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Urgent Safety Meeting

Dear members, Today the AEAWA met with the senior management team at St John over numerous concerns relating to officer safety. Specifically, the potentiality of introducing stab vests into the service. Multiple members had contacted the AEAWA to open the lines of discussion with St John post the recent death…

Lee Waller4 May 2023

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Deakin University Well-Being Survey

The AEAWA have been contacted to provide our members a link for a well-being study currently being performed through Deakin University. Although the AEAWA have no partnership or alignment to this current research, the committee strongly supports such research as a method to limit mental health issues within our chosen…

Lee Waller27 April 2023

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To our colleagues in NSW

The AEAWA and its membership are shocked and saddened at the horrific events that took place in Sydney today. All officers deserve to return home safely to their families after shift, and events such as this often bring to the forefront the dangers of doing the job we love. There…

Lee Waller14 April 2023

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Dispute with SJA

Members, An update to our current “ATM Mentoring Dispute”. In summary AEAWA have been advised by the Director of People Services that St John Ambulance is proceeding to breach our Certified Agreement and utilise Ambulance Transport Medics for an Emergency response. As disappointing as managements decision is it certainly was…

Lee Waller19 January 2023

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AHPRA Audits

AHPRA Audits Recently many of our members have been audited by AHPRA, and more will be audited over the coming weeks and months. If you currently in this situation or are audited in the future, please email [email protected] with AUDIT in the subject line. Before you email the AEAWA please…

Lee Waller15 August 2022

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AEAWA Committee Nominations

Nominations for the AEAWA Committee The applications close this Friday (18/08/2022). Please download and submit a Committee Nomination Form and send it to the following email address. Click here for the Paramedics/Paramedic Interns and Ambulance Officers application form; please send to [email protected] Click here for the Communications Officers and Operational…

Lee Waller10 August 2022

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Vote on the new Enterprise Agreement

Dear Members We are writing to advise that shortly you will be asked to vote on the new Enterprise Agreement which will govern your wages and conditions for the next 2 years (as one has passed since we began negotiations). In addition to back pay already received the next increment…

Lee Waller13 June 2022

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The Channel 9 Statement – “there will be no ramping this weekend”.

The Channel 9 Statement – “there will be no ramping this weekend”. It has been brought to our attention that Channel 9 are reporting that a meeting occurred between the St John Executive and Senior Health Department officials late yesterday afternoon. Apparently, what is being stated is that there will…

Lee Waller21 May 2022

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The Cultural Survey is Coming!

Tomorrow, all St John employees and volunteers will receive an email from the CEO containing a link to the 2022 Culture Survey. This email follows a campaign by the AEAWA which sought to encourage St John to continue running regular Culture Surveys. Our campaign included the running of our own…

Lee Waller26 April 2022

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Lest We Forget!

Lee Waller25 April 2022

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Overtime Denied

There have been many instances of late were members have contacted the AEAWA after being denied overtime from rosters only to find out that numerous RASO crews have filled the gaps in the roster. The AEAWA Executive have contacted SJA after each of these reported instances, as we believe this…

Lee Waller16 April 2022

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Victoria Police

The AEAWA wish to extend deepest sympathy and condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the Victorian Police officer who recently lost their life while serving the community. Our thoughts are also with her colleague who is currently in hospital with serious injuries.

Lee Waller9 April 2022

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ummm no…. this is not allowed!

We’ll be raising a breach as access to Special Leave is protected under our Certified Agreement. Please contact us if you have an application declined due to this.

Lee Waller7 April 2022

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Business Continuity Plan Level 2

Many of you will have heard that the organisation has today activated level 2 of it’s ‘Business Continuity Plan’. The AEAWA position is that we DO NOT believe it is warranted to introduce unskilled workers into the ambulance section. The AEAWA are in discussions regarding other options to keep officers…

Lee Waller21 March 2022

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(Yet) More training/LMS expectations

Today many of you will have received a communication outlining the roll out of ‘major changes’ in relation to CPGs, and the expectation that you will complete an LMS course. This is further evidence of an organisation which has again failed to provide adequate, sorry...failed to provide ANY paid time…

Lee Waller17 March 2022

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SOPM-1012 – Medication Non Compliance

SOPM-1012 - Medication Non Compliance Today a communication was issued from the organisation which introduces a new SOP regarding 'Medication Non Compliance'. St John were kind enough to let us know they intended to distribute this new policy a full 35 minutes before it was distributed, and again with apparent…

Lee Waller11 March 2022

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Transfer of Care SOP / LMS courses

Transfer of Care SOP / LMS courses There has been an unfortunate trend towards instructing staff to complete ‘mandatory training’ and online LMS units without allocating any time for this work to be done. The latest examples of this are in relation to the RAT testing procedure and today the…

Lee Waller10 March 2022

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March 6th – EBA Update

Yesterday afternoon your bargaining representatives met with St John to discuss our claim regarding our proposal to introduce a clause which would define acceptable 'Metropolitan Crew Formation', thereby addressing both AO/AO crewing and safe restrictions on Single Officer clinical duties. Why is this important? The obvious concern here is that…

Lee Waller6 March 2022

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March 1st EBA Update

The AEAWA negotiation team met with St John WA this morning in compliance with Directions issued by Deputy President Beaumont of the FWC, to conduct a rapid series of negotiation meetings and to either work towards an agreement or to reach final positions. The purpose of these meetings is to…

Lee Waller1 March 2022

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Managers On Road Dispute

On 21st February (yesterday) the AEAWA formally raised a dispute in relation the a number of breaches of Clause 13 (Managers on Road) of the Ambulance Officers and Paramedics Enterprise Agreement 2018. Clause 13 essentially defines the circumstances that managers can work on road. It outlines how working with a…

Lee Waller22 February 2022

Welcome to the AEAWA News

Urgent Safety Meeting

Deakin University Well-Being Survey

To our colleagues in NSW

Dispute with SJA

AHPRA Audits

AEAWA Committee Nominations

Vote on the new Enterprise Agreement

The Channel 9 Statement – “there will be no ramping this weekend”.

The Cultural Survey is Coming!

Lest We Forget!

Overtime Denied

Victoria Police

ummm no…. this is not allowed!

Business Continuity Plan Level 2

(Yet) More training/LMS expectations

SOPM-1012 – Medication Non Compliance

Transfer of Care SOP / LMS courses

March 6th – EBA Update

March 1st EBA Update

Managers On Road Dispute

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