Head of Department Appointments. (a) A Senior Practitioner may, from time to time, be concurrently appointed as a Head of Department for a term not exceeding the term of the practitioner’s appointment as a senior practitioner. There shall be no automatic right of reappointment as a Head of Department after the end of a term of appointment. If employment as a senior practitioner ends, employment as a Head of Department automatically ends. If employment as a Head of Department ends, employment as a senior practitioner does not automatically end.
(b) A Head of Department shall be remunerated by way of an annual Head of Department Allowance, payable pro rata fortnightly with salary, which continues to be paid during periods of ordinary paid leave but is not counted as part of base salary for the purposes of this Agreement.
(c) The duties of the Head of Department shall be as set out, from time to time, in a job description which shall include the criteria upon which the performance of the Head of Department shall be evaluated.
(d) The terms of appointment of a Head of Department shall delineate the average number of sessions per week in the case of sessional practitioners, or number of hours per week, in the case of full-time and part-time practitioners, allocated to the undertaking of the duties of Head of Department.
(e) An appointment as Head of Department may, at the discretion of either party, be terminated by either the employer or the Head of Department giving to the other 1 months’ notice or in lieu of the giving of the notice, the payment or the forfeiture of payment, as the case may be, of the Head of Department Allowance for that period.
(f) Head of Department Annual Allowance Calculation Number of staff under direct supervision and control 1st pay period on or after 1-Oct-13 1st pay period on or after 1-Oct-14 1st pay period on or after 1-Oct-15 1-4 $8,234 $8,542 $8,841 5-9 $14,637 $15,186 $15,717 10-20 $26,981 $27,993 $28,973 Over 20 $43,448 $45,078 $46,655 or such other amount agreed in writing between the employer and the Head of Department.
(g) A practitioner who is directed by the employer to act as Head of Department and who performs the full duties and has the full responsibility of the role for more than ten consecutive working days, shall be paid the Head of Department Allowance whilst so acting.
(h) For the purpose of sub clause (f), "No. of staff under direct supervision and control" shall mean:
(i) senior practitioners reporting to, and directly performance managed by,...
Head of Department Appointments. (a) A senior practitioner other than a Radiologist may, from time to time, be concurrently appointed as a Head of Department for a term not exceeding the following:
(i) for a permanent senior practitioner – five years; and
(ii) for a senior practitioner employed on a fixed term contract – the duration of the contract of employment, whichever is the lesser term.
(b) There will be no automatic right of reappointment as a Head of Department after the end of a term of appointment. Nothing in this clause, or expressed or implied in a contract of employment, may confer a permanent entitlement to concurrent appointment as a Head of Department. If employment as a senior practitioner ends, employment as a Head of Department automatically ends. If employment as a Head of Department ends, employment as a senior practitioner does not automatically end.
(c) A Head of Department will be remunerated by way of an annual Head of Department Allowance, payable pro rata fortnightly with salary, which continues to be paid during periods of ordinary paid leave but is not counted as part of base salary for the purposes of this Agreement.
(d) The duties of the Head of Department will be as set out, from time to time, in a job description which will include the criteria upon which the performance of the Head of Department will be evaluated.
(e) The terms of appointment of a Head of Department will delineate the average number of sessions per week in the case of sessional practitioners, or number of hours per week, in the case of full-time and part time practitioners, allocated to the undertaking of the duties of Head of Department.
(f) An appointment as Head of Department may, at the discretion of either party, be terminated by either the Employer or the Head of Department giving to the other 1 months’ notice or in lieu of the giving of the notice, the payment or the forfeiture of payment, as the case may be, of the Head of Department Allowance for that period.
