What your personal information is:Personal information is any
information or an opinion (whether true or not) about you. It may range from the
very
sensitive (eg. medical history or condition) to the everyday
(eg. address and phone number). It would include the opinions of others about
your work
performance (whether true or not), your work experience and qualifications,
aptitude
test results and other information obtained by us
in connection with your possible work placements.
Who will be collecting your personal information? Your personal information will be collected by Carewisely Nursing Agency and used to assist
us in
determining your suitability for work placements. If you wish to contact us
about your
personal or sensitive information you should
contact us during normal business hours which are 8:30am to 5:30pm.
How your information will be collected:
Personal information will be collected from you directly when you fill out and
submit
one of our registration forms or any other information in connection with your
application to us for registration. Personal information will
also be collected when:
- we receive any reference about you
- we receive the results of any competency or medical test
- we receive performance feedback (whether positive or negative)
- we receive any complaint from or about you in the workplace
- we receive any information about a workplace accident in which you are
involved
- we receive any information about any insurance investigation, litigation,
registration
or professional disciplinary matter, criminal matter,
inquest or inquiry in which you are involved
- you provide us with any additional information about you
Your information will be used:
Your personal information may be used in connection with:
- your actual or possible work placement
- your performance appraisals
- our assessment of your ongoing performance and prospects
- any test or assessment (including medical tests and assessments) that you
might be
required to
undergo
- our identification of your training needs
- any workplace rehabilitation
- our management of any complaint, investigation or inquiry in which you are
involved
- any insurance claim or proposal that requires disclosure of your personal
information
Your personal information may be disclosed to:
- potential and actual employers and clients of Carewisely Nursing Agency
- referees
- other member organizations of the Carewisely Nursing Agency
- our insurers
- a professional association or registration body that has a proper interest in
the
disclosure of your
personal information
- a workers compensation body
- our contractors and suppliers (eg. IT contractors and database designers)
- any person with a lawful entitlement to obtain the information
You can gain access to your personal information that we hold:
Under privacy legislation you have a right to see any personal information about
you
that we may hold. If you are able to establish that any of the information that
we hold
about you is not accurate, complete and up to date
we will take reasonable steps to correct this.
Storage and Security
Carewisely Nursing Agency take all reasonable steps to ensure that
information held in paper or electronic form is secure, and
that it is protected from misuse, loss, unauthorized access,
modification or disclosure. All staff at Carewisely Nursing Agency will take
reasonable steps to ensure that personal information is
only used for recruitment purposes or disclosed to other
organisations to the extent necessary for our business
purposes. When personal information is no longer
required it will be destroyed.
I have read the above and understand that Carewisely Nursing Agency will collect my personal information and use this
in order to represent me to potential and actual
employers and clients for the purposes of finding me
work placements.