Important Information January 9, 2018 National Mental Health and Wellbeing Survey - BeyondBlue TO AEAV MEMBERS Please find below copy of email received from BeyondBlue in relation to a survey they are doing on Mental Health & Wellbeing. Attached are copies of their promotional flyers for this survey. Beyond Blue Personal Stories - [...]
AV 001 January 3, 2018 Rural Senior Relieving Paramedic Trial MOU The union and Ambulance Victoria have reached agreement to trial Rural Senior Relieving Paramedics (RSRP). The trial will operate from roster block 278 commencing 12 February 2018. Paramedics who accept a secondment as a RSRP will have the following [...]
AV 049 December 21, 2017 Fair Work Commission Matters The Union has a number of up-coming matters listed for conciliation in the Fair Work Commission. National Patient Transport (NPT) The Union alongside the ANMF have conciliation on 15 and 22 January 2018 with NPT to progress enterprise bargaining negotiations. NPT [...]
State 019 December 18, 2017 AEA-V CHRISTMAS CLOSURE The AEA-V office will be closed over the Christmas and New Year period from 12 noon Thursday, 21st December 2017, until Tuesday, 2nd January 2018 inclusive. If you require urgent assistance during this period please contact Steve McGhie on 0425 755 906 or Olga Bartasek on 0431 [...]
AV 048 December 12, 2017 2018 AV Enterprise Bargaining Log of Claims The union will commence bargaining next year and we are beginning the process of developing our log of claims Members are asked to submit proposals for claims which they believe are important to focus on next year. Your [...]
AV 047 December 11, 2017 Prescribing Paramedic Practitioner Update The AEA-V has had a working group of 16 paramedics researching, collating and finalising a discussion paper regarding Prescribing Paramedic Practitioner classification positions across Victoria. This Group was convened by Bracha Rafael and Belinda Ousley. The AEA-V extends our gratitude to [...]
Important Information December 11, 2017 beyondblue National Survey on Mental Health and Wellbeing of Police and Emergency Service Personnel TO AEAV MEMBERS We’re supporting the beyondblue National Survey on Mental Health and Wellbeing of Police and Emergency Service Personnel Even the most resilient ambulance personnel can be affected by stress and trauma. That [...]
AV 046 December 8, 2017 CLEARING BEFORE COMPLETION OF VACIS The Union is aware that members are being directed by Ambulance Victoria (AV) to clear cases prior to a VACIS patient care record being properly completed. The vast majority of crews do their utmost to respond to all cases as quickly [...]
AV 045 December 5, 2017 KPI – Naming and Shaming Recently the Union has received a number of complaints from members who have had performance information broadcast to the rest of their team. Examples include naming crews that experienced delays on particular dates that can be easily identified by others and [...]
AV 043 November 23, 2017 Accrual of Annual Leave on Workcover The Union recently was involved in a matter in the Fair Work Commission in relation to the accrual of annual leave for ESTA employees receiving workers compensation payments. In the decision of United Firefighters Union of Australia v Emergency Services Telecommunications [...]