Common use of Principles of the Partnership Clause in Contracts

Principles of the Partnership. The Employer and APEX acknowledge that they must work cooperatively to achieve their overarching goal of maintaining and advancing a medical workforce which provides high quality healthcare on a sustainable basis to the New Zealand population. The parties agree that they will: • To the extent they are capable, provide appropriate health care to the communities they serve in an efficient and effective manner. • To the extent they are capable, ensure the availability and retention of an appropriate trained and educated workforce both now, and in the future. • Promote the provision of a safe, healthy and supportive work environment. • Recognise the environmental and fiscal pressures which impinge upon the parties and work practices and accept the need to constantly review and improve on productivity, cost effectiveness and the sustainable delivery of high quality health services. • Be good employers and employees. • To the extent they are capable, ensure MIT workforce planning and rostering meets patient and healthcare service requirements, whilst providing sufficient training opportunities and a reasonable work/life balance. • Recognise the interdependence of various elements of the health workforce, their collegiality and the need for a team approach to the delivery of health care. • Accept accountability for actions. • Accept that the need to deploy resources appropriately may lead to a review of traditional job functions and the reallocation or substitution of tasks. • Work towards enhanced job satisfaction for MITs. Oversight and Operationalisation of the Partnership The partnership, and the undertaking of activities required by it, shall be overseen by a committee of 12 members, known as the MIT Action Committee (MITAC). The parties will decide their respective membership with 6 members representing APEX and its membership and 6 representing the Employer on a regional basis drawn from the regional radiology network groups. Districts with APEX representatives on MITAC shall assist delegates with workload management to enable release from duties for attending to or undertaking MITAC work. Any issues that arise can be referred to MITAC for further assistance. MITAC will be chaired by the operational manager who holds the national workforce portfolio related to employees covered by this Collective Agreement. MITAC will action the attached work programme, which may be amended from time to time as agreed. The committee will meet through voice and or video conferencing as required and hold face to face meetings at periods to be agreed but no less frequently than bi-annually. The Employer is required to support the functioning of the MITAC through ensuring parties are able to be released from other duties for this purpose. It is recognised that both parties to the partnership have an interest in promoting the work of the MITAC and will in the first instance seek to agree on the content and form of any communications relating to the work programme and work of the MITAC. As a new initiative it is recognised that it is important to formally review progress. The parties agree to formally do so at the mid-point of the MECA document. The MITAC may develop proposals / projects for the improvement of workforce practices and planning involving Medical Radiation Technologists staff or receive such initiatives from others. Where appropriate, MITAC may arrange trials to validate the benefits that may arise from adoption of the proposal and in the event of a trial which the committee deems successful consider general adoption of the proposal and facilitate such adoption (whilst accepting that may require variation of the Collective Agreement). It is noted that some trials may not be possible without a variation to the Collective Agreement. Such a variation: • Must be recorded in writing; • May only operate for a finite period which does not exceed six months unless otherwise extended by the agreement of the Committee along with affected employees and District; and • On completion of a trial, all terms and conditions shall revert to those applying prior to the trial and any rosters that have been implemented shall be replaced by those that existed prior to the trial. Secretarial services shall be provided by the employers. Process

Principles of the Partnership. The Employer DHBs and APEX acknowledge that they must work cooperatively to achieve their overarching goal of maintaining and advancing a medical workforce which provides high quality healthcare on a sustainable basis to the New Zealand population. The parties agree that they will: • To the extent they are capable, provide appropriate health care to the communities they serve in an efficient and effective manner. • To the extent they are capable, ensure the availability and retention of an appropriate trained and educated workforce both now, and in the future. • Promote the provision of a safe, healthy and supportive work environment. • Recognise the environmental and fiscal pressures which impinge upon the parties and work practices and accept the need to constantly review and improve on productivity, cost effectiveness and the sustainable delivery of high quality health services. • Be good employers and employees. • To the extent they are capable, ensure MIT workforce planning and rostering meets patient and healthcare service requirements, whilst providing sufficient training opportunities and a reasonable work/life balance. • Recognise the interdependence of various elements of the health workforce, their collegiality and the need for a team approach to the delivery of health care. • Accept accountability for actions. • Accept that the need to deploy resources appropriately may lead to a review of traditional job functions and the reallocation or substitution of tasks. • Work towards enhanced job satisfaction for MITs. Oversight and Operationalisation of the Partnership The partnership, and the undertaking of activities required by it, shall be overseen by a committee of 12 members, known as the MIT Action Committee (MITAC). The parties will decide their respective membership with 6 members representing APEX and its membership and 6 representing the Employer DHBs on a regional basis drawn from the regional radiology network groups. Districts DHBs with APEX representatives on MITAC shall assist delegates with workload management to enable release from duties for attending to or undertaking MITAC work. Any issues that arise can be referred to MITAC for further assistance. MITAC XXXXX will be chaired by the operational manager who holds the national workforce portfolio related to employees covered by this Collective AgreementMECA. MITAC will action the attached work programme, which may be amended from time to time as agreed. The committee will meet through voice and or video conferencing as required and hold face to face meetings at periods to be agreed but no less frequently than bi-annually. The Employer is DHBs are required to support the functioning of the MITAC through ensuring parties are able to be released from other duties for this purpose. It is recognised that both parties to the partnership have an interest in promoting the work of the MITAC and will in the first instance seek to agree on the content and form of any communications relating to the work programme and work of the MITAC. As a new initiative it is recognised that it is important to formally review progress. The parties agree to formally do so at the mid-point of the MECA document. The MITAC may develop proposals / projects for the improvement of workforce practices and planning involving Medical Radiation Imaging Technologists staff or receive such initiatives from others. Where appropriate, MITAC may arrange trials to validate the benefits that may arise from adoption of the proposal and in the event of a trial which the committee deems successful consider general adoption of the proposal and facilitate such adoption (whilst accepting that may require variation of the Collective AgreementMECA). It is noted that some trials may not be possible without a variation to the Collective AgreementMECA. Such a variation: • Must be recorded in writing; • May only operate for a finite period which does not exceed six months unless otherwise extended by the agreement of the Committee along with affected employees and DistrictDHBs; and • On completion of a trial, all terms and conditions shall revert to those applying prior to the trial and any rosters that have been implemented shall be replaced by those that existed prior to the trial. Secretarial services shall be provided by the employers. Process