"The real trauma will come once it's all over" - Nurse Shaye Candish, Assistant General Secretary of the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA).

Nurses are working in some of the toughest conditions thanks to Covid-19.

Demaning hours, full personal protective equipement for entire shifts that makes it hard to even have a sip of water, the emotional handholding of patients that can't be visited by their family and the personal toll outside of the job.

In two parts this episode; the frontline from nurse Steven Zorgios working in southern and western Sydney makes the experience real with his stories of day in day out conditions in the hospital, then Shaye Candish at the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association dives into the content of the calls they receive from their members.

 

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Vaccinations are Australia’s pathway out of lockdowns - Australianunions.org.au/getvaxxed

 

Need help with working conditions?

Call Australian Union Support Centre - 1300 486 466

 

About the hosts

Sally Rugg, Executive director at Change.org Australia - @sallyrugg

Francis Leach, ACTU - @SaintFrankly

 

*On the Job is made by Australian Unions.

"The real trauma will come once it's all over" - Nurse Shaye Candish, Assistant General Secretary of the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives&rsquo; Association (NSWNMA).
Nurses are working in some of the toughest conditions thanks to Covid-19.
Demaning hours, full personal protective equipement for entire shifts that makes it hard to even have a sip of water, the emotional handholding of patients that can't be visited by their family and the personal toll outside of the job.
In two parts this episode; the frontline from nurse Steven Zorgios working in southern and western Sydney makes the experience real with his stories of day in day out conditions in the hospital, then Shaye Candish at the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives&rsquo; Association dives into the content of the calls they receive from their members.
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More - <a href="https://www.onthejobpodcast.com.au/">www.onthejobpodcast.com.au</a>
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Vaccinations are Australia&rsquo;s pathway out of lockdowns - <a href="http://australianunions.org.au/getvaxxed">Australianunions.org.au/getvaxxed</a>
&nbsp;
Need help with working conditions?
Call <a href="https://actuonline.nationbuilder.com/">Australian Union Support Centre</a> - <a href="tel:1300486466">1300 486 466</a>
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About the hosts
Sally Rugg, Executive director at Change.org Australia - <a href="https://twitter.com/sallyrugg">@sallyrugg</a>
Francis Leach, ACTU -&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/SaintFrankly">@SaintFrankly</a>
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*On the Job is made by <a href="https://www.australianunions.org.au/">Australian Unions</a>.

The way we work, how work is changing, how it used to be and what it might look like in the future.

It’s about who we work with, and who we work for.

It’s a discussion about the conditions in which we work and the demands of a job.

It’s talking about how it can be the best thing in our lives and also the worst.

Work can give us meaning and satisfaction, it can be the most challenging thing we’ve ever done and the most soul destroying days of our lives.

And that can all be in the same week!

Above all, we want to talk about work in a way that helps make work better for everyone
who listens.

Authorised by Sally McManus, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Melbourne.

The way we work, how work is changing, how it used to be and what it might look like in the future.
It&rsquo;s about who we work with, and who we work for.
It&rsquo;s a discussion about the conditions in which we work and the demands of a job.
It&rsquo;s talking about how it can be the best thing in our lives and also the worst.
Work can give us meaning and satisfaction, it can be the most challenging thing we&rsquo;ve ever done and the most soul destroying days of our lives.
And that can all be in the same week!
Above all, we want to talk about work in a way that helps make work better for everyone who listens. Authorised by Sally McManus, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Melbourne.

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On The Job

The way we work, how work is changing, how it used to be and what it might look like in the future.

It’s about who we work with, and who we work for.

It’s a discussion about the conditions in which we work and the demands of a job.

It’s talking about how it can be the best thing in our lives and also the worst.

Work can give us meaning and satisfaction, it can be the most challenging thing we’ve ever done and the most soul destroying days of our lives.

And that can all be in the same week!

Above all, we want to talk about work in a way that helps make work better for everyone
who listens.

The way we work, how work is changing, how it used to be and what it might look like in the future.
It&rsquo;s about who we work with, and who we work for.
It&rsquo;s a discussion about the conditions in which we work and the demands of a job.
It&rsquo;s talking about how it can be the best thing in our lives and also the worst.
Work can give us meaning and satisfaction, it can be the most challenging thing we&rsquo;ve ever done and the most soul destroying days of our lives.
And that can all be in the same week!
Above all, we want to talk about work in a way that helps make work better for everyone who listens.

"I just feels like this isn't going to end" - Steven Zorgios, registered nurse working in west and south west Sydney

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