NEWS-HR

A nurse who snooped on patients’ medical records has been censured. Elizabeth Raju was sacked in 2014 after an audit revealed the confidentiality breaches. She has been ordered to pay $26,400 toward the costs of the four-day tribunal hearing.

Baptistcare Inc is facing an s.394 (application for unfair dismissal remedy) from an ex-employee (Wilson).

Tasmania’s Country Women’s Association (CWA) is alarmed by what it says is a shortage of staff and specialised services in the state’s nursing homes.

Inner East Community Health Service is facing an s.372 (application to deal with other contravention disputes) from an ex-employee (Murray).

An application for approval of the SteriHealth NSW Enterprise Agreement 2015 is before Fair Work Commissioner Roberts in Sydney.

Northern Health is jousting with an ex-employee (Carter).

The Department of Human Services is facing an unfair dismissal claim (Maude).

An enrolled nurse has had her registration cancelled after being found guilty of professional misconduct. Cushla Pim has had her nursing registration cancelled after she borrowed money from a mental health patient. Pim received sums from the patient on 24 occasions ranging from $400 up to $2,500 at a time, altogether totalling $16,100.