Page 2987 - Week 08 - Thursday, 17 August 2017
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A total of 12 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identified positions have been established within ACT Health. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff are employed across various classification groups including:
• Administration.
• allied health
• dental
• general
• junior medical officers
• nursing staff
• technical officers.
ACT Health employs Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Liaison Officers across various business areas. A total of five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Liaison Officers operate within ACT Public Hospitals (Canberra Hospital and Calvary Healthcare ACT) and three Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Liaison Officers operate within the Mental Health, Justice Health, Alcohol and Drug Services Division.
Information on candidates and selection panels requiring representation of an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander staff member is included on the following Human Resources forms: Selection Report, Delegate’s Selection Report Checklist and Contact Officer Guide.
Under each of the individual ACT Public Service (ACTPS)/Sector Enterprise Agreements, there are leave entitlements which acknowledge that in certain circumstances Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees may require access to cultural leave.
These leave entitlements allow Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees to attend and participate in:
• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ceremonies;
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander meetings; and/or
• NAIDOC Week activities.
Through the All Staff News Bulletin, staff and managers are regularly informed of cultural leave provisions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees.
The ACT Public Service Murranga Murranga Employee strongly encourages ACT Public Service Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees to attend and participate in all Network discussions.
(c) There is no “typical” level of employment, there are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff employed across the breadth of all health related Enterprise Agreements and includes entry level administration, health assistants and nursing to Registrars, Senior Officers and Allied health Professionals.
(d) The diversity of professions represented in ACT Health provides the opportunity to identify the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander positions which are the highest ACT PS level for each of the categories by enterprise Agreements:
• Senior Officer Grade A - Administration,
• Registered Nurse Level 3 - Nursing,
• Health Professional Level 4 - Allied Health,
• Registrar - Medical.
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