VPRS 18179 Nursing Staff Cards [Caloola Training Centre]

Full description

This series consists of Nursing Staff Cards created by the Direct Care nursing administration of the Caloola Training Centre, previously known as the Sunbury Training Centre (VA 2843).

The primary purpose of the record was to record movement or placement of nursing staff in various areas of the training centre and presumably contributed to managing the rostering of staff.

A large proportion of the cards relate to Trainee Intellectual Disability Service Officers (TIDSOs) although the cards are a personnel record rather than a training record.

The cards record the following information:
- Personal identifying information about the staff member including position at Caloola and qualifications.
- Dates commenced and left Caloola with provision for comments and reasons for leaving.
- Training Record for Local Student Nurses / Aides. This provides for recording dates commenced and completed for the three year Mental Retardation Nurse / Intellectual Disability Services Officer training. No assessment information is recorded.
- Work area, types of leave, higher duties and
- Remarks.

Many of the cards include copies of correspondence and other record cards attached. The correspondence relates to matters that effect staff members' employment including their appointment, cessation, qualifications, placement preferences, leave etc.

Cards that are sometimes attached include the primary personnel staff card (the employment history card), and cards that record details of nurse training. Each of these card types may have originally been in other record series.

Researchers should note that a review of this series at the time of transfer determined that the employee listings in this series is incomplete. The agency responsible for these records and Public Record Office Victoria have been unable to determine why this is the case. Employees who have been included in either Government Gazettes or Record Cards of Public Servants (VPRS 9889) do not always appear on the employee list in this series. If you are unable to find an employee who worked at this institution you may wish to refer to Record Cards of Public Servants (VPRS 9889) or Government Gazettes.