VENUE:              Jim Otte Room PSA Building, 122 Pirie Street

TIME:                  4.00pm
DATE:                 Thursday 11 June 2009

GUEST SPEAKER:                           
                           Catherine Turnbull
                            Chief Allied & Scientific Advisor
                            Public Health & Clinical Coordination


RSVP: Tuesday 9th June to Sue Fraser on email: sf@cpsu.asn.au

The PSA invites Managers of Health Professional groups within the Public Sector to attend a special Forum.  Our invited guest speaker is Catherine Turnbull, Chief Allied and Scientific Advisor, Public Health and Clinical Coordination.  The topic of discussion is “Professionals in Health and the 2009 Enterprise Agreement”.

The current South Australian Government Wages Parity (Salaried) Enterprise Agreement 2006 (EA) expires on the 21st December, 2009.  Formal negotiations for the new Agreement cannot begin until three months prior to that date, i.e. 21 September, 2009.  To assist in developing a new Enterprise Bargaining claim the PSA consults widely.

This Forum for Managers of Health Professionals has been called to discuss issues which the PSA may put into the new Enterprise Bargaining claim and submit prior to commencement of formal negotiations.  Issues relating to recruitment and retention of Professionals in Health are important and the PSA values hearing your concerns and welcomes your contributions.

The PSA welcomes non-members to this Forum.

A meeting of all Health Professional members is scheduled for the following week, on Tuesday, 16th June at 12.15pm

Schedule 3 of the Public Sector Salaried Employees Interim Award includes the following Professional groups currently employed in Health:

Audiologists                                 Physical Educators
Art Educators                               Physicist
Biologists                                     Physiotherapists
Clinical Psychologists                    Podiatrists/Chiropodists
Dietitians                                     Social Workers
Epidemiologists                            Psychologists
Forensic Scientists                        Radiation Therapists
Librarians                                     Radiographers
Microbiologists                              Speech Pathologists
Music Therapists                           Sports Scientists
Nuclear Medicine Technologists      Veterinary officers
Occupational Therapists                Veterinary Pathologist
Optometrists                                Veterinary Scientists
Orthoptists                   
Perfusionists
Pharmacists

Medical Scientists have their own Award.  Dentists have an unregistered Industrial Agreement and both have separate salary schedules in the EA.