I should be fired for the same reasons I love my job
1. I work for the Government
2. I am a registered nurse and as such my wages normally would be around the $68,000 per annum mark.
3. However, I am not employed as a registered nurse but due to regulations within the government/health services system, I must be payed at ny substantive position.
4. As I was employed as night supervisor of the facility for more than 3 consecutive years (9 years), I am entitled to and receive income maintenance for that level of supervision. This equates to roughly $9,500 per annum as I do not receive it while on annual leave.
5. I am employed as a disability services worker (pleb) and would usually receive an annual income of about $32,000 but due to point 3. I receive the income in point 2. as well as the income maintenance in point 4.
6. Due to the nature of the industry and low wages for base rate staff, there is always a severe staff shortage and therefore overtime is always available. Due to my experience in this field and specifically "management of clients who present with challenging behaviours (violent loonies)" I am highly sought after. The overtime rate is an additional 100% and 150% on weekends + night loading. Example: a 12 hour shift on a 1 to 1 basis, usually in a hotel is worth about $1300 due to points 2. 3. 4. and 5.
7. I would usually work more than 10 overtime shifts per year.
8. My roster over a fortnight is 7 nights on 7 nights off (2 on 2 off), These shifts are 12 hours so I work 84 hours per fortnight. In this country there is a mandatory 38 week, so therefore i work 8 hours compulsory overtime each fortnight. As it is compulsory, I have the option of being paid it at a 150% loading or having a week off every six weeks.
9. I am entitled to 10 weeks paid annual leave per year.
10. I am entitled to 3 weeks paid long service leave per year (I am now in my 32nd year).
To put this in perspective: in the last financial year (1-7-06 to 30-6-07), I worked 64 nights. For my efforts I received wages of $87443.22, as well as $6800 profit from computer work. This equates to $1472 per shift.
11. I work with one lady looking after 24 mildly disabled people who basically can look after themselves. My workload is less than 1 hour from 7pm start to dispense medication and another 20 min medication round at 6am plus one 5 min check round at 1 am. As from January 2008, I will be looking after 5 of these people, thus considerably reducing my workload, in a brand new purpose built house in the community but retaining ALL of the pay and conditions described above.
12. As I only actually work less than 2 out of the 12 hours I am rostered on, I am able to do my second job at work, which is building and upgrading computers.
13. My supervisor, whom I have had a sexual relationship with in the past, is currently having an affair with the lady I work with (both are married with children). So as to give them some privacy, generally I would sleep at the other end of the ward from at least 1am to 6am.
14. The nursing industry, generally, in this country has a gender ratio of 65% female to 35% male (a good 15% of the male being homosexual). Added to this the fact that nurses are one of the primary groups of drug abusers in any given population, as well they also tend to be more sexually adventurous than the general population. Therefore there exists a more than sporting chance that sexual encounters are available when required.
15. There are several other benefits, especially due to being a government run facility with minimally checked, improper ordering of foodstuffs, toiletries etc. I have not bought, milk, shampoo, cereal, cheese, fruit, razors, stationery items etc for many years. Free very fast broadband connection plus myriad drugs if required.

From January 2008 I will consider myself in semi retirement yet still receive an almost 6 figure salry.


Sometimes I almost feel guilty, almost.
(wallynothere rnot without protection, Sat 11 Aug 2007, 10:57, Reply)