SESSIONAL PRACTITIONERS. (1) Sessional practitioners are part-time employees appointed for a specified number of sessions per week and are rostered accordingly.
(a) One session is equal to one tenth of a full-time professional commitment and can be a continuous working period or be made up of any combination of part sessions.
(b) Sessions shall usually be worked on Monday to Friday between 8:00am and 6:00pm, but subject to the convenience of the practitioner and with the approval of the employer, a session or part of a session may be worked outside these hours without shift or weekend penalties applying. However, if a sessional practitioner is rostered to work sessions outside of those specified in this subclause, the shift or weekend penalties prescribed in Clause 32 – Shift Weekend and Public Holiday Penalties, shall apply.
(3) The employer shall not vary the number of sessions a practitioner is contracted to perform without the consent of the practitioner.
(4) A practitioner shall not be engaged for more than 5 sessions per week in the WA Public Sector without the prior approval of the Director General of Health.
(5) A sessional practitioner shall, unless otherwise indicated, receive on a pro rata basis the same pay and conditions as a full time practitioner.
(6) The base sessional rate is derived by dividing the prescribed annual salary by 52.1666 and dividing the product by 10.
SESSIONAL PRACTITIONERS.
(1) A session shall be the time spent by the practitioner in attending public inpatients and outpatients and in teaching, research and other duties required by the Employer. A session can be a continuous working period or be made up of any combinations of part sessions.
(2) Sessions shall usually be worked on Monday to Friday between 8.00am and 6.00pm but subject to the convenience of the practitioner and with the approval of the Employer, a session or part of a session may be worked outside these hours without shift or weekend penalties applying. However, if a sessional practitioner agrees to the Employer’s request to work sessions outside of those specified in this subclause, the shift or weekend penalties prescribed in Clause 28 – Shift Weekend and Public Holiday Penalties shall apply.
(3) The Employer shall not vary the number of sessions a practitioner is contracted to perform without the consent of the practitioner. Allocation of sessions shall be the responsibility of the Employer after receiving appropriate clinical input.
(4) Limit on Number of Sessions.
(a) A practitioner shall not be allocated more than 7 sessions per week, however:
(i) to meet short term exigencies within the hospital, the Employer may approve additional sessions for a practitioner for a period not exceeding 3 months;
(ii) a practitioner may be allocated extra sessions or extended sessions if operational efficiencies can be achieved and if the total number of sessions in any year does not exceed an average of 7 sessions per week.
(b) If the practitioner is employed at more than one hospital covered by this Agreement, the aggregate of the sessions allocated in all hospitals shall be limited by the provisions of this subclause.
SESSIONAL PRACTITIONERS. (1) Sessional practitioners are part-time practitioners appointed for a specified number of sessions per week and are rostered accordingly.
(a) One session is equal to one tenth of a full-time professional commitment and can be a continuous working period or be made up of any combination of part sessions.
(b) Sessions will usually be worked on Monday to Friday between 8:00am and 6:00pm, but subject to the convenience of the practitioner and with the approval of the Employer, a session or part of a session may be worked outside these hours without shift or weekend penalties applying. However, if a sessional practitioner is rostered to work sessions outside of those specified in this subclause, the shift or weekend penalties prescribed in Clause 32 – Shift Weekend and Public Holiday Penalties, will apply.
(3) The Employer will not vary the number of sessions a practitioner is contracted to perform without the written agreement of the practitioner.
(4) A practitioner will not be engaged for a total of more than 5 sessions per week across any of the Employers in the WA Health System without the prior approval of the relevant Chief Executive of the Employers.
(5) A sessional practitioner shall, unless otherwise indicated, receive on a pro rata basis the same pay and conditions as a full time practitioner.
(a) The base sessional rate is derived by dividing the prescribed annual salary by 52.1666 and dividing the product by 10.
(b) The base sessional rate paid to a sessional practitioner is derived from the:
(i) Arrangement A Salary for practitioners who exercise private practice rights under Arrangement A; or
(ii) Arrangement B Salary for practitioners who exercise private practice rights under Arrangement B.
SESSIONAL PRACTITIONERS.
(1) A session shall be the time spent by the practitioner in attending public inpatients and outpatients and in teaching, research and other duties required by the Employer. A session can be a continuous working period or be made up of any combinations of part sessions.
(2) Sessions shall usually be worked on Monday to Friday between 8.00am and 6.00pm but subject to the convenience of the practitioner and with the approval of the Employer, a session or part of a session may be worked outside these hours without shift or weekend penalties applying. However, if a sessional practitioner agrees to the Employer’s request to work sessions outside of those specified in this subclause, the shift or weekend penalties prescribed in Clause 28 – Shift Weekend and Public Holiday Penalties shall apply.
(3) The Employer shall not vary the number of sessions a practitioner is contracted to perform without the consent of the practitioner. Allocation of sessions shall be the responsibility of the Employer after receiving appropriate clinical input.
