New role to boost public health workforce
Source: Western Australia. Minister for Health. Media Release
"A new role has been created in Western Australia’s public health system which will train and place more than 125 Assistants in Nursing in public hospitals by the end of the year. Health Minister Jim McGinty said 34 trainees had already started the course and were receiving on-the-job training at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Fremantle Hospital and Bentley Mental Health Service. “Assistants in Nursing will provide vital support to the nursing workforce and public health system by helping with patient meals and bathing, making beds and a wide variety of other duties,” Mr McGinty said. "