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Urgent Safety Meeting

Dear members, Today the AEAWA met with the senior management team at St John over numerous concerns relating to officer safety. Specifically, the potentiality of introducing stab vests into the service. Multiple members had contacted the AEAWA to open the lines of discussion with St John post the recent death…
Lee Waller
4 May 2023
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Deakin University Well-Being Survey

The AEAWA have been contacted to provide our members a link for a well-being study currently being performed through Deakin University. Although the AEAWA have no partnership or alignment to this current research, the committee strongly supports such research as a method to limit mental health issues within our chosen…
Lee Waller
27 April 2023
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Dispute with SJA

Members, An update to our current “ATM Mentoring Dispute”. In summary AEAWA have been advised by the Director of People Services that St John Ambulance is proceeding to breach our Certified Agreement and utilise Ambulance Transport Medics for an Emergency response. As disappointing as managements decision is it certainly was…
Lee Waller
19 January 2023
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AHPRA Audits

AHPRA Audits Recently many of our members have been audited by AHPRA, and more will be audited over the coming weeks and months. If you currently in this situation or are audited in the future,  please email [email protected] with AUDIT in the subject line. Before you email the AEAWA please…
Lee Waller
15 August 2022
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Overtime Denied

There have been many instances of late were members have contacted the AEAWA after being denied overtime from rosters only to find out that numerous RASO crews have filled the gaps in the roster. The AEAWA Executive have contacted SJA after each of these reported instances, as we believe this…
Lee Waller
16 April 2022
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Victoria Police

The AEAWA wish to extend deepest sympathy and condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the Victorian Police officer who recently lost their life while serving the community. Our thoughts are also with her colleague who is currently in hospital with serious injuries.
Lee Waller
9 April 2022
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Business Continuity Plan Level 2

Many of you will have heard that the organisation has today activated level 2 of it’s ‘Business Continuity Plan’. The AEAWA position is that we DO NOT believe it is warranted to introduce unskilled workers into the ambulance section. The AEAWA are in discussions regarding other options to keep officers…
Lee Waller
21 March 2022
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(Yet) More training/LMS expectations

Today many of you will have received a communication outlining the roll out of ‘major changes’ in relation to CPGs, and the expectation that you will complete an LMS course. This is further evidence of an organisation which has again failed to provide adequate, sorry...failed to provide ANY paid time…
Lee Waller
17 March 2022
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SOPM-1012 – Medication Non Compliance

SOPM-1012 - Medication Non Compliance Today a communication was issued from the organisation which introduces a new SOP regarding 'Medication Non Compliance'. St John were kind enough to let us know they intended to distribute this new policy a full 35 minutes before it was distributed, and again with apparent…
Lee Waller
11 March 2022
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Transfer of Care SOP / LMS courses

Transfer of Care SOP / LMS courses There has been an unfortunate trend towards instructing staff to complete ‘mandatory training’ and online LMS units without allocating any time for this work to be done. The latest examples of this are in relation to the RAT testing procedure and today the…
Lee Waller
10 March 2022
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March 6th – EBA Update

Yesterday afternoon your bargaining representatives met with St John to discuss our claim regarding our proposal to introduce a clause which would define acceptable 'Metropolitan Crew Formation', thereby addressing both AO/AO crewing and safe restrictions on Single Officer clinical duties. Why is this important? The obvious concern here is that…
Lee Waller
6 March 2022
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March 1st EBA Update

The AEAWA negotiation team met with St John WA this morning in compliance with Directions issued by Deputy President Beaumont of the FWC, to conduct a rapid series of negotiation meetings and to either work towards an agreement or to reach final positions. The purpose of these meetings is to…
Lee Waller
1 March 2022
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Managers On Road Dispute

On 21st February (yesterday) the AEAWA formally raised a dispute in relation the a number of breaches of Clause 13 (Managers on Road) of the Ambulance Officers and Paramedics Enterprise Agreement 2018. Clause 13 essentially defines the circumstances that managers can work on road. It outlines how working with a…
Lee Waller
22 February 2022