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Te Whatu Ora

Te Whatu Ora

The Te Whatu Ora/NZNO Collective Agreement covers Te Whatu Ora employees who are members of NZNO and are employed by Te Whatu Ora in the roles listed as follows or hold a nursing and midwifery position and is required by the employer to be a qualified health professional: Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Registered Midwives, Enrolled Nurses, Registered Obstetric Nurses, Karitane Nurses, Health Care Assistants/ Hospital Aides.
PHC MECA

PHC MECA

The Primary Health Care Multi Employer Collective Agreement (PHC MECA) covers around 3500 NZNO members including: registered nurses, practice nurses, midwives, enrolled nurses, health care assistants, medical receptionists and administrators.
Age Safe

Age Safe

Age Safe is about improving the quality and safety of aged care in Aotearoa, New Zealand. The Age Safe campaign addresses the issues caused by chronic understaffing in aged care facilities, which impacts both care workers and kaumatua/residents.
Pay Equity

Pay Equity

Low-paid women across health-care, education and many other sectors were devastated on 8 May, after Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke Van Velden announced the Government was halting all current pay equity claims — and making it harder to lodge new ones.
Take action for safe staffing

Take action for safe staffing

  1. Make sure staffing shortages are documented. Use the escalation pathway relevant to your worksite to formally report staffing shortages.
  2. Get your workmates involved.
  3. Contact your organiser if you need support.
  4. Get your workmates together to create, take a photo and share your #thenurseweneed.
Holidays act remediation

Holidays act remediation

An updated remediation schedule has been received from Te Whatu Ora, with further delays for members in some Districts. We have contacted Te Whatu Ora for an explanation but have yet to receive a response. We will keep you updated as we learn more.

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NZNO acknowledges departing Chief Nursing Officer

New Zealand Nurses Organisation media release, 3 September 2020

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is sad to see the departure of Margareth Broodkoorn as the Ministry of Health’s Chief Nursing Officer, and wishes her well in her new role as CEO of the Hokianga Health Community Trust.

NZNO Chief Executive Memo Musa says Ms Broodkoorn, believed to be the first Chief Nursing Officer of Māori descent, brought a true cultural understanding towards strengthening nursing workforce planning, supporting advances in nursing practice and models of care – and she had the urgency to further drive the safe staffing agenda.

“Within her time in the role I have really admired this approach, and it was a pleasure to work with someone so dedicated to the wellbeing of the nursing workforce.

“There are many challenges facing the nursing profession. She recognised this, and the many view points from across the nursing profession. And while we did not always agree on everything she showed leadership commitment to work together to face challenges.

“In particular I acknowledge her role as leader of the Nursing Accord Co-ordination Group, and her infection prevention and control work, especially the use of PPE across the health and disability system. She was also key in assisting the sector to gain 100 percent employment of new nursing graduates, and a champion of the Enrolled Nurse-Supported-into Practice Programme with funding being approved in Budget 2019 to support implementation of these key initiatives.”

Mr Musa said NZNO worked closely with Ms Broodkoorn on a number of issues including planning and celebration for 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife and on collating Aotearoa New Zealand information for the World Health Organizations’s State of the World Nursing Report.

“I will miss working with Ms Broodkoorn and, as an organisation, NZNO will miss her as a strong advocate for nursing. We wish her all the best in her next endeavours.”

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Media inquiries: Rob Zorn, NZNO Media and Communications Advisor: 027 431 2617.