Public health system awards and conditions
Award conditions, agreements, pay rates and wage calculator
Public Health System Nurses’ and Midwives’ (State) Award 2022 – Wage Calculator 1 July 2024
All nurses employed under Nurses’ (Department of Communities and Justice – Ageing, Disability and Home Care) (State) Award 2019 have now been transferred to the non-government sector as of 1 July 2021. The wage calculators below are dependent on when a nurse was transferred to their new employer.
From 1 July 2023
- For Nurses formerly employed by Dept of FACs who transferred to NGO provider between 30 June 2017 – 1 July 2018
- For Nurses formerly employed by Dept of FACs who transferred to NGO provider between 30 June 2018 – 1 July 2019
- For Nurses formerly employed by Dept of FACs who transferred to NGO provider between 30 June 2019 – 1 July 2020
- For Nurses formerly employed by Dept of FACs who transferred to NGO provider between 30 June 2020 – 1 July 2021
- Central Coast Local Health District
- Far West Local Health District
- Hunter New England Local Health District
- Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District
- Murrumbidgee Local Health District
- Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District
- Northern New South Wales Local Health District
- Northern Sydney Local Health District
- South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
- South Western Sydney Local Health District
- Southern NSW Local Health District – Moruya
- Southern NSW Local Health District – South East Regional Hospital
- Sydney Local Health District
- Western New South Wales Local Health District
- Western Sydney Local Health District
The NSWNMA has produced a spreadsheet that allows members to calculate the number of nursing hours available per week for their ward. It can be downloaded below. The tool enables members to model the impact of the new hours available on staffing on a shift-by-shift basis.
To use the tool you enter the Nursing Hours per Patient Day (NHPPD) that has been negotiated for your ward and the average number of patients. This gives you the number of nursing hours that you are entitled to each week. The NUM, in consultation with nurses working on the ward, can use the tool to allocate nursing hours across the different shifts in the course of the week. The equivalent ratio will also be displayed after the NUM has allocated the nursing hours.
