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From: Anon
Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,
This request is for ACC's HR Department.
Please provide me with a copies of all of ACC's general employment contracts for the following roles:
• Clinical Advisor, Clinical Services
• Psychology Advisor, Clinical Services
• Medical Advisor, Clinical Services
• Principal Clinical Advisor, Clinical Services
• Clinical Advice Manager, Clinical Services
• Chief Clinical Officer, Health Partnerships
• Manager Strategic Clinical Advice and Governance, Health Partnerships
• Strategic Clinical Advisor, Health Partnerships (including Strategic Clinical Adv
• Specialist Cover Assessors
• Cover Assessors
Please include, with the contract information, specific requirements for continuity of employment, such as maintenance of particular qualifications or continued education.
If any of these roles do not have standard contracts, and are individual specific, please provide the content that is general to each employee in that particular role, which would include the specific requirements for continued employment, such as as maintenance of particular qualifications or continued education.
The roles I've listed all require the employee to have a current registration as a health provider at the date of commencement of employment. For each of the listed roles, please provide the following information:
(1) Why the role requires current registration as a health provider at the date of commencement of employment.
(2) Whether or not the role requires ongoing registration as a health provider during the duration of employment within that role.
(3) If the role does not require ongoing registration as a health provider during the duration of employment (in order to keep ones job),
(a) the conditions that an employee must meet to no longer be required to maintain registration as a health provider; and
(b) the reasons for the exception to the requirement to maintain registration as a health provider, when it was necessary to commence employment and all newly hired employees must meet registration requirements.
I'm concerned about the appearance of double standards or unfair employment practices.
For example, if Dr X is hired as an ACC Medical Advisor, which requires current registration as a physician and a current practising certificate issued by MCNZ, then it seems to me that if Dr X no longer is registered, or no longer is permitted to practice medicine in NZ (for what ever reason, like inappropriate contact with a patient), then it seems to me that Dr X should no longer be employed as an ACC Medical Advisor because they do not meet the requirements that were required upon employment.
If Nurse Y was hired to be a Specialist Cover Assessor, but Nurse Y is no longer registration as a nurse with NCNZ, then it seems to me that Nurse Y should no longer be employed as an ACC Specialist Cover Assessor because Nurse Y does not meet the requirements of employment.
This would hold for any role in which registration was an initial requirement for employment. If any employee cannot maintain registration as a health provider, then they should not be able to maintain employment within the role that required registration in the first instance.
Thank you.
An
From: Anon
Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,
To be clear, I also seek the same information for contracted external clinical/medical advisors (s 62 of the Act).
Thanks,
An
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Accident Compensation Corporation
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From: Anon
Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,
To clarify the reason of my request, the OIA team has provided contradictory statements regarding the qualifications of Cover Asessors.
In GOV-004700 ACC stated:
When ACC receives an ECA’s advice in relation to a Treatment Injury claim, it is assessed by a Treatment Injury Cover Specialist (TICS), who is a registered health professional.
In GOV- GOV-029599, ACC stated:
Specialist Cover Assessors in Claims Assessment require registration (including a current annual practising certificate) on employment. However, if the work their role entails does not meet the ongoing requirements of their registration body, they are unable to renew or maintain their certificates and are not required to do so.
SCA's are Treatment Injury Cover Specialist (TICS) and their work is to assess Complex Claims, including Treatment injury Claims. Thus, ACC has made a contradictory statement when they state that SCA's are both registered and non-registered health professionals. This needs to be resolved by HR.
Thanks,
An
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