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4084 - RECRUITMENT - ORANGE HEALTH SERVICE

Donato, Philip to the Minister for Health, Minister for Regional Health, and Minister for the Illawarra and the South Coast

(1) What number of full-time equivalent nursing staff vacancies exist in each Theatres and Emergency Department of the Orange Health Service?

(2) What steps are being undertaken to recruit nursing staff in Orange Health Service’s Theatres and Emergency Department to 100% employment capacity, and eliminate nursing staff fatigue?
Answer -

I'm advised:

(1) Orange Health Service has a full-time equivalent profile of 48.42 nurses for the Emergency Department and 53.08 nurses for Operating Theatres. NSW Health does not centrally hold vacancy figures - where vacancies occur, patient needs are met through a mix of casual engagement and contingent labour until a position is recruited to.

(2) Recruitment is occurring to provide employment capacity. Orange Health Service has a significant casual nursing workforce pool to call upon and overtime is monitored to manage fatigue.

Question asked on 12 November 2024 (session 58-1) and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 84
Answer received on 17 December 2024 and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 92

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