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Hi Melissa,
In the organisations I have worked in, in Victoria, the issue has been addressed by ensuring organisational IPC policy and procedure reflect best practise for the staff who were already employed when these issues arose.
Staff were given the opportunity to follow organisational process and remain employed and if not, whilst it was respectfully understood, employment in the care environment could not continue. If appropriate and feasible, these staff were offered opportunities in support services away from the care environment (i.e. head office). The initial outcome for implementing this, wasn’t as negative as expected and was relative to projected workforce turnover.
We then turned our focus toward the recruitment and interview process to ensure expectations regarding PPE (and vaccination) compliance was addressed prior to onboarding. Then contracts and position descriptions were amended to explicitly list the inherent requirements of each position. Both the position description and contract are then required to be signed off by the recruit.
Happy to share experiences further via phone.
Kind Regards
Tanya McPharlane
Quality & Compliance Manager
Mt Eliza Gardens Aged Care
235 Canadian Bay Road, Mt Eliza, Vic. 3930
T: 03 8001 8000
M: 0459 635 694