Health employment directives

Application of Department of Health human resource policies to senior health service employees - HED No. 04/20

Effective date: 28 September 2020
Application: This directive applies to all senior health service employees engaged under the Act and working in Hospital and Health Services and the Department of Health.

• Application of Department of Health human resource policies to senior health service employees - HED No. 04/20 (PDF 172 kB)

Application of directives to employees engaged under certain awards – HED No. 01/18

Effective date: 23 January 2018
Application: This directive applies to specific health service employees** engaged under the Act in HHSs and the Department of Health.

• Application of directives to employees engaged under certain awards - HED No. 01/18 (PDF 205 kB)

** The directives applied in the HED to employees covered by the Nurses and Midwives (Queensland Health) Award - State 2015 applies to the following employees:

• Higher duties - Public Service, Eventide Homes (Nurse Grade 5 and above) and Correctional Health Services
• Locality allowances - Public Service, Eventide Homes, Correctional Health Services and Psychiatric Hospital (Nurse Grade 1 to Nurse Grade 8)

COVID-19 response: Employee accommodation benefits – HED No. 01/20

Effective date: 15 May 2020
Application: This HED applies to hospital and health service employees engaged under the Act and working in Hospital and Health Services and the Department of Health in response to COVID-19.

• COVID-19 response: Employee accommodation benefits - HED No. 01/20 (PDF 192 kB)

Employee COVID-19 vaccination requirements – HED No. 12/21

Effective date: 11 September 2021
Application: This HED applies to all health service employees engaged, and prospective employees to be engaged, under the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 in Hospital and Health Services and Queensland Health (the department).

• Employee COVID-19 vaccination requirements (PDF 242 kB)

Note - associated forms and frequently asked questions are available on Queensland Health Intranet QHEPS.

Employee Entitlements - Australian Medical Assistance Team (AUSMAT) deployments - HED No. 05/21

Effective date: 23 September 2021
Application: This HED applies to health service employees in a Hospital and Health Service and the Department of Health engaged under the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011.

• Employee Entitlements - Australian Medical Assistance Team (AUSMAT) deployments (PDF 171 kB)

Employment framework – COVID-19 Vaccinator (Queensland Government Controlled COVID-19 Vaccination, Tracing and Testing Services) – HED No. 07/21

Effective date: 9 August 2021
Application: This HED applies to all persons engaged as COVID-19 Vaccinators in Hospital and Health Services and the Department of Health (the Department), engaged under the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011.

• Employment framework - COVID-19 Vaccinator (Queensland Government Controlled COVID-19 Vaccination, Tracing and Testing Services) - HED No. 07/21 (PDF 217 kB)

Employment framework – Student COVID-19 Vaccinator (Queensland Government Controlled COVID-19 Vaccination, Tracing and Testing Services) – HED No. 08/21

Effective date: 9 August 2021
Application: This HED applies to all persons engaged as Student COVID-19 Vaccinators in Hospital and Health Services and the Department of Health (the Department), engaged under the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011

• Employment framework - Student COVID-19 Vaccinator (Queensland Government Controlled COVID-19 Vaccination, Tracing and Testing Services) -  HED No. 08/21 (PDF 262 kB)

Employment framework – Students in Medicine (Queensland Government Controlled COVID-19 Vaccination Services) – HED No. 04/21

Effective date: 1 July 2021
Application: This HED applies to all Students in Medicine employees in Hospital and Health Services and the Department of Health, engaged under the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011.

• Employment framework - Students in Medicine (Queensland Government Controlled COVID-19 Vaccination Services) - HED No. 04/21

Medical Officers with Private Practice (MOPP) and Medical Superintendents with Private Practice (MSPP) classification levels – HED No. 06/20

Effective date: 08 October 2020
Application: This HED applies to MOPPs and MSPPs, collectively referred to as Medical Practitioners with Private Practice (MPPPs), engaged under the Act in Hospital and Health Services and the Department of Health.

This HED does not have any impact on, or amend in any way, clause 13 ‘Classifications and minimum salary levels – senior medical officers’ of the Medical Officers’ (Queensland Health) Award – State 2015.

• Medical Officers with Private Practice (MOPP) and Medical Superintendents with Private Practice (MSPP) classification - HED No. 06/20
  (PDF 273 kB)

Recognition of previous service for employees transitioning from Southern Queensland Correctional Centre –  HED No. 01/21

Effective date: 20 April 2021
Application: This directive applies to employees who were employed at Southern Queensland Correctional Centre through an engaged service provider and at the transition date became employed by the Director-General, Queensland Health and engaged under the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011.

• Recognition of previous service for employees transitioning from Southern Queensland Correctional Centre - HED No. 01/21 (PDF 202 kB)

Senior medical officers – Special remuneration arrangements –  HED No. 06/21

Effective date: 6 July 2021
Application: This directive applies to senior medical officer (SMO) employees in Hospital and Health Services (HHSs) and the Department of Health engaged under the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011.

• SMO Special remuneration arrangements -  HED No. 06/21 (PDF 436 kB)

Vaccination requirements for employees in residential aged care facilities during COVID-19 –  HED No. 02/20

• Vaccination requirements for employees in residential aged care facilities during COVID-19 -  HED No. 02/20 (PDF 727 kB)

Vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) requirements –  HED No. 01/16

• Vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) requirements -  HED No. 01/16 (PDF, 248KB)

Additional information

• Health Service Directive: Vaccine Preventable Disease Screening for Contractors, Students and Volunteers (QH-HSD-047:2016) (PDF, 62KB)
• Protocol: Vaccine Preventable Disease Screening for Contractors, Students and Volunteers ((QH-HSD-047-1:2016) (PDF, 70KB)
• Recruitment and Selection HR Policy B1 (QH-POL-212)

Visiting medical officers: Fuel allowance  –  HED No. 02/18

• Visiting medical officer - Fuel allowance Health employment directive  -  HED No. 02/18 (PDF 173 kB)

Visiting medical officers: Professional development allowance  –  HED No. 03/18

• Visiting medical officer - Professional development allowance Health employment directive  -  HED No. 03/18 (PDF 140 kB)

Visiting medical officers: Interim arrangement - Wage increase  –  HED No. 04/18

1. Non-contracted visiting medical officers - employed through a letter of engagement under terms and conditions of employment specified in the letter; or
2. Contract visiting medical officers - employed under continuing common law employment arrangements.

• Visiting medical officers: Interim arrangement - Wage increase Health employment directive  -  HED No. 04/18 (PDF 274 kB)

Visiting medical officers: Employment framework  –  HED No. 05/18

• Visiting medical officers: Employment framework Health employment directive  -  HED No. 05/18 (PDF 217 kB)

Visiting medical officers: Grievance and Dispute Resolution Procedure  –  HED No. 09/21

• Visiting medical officers: Grievance and Dispute Resolution Procedure Health employment directive  -  HED No. 09/21