BOPDHB Checkup February 2016 | Page 21

Turn to your Library for answers Starting a research project? New to study? Looking for journal articles? Your Librarians are here to assist you with your information needs. Visit us: 8.00 - 5.00 Monday to Friday Location: TGA ground floor main hospital extn: 8657 or 5687 WHK Clinical School building extn: 4819 Email: [email protected] Find us on OnePlace Services – Clincal School – Library Keylinks – Library Under the Key Resources menu you will find access to: Databases: Choose the databases you wish to search in. This year’s Influenza vaccination campaign will be starting in the first week of April in Tauranga and Whakatāne. New Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 By Employee Health and Safety Team Manager, Ted Harper. The Health and Safety in Work Act 2015 was approved by Parliament in September last year and will come into effect on 4 April 2016. To ensure the BOPDHB is compliant with the Act, the Employee Health and Safety team is doing the following. • Co-ordinating the review and amendment of health and safety policies and protocols to reflect the new legislated requirements as they affect the BOPDHB. • Providing or arranging any necessary training for the executive team, managers and our employee health and safety representatives to ensure all changes are well understood and effectively implemented. The required health and safety training has been arranged for employee health and safety representatives for March and April. The online health and safety training programmes on the Midlands training website will also be updated for managers and employees. This will be available from 4 April 2016. • Co-ordinating consultation with the unions, employee health and safety representatives and managers on the Employee Health and Safety Participation and Engagement protocol. Reviewing and amending this protocol based on feedback from the consultation process and preparing it for final signoff. • Arranging for a suitable provider to conduct a legal compliance audit of the BOPDHB’s amended health and s Y