Managing a practice is complex. To help you navigate the many responsibilities you face as a private practice owner, we’ve put together a comprehensive suite of resources. You’ll find a range of template Employment Contracts for private practice staff. You can download the templates by clicking on the relevant links below. We also provide Employer Quick Links with information on Pre-Employment Documents, Modern Award information, National Employment Standards, and more.
Information on Workers Compensation Rates and Other Useful Links are also provided below.
Our focus is on your practice, so your focus can be on your patients.
About the templates
Please note, these contracts are suitable if each of the following applies to you:
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You operate a private medical practice;
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You will employ the individuals concerned (not engage them as independent contractors);
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The employees you are hiring are nurses, support staff or other award-covered health professionals (not including employed doctors);
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You will employ the employees as wages employees (ie, they won’t be paid an all-encompassing salary but will be paid for time worked).
Please note, each of these contract templates is designed to meet the key requirements of the relevant Modern Awards; however, it is your responsibility to ensure award compliance on a day-to-day basis. Full copies of the relevant Modern Awards can be found on our ‘Employer Quick Links’ below.
Medico-Legal Advice
Our expert team of professional advisors have many years of experience advising medical practitioners on medico-legal matters. Director of Workplace Relations, Dominique Egan has been advising medical practitioners for 20 years.
AMA (NSW) provides advice and assistance with issues including:
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Medical records and privacy
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Consent
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Billing matters – Medicare, Private Health Funds, Workers Compensation and CTP
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Patient complaints
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HCCC, Medical Council of NSW and AHPRA
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Ending the therapeutic relationship
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Subpoenas, court notices and attendances
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Advertising regulations
Contracts
Please click on one of the links below and select the type of contract you need.
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can be downloaded by members after logging in with your username and password. If you have any difficulty logging in, please contact our Workplace Relations team on 02 9439 8822 or via email.
Nurses
For employees who are engaged only ‘as needed’ and who have no expectation of regular or systematic employment in the future
Please note: as a general rule, we recommend employers review all casual arrangements every 3 months, to ensure the employees remain genuinely casual. Failure to do so can increase the legal and practical risks to your business.
For employees who have an expectation of regular and systematic ongoing employment
- NEW Employee Full-time contract (38 ordinary hours per week)
- NEW Employee Part-time contract (less than 38 ordinary hours per week)
- EXISTING Employee Full-time contract (38 ordinary hours per week)
- EXISTING Employee Part-time contract (less than 38 ordinary hours per week)
For employees who are hired for a limited period with an end date, but on the basis either party may terminate sooner by providing notice
- Full-time contract (38 ordinary hours per week)
- Part-time contract (less than 38 ordinary hours per week)
Support staff and health professionals (other than employed doctors)
For employees who have an expectation of regular and systematic ongoing employment
- NEW Employee Full-time contract (38 ordinary hours per week)
- NEW Employee Part-time contract (less than 38 ordinary hours per week)
- EXISTING Employee Full-time contract (38 ordinary hours per week)
- EXISTING Employee Part-time contract (less than 38 ordinary hours per week)
For employees who are hired for a limited period with an end date, but on the basis either party may terminate sooner by providing notice
- Full-time contract (38 ordinary hours per week)
- Part-time contract (less than 38 ordinary hours per week)
For employees who are engaged only ‘as needed’ and who have no expectation of regular or systematic employment in the future.
Please note: as a general rule, we recommend employers review all casual arrangements every 3 months, to ensure the employees remain genuinely casual. Failure to do so can increase the legal and practical risks to your business.
Have questions or need help tailoring the templates?
If you have questions about the templates, or if you would like help to tailor them for non-standard arrangements, our Workplace Relations Team can assist you. Please contact our Workplace Relations team at workplace@amansw.com.au or call 02 9439 8822 (toll free 1800 813 423 outside metropolitan Sydney)
Employer quick links
The links below provide a range of basic information and resources to help members in their capacity as employers or managers of practice staff.
If you have any difficulty accessing any of the information below, please contact our Workplace Relations team on 02 9439 8822 or via email.
- Overview of employee leave entitlements (published by Fair Work Ombudsman)
- Fair Work Ombudsman Leave Calculator (for annual and personal leave under the National Employment Standards)
- Long Service Leave FAQ (published by NSW Department of Industrial Relations)
- Long service leave calculator (published by NSW Department of Industrial Relations)
- Long Service Leave Calculation Request Form
- Fair Work Ombudsman website
- P.A.C.T Pay and Conditions Tool (a leave and entitlements calculator published by the Fair Work Ombudsman)
- Information on payslip and record keeping obligations (published by Fair Work Ombudsman)
- Fair Work Handbook (published by Fair Work Ombudsman)
- Fair Work Act 2009 (via Austlii)
- Fair Work Regulations 2009 (via Austlii)
- Health Professionals and Support Services Award 2020 (HPSSA)
- AMA (NSW) Guide to Minimum Wages – HPSSA – Support Services Staff (1 July 2024)
- AMA (NSW) Guide to Minimum Wages – HPSSA – Health Professionals (1 July 2024)
- Fair Work Ombudsman Pay Guide – HPSSA (1 July 2024)
- Nurses Award 2020
- AMA (NSW) Guide to Minimum Wages – Nurses (1 July 2024)
- Fair Work Ombudsman Pay Guide – Nurses Award 2020 (1 July 2024)
- List of all Modern Awards (published by the Fair Work Commission)
- General Information about the National Employment Standards (published by Fair Work Ombudsman)
- Summary of the National Employment Standards (published by the Fair Work Commission)
- Downloadable index and links to the National Employment Standards (Divisions 1-12 of Part 2-2 of the Fair Work Act 2009 as at 15.11.18)
- At a glance – the different types of employment contract
- Fair Work Information Statement (must be provided to all new employees)
- Casual Employment Information Statement (must be provided to all new casual employees)
- Statement of Service (template only)
- Employment Separation Certificate (published by the Department of Human Services)
- Australian Tax Office website
- PAYG withholding obligations (published by ATO)
- Super for employers (published by ATO)
- Single Touch Payroll reporting obligations (published by ATO)
- Safe Work NSW (Regulator’s website)
- Employer and Business WHS obligations (summary published by Safe Work NSW)
- Code of Practice: How to manage Work Health and Safety risks (published by Safe Work NSW)
- List of codes of practice (published by Safe Work NSW)
Fees and Billings
- Workers Compensation (General Practitioners Rates) – effective 1 November 2024
- Workers Compensation (Telehealth item numbers for medical practitioners) – effective 1 November 2024
- Workers Compensation (Medical Practitioners Fees Order) – effective 1 February 2024
- Workers Compensation (Surgeon and Orthopaedic Surgeon Fees Order) – effective 1 February 2024
- Workers Compensation (Medical Examinations and Reports Fees Order) – effective 1 February 2024
Articles and publications
What you need to know – Claims to consider before termination
Other useful links
Small Business Page (published by Fair Work Ombudsman)
Shutting down over Christmas and New year? (published by Fair Work Ombudsman)
