

research.

Arthritis and Osteoporosis Victoria (A&OV) has

called for government and industry action to

manage the rising cost of MSK conditions,

including a multi-disciplinary approach from

nurses and allied health professionals such as

physiotherapists.

The A&OV report, A Problem Worth Solving,

reveals there were an estimated 6.1 million cases

of arthritis and other MSK conditions in Australia

last year (26.9 per cent of the population),

including 2.9 million people with back problems,

1.9 million people with osteoarthritis, 800,000

people with osteoporosis and 500,000 people

with rheumatoid arthritis.

Those figures are expected to rise 43 per

cent an extra 2.6 million people by 2032

to affect 30.2 per cent of the population, with

the number of people with osteoarthritis and

osteoporosis projected to increase the fastest,

at 58 per cent and 50 per cent respectively,

while back problems will remain the most

prevalent condition.

The report found arthritis and other MSK

conditions cost the country $55.1 billion

and shows more Australians live with MSK

conditions than any national health priority area

such as heart disease, cancer or diabetes.

Australian Physiotherapy Association president

Marcus Dripps labelled chronic MSK pain the

nations silent epidemic.

Musculoskeletal conditions are the most

common cause of severe long term pain and

physical disability, and as this report shows,

this is costing us billions, he said.

Mr Dripps said physiotherapists are well

placed to tackle the key areas of intervention,

from direct health costs to productivity costs

and also in preventing MSK conditions from

developing into disability and other chronic

diseases, including cardiovascular, diabetes

and mental health problems.

Physiotherapy can reduce overall direct

health costs as long as patients have

access to physiotherapy services including

physiotherapist-led group exercise as a

preventative measure.

A&OV CEO Linda Martin said health

professionals, including physiotherapists,

nurses, rheumatologists, orthopaedic surgeons

and endocrinologists, should work together

with consumers and policy makers to address

MSK conditions.

Physiotherapists can tackle rise in MSK conditions: APA

by Karen Keast

Advertiser List

AHN Recruitment

Ausmed

Australian College of Nursing

CCM Recruitment

CPD Education

CQ Nurse

Criterion Conferences

Deakin University

eNurse

Kate Cowhig International

Koala Nursing Agency

Lifescreen

MIECAT

NSW Health Illawara Shoalhaven LPD

Oceania University of Medicine

Oxford Aunts Care

Quick & Easy Finance

Royal Flying Doctors Service

St Andrews Toowoomba Hospital

St Vincents Private Melbourne

TR7 Health

UK Pensions Transfer

Unified Healthcare Group

University of New England

University of Technology Sydney

We hope you enjoy perusing the range of opportunities

included in Issue 18, 2013.

If you are interested in pursuing any of these opportunities,

please contact the advertiser directly via the contact details

provided. If you have any queries about our publication or

if you would like to receive our publication, please email us

at [email protected]

+

DISTRIBUTION

34,488

The NCAH Magazine is the most widely distributed national

nursing and allied health publication in Australia

For all advertising and production enquiries please contact

us on +61 (0) 3 9271 8700, email

[email protected] or visit www.ncah.com.au

If you would like to change your mailing address,

or be included on our distribution, please email

[email protected]

Published by Seabreeze Communications Pty Ltd Trading as NCAH.

ABN 29 071 328 053.

2013 Seabreeze Communications Pty Ltd.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be copied or

reproduced by any means without the prior written permission of

the publisher. Compliance with the Trade Practices Act 1974 of

advertisements contained in this publication is the responsibility of

those who submit the advertisement for publication.

Issue 18 9 September 2013

www.ncah.com.au

Theatre & Critical Care feature

Monday 16th September 2013

Wednesday 18th September 2013

Next Publication:

Publication Date: Monday 23rd September 2013

Colour Artwork Deadline:

Mono Artwork Deadline:



DEAKIN IS

THE HEALTHY

CHOICE FOR

POSTGRADUATE

STUDY.

Studying at Deakin University offers students the unique edge

for working in the healthcare sector. Many courses are offered

by off campus or full time or part-time.

For more information visit deakin.edu.au

or email [email protected]

03 9251 7777.

Courses available:

Nutrition and Dietetics

Psychology

Coaching and Counselling

Nursing and Midwifery

Exercise Physiology

Health Promotion

Clinical Leadership

Medicine, Surgery

Public Health

Optometry

CRICOS Provider Code: 00113BDEA0383

Health Screening Consultants National opportunities - including metropolitan, regional

and remote areas of Australia

Flexible - you set the pace, its your business! Discover new challenges Competitive Remuneration National Opportunities

UHG specialises in providing support services to the insurance and legal sectors, and currently have FANTASTIC opportunities to recruit Health Screening Consultants to register with our national mobile network.

Exciting opportunities for Nurses, Paramedics, Nurse Vaccinators & Pathology Collectors looking for new challenges within a growing sector that allows freedom of choice are now available.

Essential Requirements: Solid nursing background (min 2yrs post grad) Venepuncture (min 2yrs exp) Excellent general medical knowledge and terminology Professional presentation and communication, along with impressive time

management skills Passion for delivering high standards of service, to coincide with the

companys friendly and personable approach to Health Screening Current CPR Certification National Police Check

Interested to learn more?Visit our website at www.uhg.com.auTo apply online visit www.healthscreening.com.auFor general enquiries, please contact Ashlyn Smith (03) 9692 7049 or Fabrice Coquet 03 9692 7723.

Delivering tailored healthcare solutions

Learn how to

Streamline your financial systems for successful CDC delivery

Embed innovative technologies to link business systems & enhance quality

Effectively manage & monitor brokered services

Motivate & empower

Key speakers

Register 3 delegates at the standard price & bring a 4th delegate FREE!To register phone 1300 316 882 fax 1300 918 334 [email protected] www.consumeragedcare.com

Researched by Sponsored by

Professor Peter Shergold ACChair

Aged CAre reforM IMpleMentAtIon CounCIl

Sabine PhillipsPrincipal

russell Kennedy

Angela GiffordChief Executive

Able CoMMunIty CAre, uK

Applying Consumer Directed Care Streamlining processes for flexible, innovative service delivery

3rd & 4th december 2013, CQ functions, Melbourne

Hear from seven leading pilot organisations

Ian Yates AMChief Executive

CotA AustrAlIA

Workshop AHow to create cultural & strategic transformation

Workshop BHow to motivate clients to self-direct

Workshop CEstablishing a workforce for Consumer Directed Care

Pre & Mid Conference Workshops

Nursing Careers Allied Health subscribers quote CC*NCAH when registering to SAVE $100!



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Tasmanias graduate nurses could continue to migrate to the mainland and abroad for work after the State Government revealed it will again offer just 115 positions across the public health sector next year.

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Tasmanian Branch president Emily Shepherd labelled the number of positions being offered disappointing.

Certainly we are grateful for 115 but we would like to see a lot more. We dont believe its enough, she said.

Last year, we saw quite a significant number of graduate nurses head interstate and even overseas to take up nursing positions outside of Tasmania.

We need them here. We need our graduates to stay in Tasmania to ensure that we have a safe and adequate amount of nurses for the future.

Even now we are struggling to have adequate staffing numbers to care for patients.

At the moment we are seeing nurses and midwives working double shifts but if there was more funding to employ more nurses and midwives we wouldnt have to see that.

Ms Shepherd said she expected the graduate positions on offer would be .8 positions on a 12-month fixed term contract.

It sounds like quite a large number, 115. It seems as if they are offering a lot more graduate positions, she said.

In previous years they were only offered .8 positions. It means those particular graduates wont get that full-time experience. Its really a cost-saving measure.

DHHS acting chief nurse and midwifery officer Francine Douce said the government would offer a mix of full-time and part-time positions to graduates.

Offering positions as part-time means we can employ more graduate nurses. The bulk of the

part time positions are 0.84 FTEs or four days a week, she said.

The Tasmanian Government is committed to employing as many new graduate nurses as possible.

Last year, the branch released figures showing only 41 nurses gained full-time employment in the DHHS transition-to-practice program in 2012 with another 65 nurses receiving part-time work.

In a statement, Health Minister Michelle OByrne said 115 positions were offered last year and an extra 15 graduate positions were offered as opportunities arose.

Ms OByrne said the government would again offer additional positions where opportunities are available.

This number has always fluctuated depending on opportunities within the practice setting and the nursing workforce needs, she said.

Ms OByrne said final year University of Tasmania nursing students had a range of options open to them after graduation.

As in previous years some graduates seek positions within the DHHS while others choose to secure opportunities within private hospitals, private practices, aged and community care, private mental health facilities and interstate, she said.

Historically, some nurses have also chosen to undertake additional nursing studies while others have sought experiences overseas.

But Ms Shepherd said there were only limited opportunities for graduate nurses in the private sector.

Under the DHHS recruitment for early 2014 placements, graduate nurses can apply for positions online from September 4-13 at http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/career/home/nurses2/education/rntp

Tasmanian graduate nursing positions disappointing: ANMFby Karen Keast


Allied Health Professions Australia (AHPA),

the national peak body for the allied health

professions in Australia, has defended

the position of Medicare Locals, following

comments by opposition leader Tony Abbott

that appear to place their future in question.

AHPA executive officer Lin Oke commented:

AHPA will seek to work with the government of

the day to encourage reform that will enhance

access to the front-line services provided by

allied health professionals at Medicare Locals,

which will improve consumer outcomes,

significantly reduce the need for hospitalisation

and thus result in significant cost savings in

health care.

The comment followed an indication by

opposition leader Tony Abbott that he will

review Medicare Locals if he wins government

and cannot guarantee they will stay exactly

the same.

During the leaders debate on 28 August,

Mr Abbott said he would not close Medicare

Locals. However his promise followed

statements from the Coalition that it would

review them if they won the election. In his pre-

election statements Mr Abbott also reportedly

said he couldnt guarantee all Medicare Locals

would stay the same.

Our focus is on trying to move the money

from the back office to front-line services. And I

am confident that Medicare Locals will flourish

provided that they are focused on front-line

health services and not simply on more health

bureaucracy.

Allied health body makes

pre-election case for

Medicare Locals

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to his death right in front of his eyes. He was

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I think it just highlights the dangers that are

faced in these types of situations and its a terrible

tragedy for everyone involved.

The Coroner, police, Ambulance Victoria and the

Civil Aviation Safety Authority are all conducting

inquiries into the accident.

Ambulance Victoria CEO Greg Sassella said

the death had affected the crew and the entire

service.

They are very distressed, he said.

You know these people, the pilot, the crew and

the paramedic, have spent their entire working

livesthey are highly qualified, it takes years to

get to the standard required for these jobs.

They go there to help the personand the

person ends up not surviving, so they are

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He also said the patients weight would not have

contributed to the accident.

These are very big helicopters, these have got

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cable is very powerful, it can carry much more

weight than what the gentleman would have

weighed.

Mr Sassella said the crews involved had been

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support.

Sometimes people prefer to keep working and

sometimes they dont - thats their decision but

we are giving them every single support we

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An experienced Victorian MICA flight paramedic has been left devastated after a patient recently fell to his death from a rescue helicopter.

The flight paramedic, helicopter pilot and crew, and a road ambulance crew, witnessed the fatal winching accident.

The 68-year-old patient, who weighed up to 140kg, was near the door of the helicopter when he fell from his harness and plunged to his death in bush terrain at Macs Cove, near Lake Eildon.

The Sydney man was being winched to safety after injuring his ankle during a hunting expedition when the rescue operation went horribly wrong.

Ambulance Employees Association Victoria general secretary Steve McGhie said he spoke briefly to the air paramedic.

Hes devastated absolutely devastated. Hes a man thats very experienced, one of the most experienced flight paramedics in the state, he said.

Hes retrieving a patient with a fractured ankle, he gets him into the helicopter and for some reason the patient has fallen and fallen 30 metres to his death right in front of his eyes. He was quite shaken.

I think it just highlights the dangers that are faced in these types of situations and its a terrible tragedy for everyone involved.

The Coroner, police, Ambulance Victoria and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority are all conducting inquiries into the accident.

Ambulance Victoria CEO Greg Sassella said the death had affected the crew and the entire service.

They are very distressed, he said.

You know these people, the pilot, the crew and the paramedic, have spent their entire working livesthey are highly qualified, it takes years to get to the standard required for these jobs.

They go there to help the personand the person ends up not surviving, so they are absolutely devastated.

Mr Sassella said while he did not want to pre-empt investigations into the incident, he was confident the equipment and the crew were not at fault.

He also said the patients weight would not have contributed to the accident.

These are very big helicopters, these have got twin jet engines, the winch machine itself, the cable is very powerful, it can carry much more weight than what the gentleman would have weighed.

Mr Sassella said the crews involved had been offered crisis counselling and psychological support.

Sometimes people prefer to keep working and sometimes they dont - thats their decision but we are giving them every single support we possibly can.

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Tasmanias graduate nurses could continue to

migrate to the mainland and abroad for work

after the State Government revealed it will again

offer just 115 positions across the public health

sector next year.

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation

Tasmanian Branch president Emily Shepherd

labelled the number of positions being offered

disappointing.

Certainly we are grateful for 115 but we would

like to see a lot more. We dont believe its

enough, she said.

Last year, we saw quite a significant number

of graduate nurses head interstate and even

overseas to take up nursing positions outside of

Tasmania.

We need them here. We need our graduates to

stay in Tasmania to ensure that we have a safe

and adequate amount of nurses for the future.

Even now we are struggling to have adequate

staffing numbers to care for patients.

At the moment we are seeing nurses and

midwives working double shifts but if there

was more funding to employ more nurses and

midwives we wouldnt have to see that.

Ms Shepherd said she expected the graduate

positions on offer would be .8 positions on a

12-month fixed term contract.

It sounds like quite a large number, 115. It

seems as if they are offering a lot more graduate

positions, she said.

In previous years they were only offered .8

positions. It means those particular graduates

wont get that full-time experience. Its really a

cost-saving measure.

DHHS acting chief nurse and midwifery officer

Francine Douce said the government would

offer a mix of full-time and part-time positions to

graduates.

Offering positions as part-time means we can

employ more graduate nurses. The bulk of the

part time positions are 0.84 FTEs or four days a

week, she said.

The Tasmanian Government is committed to

employing as many new graduate nurses as

possible.

Last year, the branch released figures showing

only 41 nurses gained full-time employment in

the DHHS transition-to-practice program in

2012 with another 65 nurses receiving part-time

work.

In a statement, Health Minister Michelle OByrne

said 115 positions were offered last year and

an extra 15 graduate positions were offered as

opportunities arose.

Ms OByrne said the government would again

offer additional positions where opportunities

are available.

This number has always fluctuated depending

on opportunities within the practice setting and

the nursing workforce needs, she said.

Ms OByrne said final year University of Tasmania

nursing students had a range of options open to

them after graduation.

As in previous years some graduates seek

positions within the DHHS while others choose

to secure opportunities within private hospitals,

private practices, aged and community care,

private mental health facilities and interstate,

she said.

Historically, some nurses have also chosen to

undertake additional nursing studies while others

have sought experiences overseas.

But Ms Shepherd said there were only limited

opportunities for graduate nurses in the private

sector.

Under the DHHS recruitment for early 2014

placements, graduate nurses can apply for

positions online from September 4-13 at http://

www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/career/home/nurses2/

education/rntp


by Karen Keast


Allied Health Professions Australia (AHPA), the national peak body for the allied health professions in Australia, has defended the position of Medicare Locals, following comments by opposition leader Tony Abbott that appear to place their future in question.

AHPA executive officer Lin Oke commented:

AHPA will seek to work with the government of the day to encourage reform that will enhance access to the front-line services provided by allied health professionals at Medicare Locals, which will improve consumer outcomes, significantly reduce the need for hospitalisation and thus result in significant cost savings in health care.

The comment followed an indication by opposition leader Tony Abbott that he will review Medicare Locals if he wins government and cannot guarantee they will stay exactly the same.

During the leaders debate on 28 August, Mr Abbott said he would not close Medicare Locals. However his promise followed statements from the Coalition that it would review them if they won the election. In his pre-election statements Mr Abbott also reportedly said he couldnt guarantee all Medicare Locals would stay the same.

Our focus is on trying to move the money from the back office to front-line services. And I am confident that Medicare Locals will flourish provided that they are focused on front-line health services and not simply on more health bureaucracy.

Allied health body makes pre-election case for Medicare Locals

by Belinda Smart



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It is Caron Spurways life-long dream to become

a midwife.

A mum of nine, the Queenslander had to put

her dreams on hold while she focused on

raising her young family and also supported her

husband, Wayne, in running their first aid training

business.

Then, three years ago, Caron began her path

to midwifery at the age of 49 when she was

accepted into Griffith Universitys direct-entry

Bachelor of Midwifery degree at its Logan

campus.

After two years of full-time study and now

completing the final year part-time, and with

her children now aged nine to 24, Caron is set

to graduate this December and is focusing on

where she will begin her midwifery career next

year.

I would really love to work in a local midwifery

group practice, where I can focus on continuity

of care for mothers as evidence shows this is the

best practice, she says.

The requirement for midwives to have a nursing

background was shelved a decade ago,

opening up several routes for people wanting to

pursue a career in midwifery while also helping

to establish midwifery as a profession in its own

right, distinguished separately from nursing.

Bachelor of Midwifery degrees have since proven

incredibly popular, enabling students who have

completed their secondary schooling or people

who have had other careers and life-experiences

with a direct-entry qualification no nursing

degree or experience required.

However, places at most universities have been

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a lack of clinical places in hospitals.

University of Western Sydney launched its

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Its tough to get into midwifery. The ATAR now

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Theres no lack of people wanting to do

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hospitals we cant take on more places.

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What I say to people is if all you have ever

wanted to do is midwifery and you are pretty

sure you want that to be your career then the

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Nurses are leading doctors when it comes to hand hygiene in hospitals, according to researchers.

The Australian co-author of a new international study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, said Aussie nurses, with a current compliance rate of 82-84 per cent in hand hygiene, are streets ahead of doctors with a 65 per cent compliance rate.

UNSW Professor Mary-Louise McLaws, who helped draft The World Health Organisations Hand Hygiene Guidelines launched in 2009, said nurses have the highest compliance rates internationally at 71 per cent before intervention and also after the introduction of hand hygiene practices.

Nurses were outstandingly better than doctors worldwide and its the same in Australia, she said.

The study, which assessed the effect of the WHO strategy for improving hand hygiene focused on 55 departments in 43 hospitals across five countries, including Costa Rica, Italy, Mali, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

Professor McLaws, from the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, said previous research revealed nurses are quicker to follow an organisations request to comply with new practices.

They may well speak as an individual but they will come together as a group, she said.

Doctors will talk about it as an individual and talk amongst their peers and then assume that rules or new practices dont apply to them because they are very individual.

Poor hand hygiene causes millions of infections every year, leading to hundreds of thousands of deaths, according to WHO.

Professor McLaws said the hand hygiene program, featuring an alcohol-based hand rub, had proven a major success with nurses.

Its quite remarkable. Just finding the time with a little bit of effort and having the resources you can actually persuade nurses to come on board with a really easy program that reduces infections, she said.

Professor McLaws applauded nurses for the results but also suggested nurses could further cut infection rates by focusing on the first moment of the five moment hand hygiene process.

If I was to ask them to get 100 per cent compliance it would be before they touch a patient at moment onewhen they are thinking about having to carry out a clinical procedure or make a patient comfortable, she said.

The five moment process can be difficult and burdensome; we cant pretend its not.

While our nurses are doing really well they should remember to do moment one perfectly.

Lets hope the nurses and their behaviours will assist the medical profession, she said.

Australia is one of 168 countries to have implemented the WHO guidelines.

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ACT nurses and midwives have accepted an eleventh hour agreement from the State Government for a flat rate pay rise, staving off industrial action.

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation ACT Branch has reached an in-principle agreement with the government, putting an end to months of EBA negotiations.

ANMF ACT Branch secretary Jenny Miragaya said the flat rate pay increase would take effect from July 1, 2013, with further increases until June 2017.

At lower levels, there will be a higher increase than those at higher classifications, she said.

Its not greater than what we were asking which was 20 per cent over four years but its better than the two per cent offer that was originally made by the government.

Ms Miragaya said the deal averted nurses and midwives taking industrial action.

Members had being waiting for an offer that was fair, and would not be contingent on cuts to current conditions, so they would not have to pursue industrial action, she said.

The agreement, which members voted on at a meeting in Woden, also ensures the qualifications allowance will be maintained and protects against any cuts to the number of nurses and midwives employed in the public sector.

The ANMF ACT is pleased that the ACT Government has decided to build on the existing pay and entitlements of nurses and midwives in the ACT without exploring potential job losses, Ms Miragaya said.

This is particularly pleasing when other states and territories have looked at slashing jobs, and potentially compromising patient care.

The replacement ACT Public Sector Nursing and Midwifery Enterprise Agreement will now be finalised before being voted on. The agreement will then be lodged with the Fair Work Commission.

ACT nurses reach pay dealby Karen Keast

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designs.

The program aims to support the delivery

of evidence-based treatment to children,

adolescents and adults with developmental

disabilities and their families.

The Griffith University initiative, launched to

coincide with Speech Pathology Week, is being

run in collaboration with La Trobe University and

Sydney University.

Study leader Dr David Trembath, of Griffith

Universitys School of Rehabilitation Sciences,

said the initiative provided clinicians and

educators with a systematic way of working

with their clients in a bid to increase research

understanding and improve patient outcomes.

The aim is for these clinicians to better

understand the findings of clinical research and

learn from what other clinicians already know,

he said.

Therefore, the training package is designed to

help clinicians think of each of their patients as a

single research study.

Users will be taken through a set of online

modules, universal to all disciplines, which they

can work through at their own pace.

The training package was developed with

the support of SpotonDD, a group of speech

pathologists, physiotherapists and occupational

therapists, working in the area of developmental

disability.

Dr Trembath said 80 allied health professionals

and educators have evaluated the training

package with results showing clinicians,

after 90 minutes of using the package, had

more knowledge, confidence and skills in

understanding and applying single case designs

in their clinical practice.

He said the next phase of the initiative encouraged

clinicians to share their findings with an online

research community.

It is hoped that clinicians will be able to benefit

from this shared community, in order that they

can enhance their overall research understanding

within their particular discipline, he said.

This then contributes to providing higher quality

services for patients.

For more information visit http://otarc.blogs.

latrobe.edu.au/n1-training-package-registration

New allied health training package to inform research

by Karen Keast

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Based on 37.5 hours per week

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Excellent opportunities for professional growth

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Due to our expansion into interventional

cardiology we are looking for an experienced

Registered Nurse to work fulltime coordinating

our Level 5 Cardiac Cath Lab. St Andrews

Toowoomba Hospital has 3 cardiologists using the

Lab, with one of those just returned to commence

a new interventional cardiology service.

Criteria:

Current Registered Nurse with Australian Health

Practitioners Registration Authority

Minimum 2 years recent experience within

the Cath Lab environment with PCI skills and

knowledge.

Adult ALS accreditation

Responsibilities:

Scrub/scout for Cath Lab procedures as

required, including vascular procedures.

Educate other staff on diagnostic and

interventional cardiology procedures

Relocation costs will be negotiated if required.

Please forward application and CV to:

Fiona Brown, Director of Clinical Services

St Andrews Hospital

PO Box 263

Toowoomba QLD 4350


Telephone enquiries to:

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Applications close:

Friday 27th September 2013

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ACT nurses and midwives have accepted

an eleventh hour agreement from the State

Government for a flat rate pay rise, staving off

industrial action.

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation

ACT Branch has reached an in-principle

agreement with the government, putting an end

to months of EBA negotiations.

ANMF ACT Branch secretary Jenny Miragaya

said the flat rate pay increase would take effect

from July 1, 2013, with further increases until

June 2017.

At lower levels, there will be a higher increase

than those at higher classifications, she said.

Its not greater than what we were asking which

was 20 per cent over four years but its better

than the two per cent offer that was originally

made by the government.

Ms Miragaya said the deal averted nurses and

midwives taking industrial action.

Members had being waiting for an offer that

was fair, and would not be contingent on cuts

to current conditions, so they would not have to

pursue industrial action, she said.

The agreement, which members voted on at a

meeting in Woden, also ensures the qualifications

allowance will be maintained and protects against

any cuts to the number of nurses and midwives

employed in the public sector.

The ANMF ACT is pleased that the ACT

Government has decided to build on the existing

pay and entitlements of nurses and midwives in

the ACT without exploring potential job losses,

Ms Miragaya said.

This is particularly pleasing when other states

and territories have looked at slashing jobs, and

potentially compromising patient care.

The replacement ACT Public Sector Nursing

and Midwifery Enterprise Agreement will

now be finalised before being voted on. The

agreement will then be lodged with the Fair Work

Commission.


by Karen Keast

A free new online training package has been launched for allied health professionals working with people with developmental disabilities.

In an Australian first, the N1 Practice in Research Training Package has been designed to teach clinicians, including speech pathologists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists, how to evaluate client outcomes using single case experimental designs, also known as N1 designs.

The program aims to support the delivery of evidence-based treatment to children, adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities and their families.

The Griffith University initiative, launched to coincide with Speech Pathology Week, is being run in collaboration with La Trobe University and Sydney University.

Study leader Dr David Trembath, of Griffith Universitys School of Rehabilitation Sciences, said the initiative provided clinicians and educators with a systematic way of working with their clients in a bid to increase research understanding and improve patient outcomes.

The aim is for these clinicians to better understand the findings of clinical research and learn from what other clinicians already know, he said.

Therefore, the training package is designed to help clinicians think of each of their patients as a single research study.

Users will be taken through a set of online modules, universal to all disciplines, which they can work through at their own pace.

The training package was developed with the support of SpotonDD, a group of speech pathologists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists, working in the area of developmental disability.

Dr Trembath said 80 allied health professionals

and educators have evaluated the training package with results showing clinicians, after 90 minutes of using the package, had more knowledge, confidence and skills in understanding and applying single case designs in their clinical practice.

He said the next phase of the initiative encouraged clinicians to share their findings with an online research community.

It is hoped that clinicians will be able to benefit from this shared community, in order that they can enhance their overall research understanding within their particular discipline, he said.

This then contributes to providing higher quality services for patients.

For more information visit http://otarc.blogs.latrobe.edu.au/n1-training-package-registration

New allied health training package to inform researchby Karen Keast

ICU | Thea

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