✨ Maternity Services Access Agreement
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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 41 13 APRIL 2007
17 Students
The practitioner shall be responsible for any student accompanying the practitioner in conjunction with a School of Midwifery or a School of Medicine.
18 Availability
(1) The practitioner, or a back-up Lead Maternity Carer, will be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide community or hospital based assessment for urgent problems, other than acute emergencies, in accordance with clause DA6(2) of the Notice.
(2) The practitioner must ensure that the back-up Lead Maternity Carer has a current access agreement with the facilities.
19 Administrative Requirements
The practitioner will meet any reasonable administrative requirements of the facilities to the extent necessary to enable the facilities to run an efficient and co-ordinated service.
20 Contact Details
The practitioner shall notify the facilities of any changes in their contact details.
Obligations of the facility
21 Health and Safety
The facilities will comply with their obligations under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, including taking all practicable steps to ensure that no hazard in or arising in the facilities harms a practitioner working on the premises, and warning practitioners of significant hazards in the facilities that would not normally be expected to arise in that type of place or work.
22 Orientation
The facility shall provide the practitioner with an orientation to its facility at a time mutually agreeable to both parties.
23 Education forums
Where a practitioner provides care that includes any one of the procedures listed below (and in clause 14 of this access agreement), where the facilities provides access to educational courses or forums to its employees, the facilities will make available to the practitioner these updates and refresher courses;
(a) management of women with epidurals;
(b) management of women requiring induction and augmentation;
(c) management of women requiring instrumental vaginal deliveries; or
(d) interpretation of CTGs.
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NZ Gazette 2007, No 41
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