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Safety
Our Bottom line
You are great people, this is a great company and safety is the most important thing!
Our bottom line is, we want you to go home in the same condition you came to work in… (Unless you were grumpy, and then hopefully you go home cheered up). We don’t want any harm to come to you or others while working with us and we truly care about this.
Participation
Health and Safety is out combined ongoing project as a team. We all want to keep each other and ourselves safe and we do that by participating.
How:
o Regular health and safety team meetings
Each week we have a health and safety meeting to discuss incidents and hazards that have been identified.
o Having a health and safety committee that meets regularly
Want to join the committee? They meet monthly to discuss MindFull's approach to health and safety.
o Regular surveys
We will send out regular surveys to get your feedback and check your understanding on certain health and safety issues. Please participate. o Feedback at reviews
We will request your feedback on how we are doing as a team on health and safety.
Practicing in a way that is safe
o Having an open-door policy
Play the Health and Safety Game
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Site Safety Checks
Identifying and managing risks is essential for our safety and the safety of our team. Please ensure you have completed a site safety check when going to a shift.
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1. First identify what risks are present
2. Note down how you will manage the risk. Either Eliminate, Isolate or Minimise
3. Note down your emergency evacuation plan.
Site Safety checks are on your Connecteam App under forms.
Covid Response
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Covid-19 has now become prevalent in our community and taking precautions is part of daily life. We are all likely to know people who have Covid-19 or have had it. It is also likely that Covid-19 will be present in the workplace. Below is guidance during Phase 3 of the Covid-19 response in the healthcare sector. For more info we recommend downloading the awhina app - click here.
Remember:
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Wear a mask when in public or a healthcare setting
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Wash hands thoroughly and often - Check your handwashing by completing this quick course click here
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Sanitise hands
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Scan in
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Advise us if you are feeling unwell
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If a person you are supporting has Covid-19 you will need to wear a higher level of PPE, wearing this correctly and putting it on and off correctly is essential. More information on this here
RATS test: When you are a close contact Mindfull can assist by getting a Government letter, we will apply for this letter as soon as we are aware and will provide it to you as soon as we receive it back.
More info on this here
Phase 3 Omicron response:
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Cases will be identified via a positive PCR or rapid antigen test (RAT) and will need to isolate for 10 days.
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Household contacts of cases will immediately self-isolate for 10 days at the same time the positive household case is confirmed. They need to get a RAT on day 3 and 10.
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Close Contacts are no longer required to self-isolate, but do need to monitor for symptoms for 10 days and get tested if they become symptomatic.
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These tools below will help you determine what type of contact you may be, and what you should do if you need to isolate.
Further information on isolation is available here: https://covid19.govt.nz/isolation-and-care/
