Health Services Act 1997

A NSW Health Service senior executive is to be employed in the Public Service senior executive band that the employer of the executive considers appropriate for the role of the executive.

In determining the number of NSW Health Service senior executives and the appropriate band in which they are employed, the employer is to apply the applicable work level standards and have regard to any guidance provided by the Public Service Commissioner.

In the case of a local health district or specialty network governed health corporation, the number of NSW Health Service senior executives, the bands in which they are employed and the roles they perform are required to be approved by the Health Secretary.

A NSW Health Service senior executive may, from time to time, be assigned to a role in any division of the NSW Health Service in the band in which the executive is employed.

A NSW Health Service senior executive may be assigned to a role (in the band in which the executive is employed) by the employer of the executive within the relevant division of the NSW Health Service for which the employer exercises employer functions.

A NSW Health Service senior executive employed in a division of the NSW Health Service may, subject to this section, be assigned to a role (in the band in which the executive is employed) by the Health Secretary in another division of the NSW Health Service.

If a NSW Health Service senior executive is assigned to a role in or from a division of the NSW Health Service for which the Health Secretary does not exercise employer functions in relation to the Health Service senior executives employed in that division, the Health Secretary is to consult the person or body that exercises or will exercise employer functions in relation to the executive.

A NSW Health Service senior executive may not be assigned to the role of chief executive of a local health district or specialty network governed health corporation without the concurrence of the board of the local health district or specialty network governed health corporation to which the executive is to be assigned.

A NSW Health Service senior executive may—

be transferred by the Health Secretary to the Public Service of New South Wales and assigned to a role in any Public Service agency in the band in which the executive is employed (with the agreement of the head of that agency), or

be transferred by the Health Secretary to the NSW Police Force and assigned to a role (other than as a police officer) in the band in which the executive is employed (with the agreement of the Commissioner of Police), or

be transferred by the Health Secretary to the Transport Service of New South Wales and assigned to a role in the band in which the executive is employed (with the agreement of the Secretary of the Department of Transport).

If, under subsection (9) or under a corresponding provision of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 or other Act, an executive is transferred to or from a division of the NSW Health Service for which the Health Secretary does not exercise employer functions in relation to the Health Service senior executives employed in that division, the Health Secretary is to consult the person or body that exercises or will exercise employer functions in relation to the executive.

A person may not, under subsection (9) or under a corresponding provision of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 or other Act—

be transferred and assigned to the role of chief executive of a local health district or specialty network governed health corporation without the concurrence of the board of the local health district or specialty network governed health corporation to which the person is transferred, or

in the case of a person who is the chief executive of a local health district or specialty network governed health corporation—be transferred and assigned to another role unless the Health Secretary has consulted the board of the local health district or the specialty network governed health corporation (as the case requires).

NSW Health Service senior executives may be assigned to roles under this section to enable the flexible deployment of staff resources and to develop the capabilities of staff.

A NSW Health Service senior executive is not to be assigned to a different role under this section unless the executive has been consulted. The remuneration payable to the executive is not to be reduced because of the assignment to the different role without the consent of the executive. This subsection extends to a transfer under subsection (9).

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