Common use of Best Practice Rostering Clause in Contracts

Best Practice Rostering. The parties acknowledge the importance of rostering in enabling RMOs to manage their work/life balance interests and for DHBs to plan and manage the delivery of health services to the public. The NREG will sponsor a project to develop an agreed set of national guidelines on best-practice rostering. The guidelines will recognise the agreed entitlements and requirements around rostering and hours of work as specified in the MECA. The project may, however, recommend areas for further consideration by the parties in terms of these entitlements and requirements. Within the NEG work stream on better rostering practices, the parties are currently identifying those higher risk rosters that require RMOs to be up all night attending to acutely unwell patients when rostered to work seven consecutive night shifts (i.e. not those runs where the RMO is regularly able to sleep during the shift) or other night shift patterns that the RMOs identify as creating higher risk to the RMO and to patient safety as a consequence of RMO fatigue. NEG is currently commissioning research to assist the parties in identifying appropriate risk mitigation strategies. Individual DHBs will be provided with the research and made aware of those rosters NEG identified as higher risk rosters to review and, where appropriate, provide assistance to improve rostering practices and/or implement actions to mitigate/minimise/monitor the risks created by RMO fatigue. Such actions shall be implemented within the term of this collective agreement.

Best Practice Rostering. The parties acknowledge the importance of rostering in enabling RMOs to manage their work/life balance interests and for DHBs to plan and manage the delivery of health services to the public. The NREG will sponsor a project to develop an agreed set of national guidelines on best-practice rostering. The guidelines will recognise the agreed entitlements and requirements around rostering and hours of work as specified in the Agreement MECA. The project may, however, recommend areas for further consideration by the parties in terms of these entitlements and requirements. Within the NEG work stream on better rostering practices, the parties are currently identifying those higher risk rosters that require RMOs to be up all night attending to acutely unwell patients when rostered to work seven consecutive night shifts (i.e. not those runs where the RMO is regularly able to sleep during the shift) or other night shift patterns that the RMOs identify as creating higher risk to the RMO and to patient safety as a consequence of RMO fatigue. NEG is currently commissioning research to assist the parties in identifying appropriate risk mitigation strategies. Individual DHBs will be provided with the research and made aware of those rosters NEG identified as higher risk rosters to review and, where appropriate, provide assistance to improve rostering practices and/or implement actions to mitigate/minimise/monitor the risks created by RMO fatigue. Such actions shall be implemented within the term of this collective agreement.

Best Practice Rostering. The parties acknowledge the importance of rostering in enabling RMOs to manage their work/life balance interests and for DHBs to plan and manage the delivery of health services to the public. The NREG will sponsor a project to develop an agreed set of national guidelines on best-best- practice rostering. The guidelines will recognise the agreed entitlements and requirements around rostering and hours of work as specified in the MECA. The project may, however, recommend areas for further consideration by the parties in terms of these entitlements and requirements. Within the NEG work stream on better rostering practices, the parties are currently identifying those higher risk rosters that require RMOs to be up all night attending to acutely unwell patients when rostered to work seven consecutive night shifts (i.e. not those runs where the RMO is regularly able to sleep during the shift) or other night shift patterns that the RMOs identify as creating higher risk to the RMO and to patient safety as a consequence of RMO fatigue. NEG is currently commissioning research to assist the parties in identifying appropriate risk mitigation strategies. Individual DHBs will be provided with the research and made aware of those rosters NEG identified as higher risk rosters to review and, where appropriate, provide assistance to improve rostering practices and/or implement actions to mitigate/minimise/monitor the risks created by RMO fatigue. Such actions shall be implemented within the term of this collective agreement.