All residential aged care workers in Tasmania are invited to a special live webinar this Friday 27 August from 11:00am – 12:00pm AEST
This webinar is for Tasmania residential aged care workers to get information about COVID19 vaccines and vaccine safety, find out how to access a priority COVID-19 vaccination and to understand more about mandatory COVID-19 vaccination and how it will be applied from 17 September 2021.
The main purpose of the webinar is to answer questions residential aged care workers might have on COVID-19 vaccination and on the Tasmanian public health order on mandatory COVID-19 vaccination in residential aged care, which was released on 15 August.
The host will be Commonwealth Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Adj. Professor Alison McMillan and panellists include:
- Dr Rhea Psereckis, Public Health Medical Officer, Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC), Department of Health
- Lisa Peterson, Assistant Secretary, Commonwealth Department of Health
- Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation representative TBC
Panellists will cover topics such as:
- why it is so important to get vaccinated against COVID-19
- how workers can access priority Pfizer vaccinations ahead of the 17 September deadline
- how workers will be supported to be vaccinated by their workplace and government
- some of reasons workers might feel hesitant about getting vaccinated and how they can feel more assured
- how mandatory COVID-19 vaccination will apply in the state of Tasmania.
Participants can submit questions to the Aged Care Communication, Vaccine Taskforce any time before the webinar.
Participants can also submit questions during the live webinar, and this can be anonymously if preferred.
All residential aged care facilities are asked to circulate information on the webinar to all workers (including all full time and casual workers, contractors, volunteers engaged by facilities and students on placement) and to encourage attendance – particularly by those who are yet to receive their vaccination.
This is an excellent opportunity for residential aged care workers to have any concerns addressed directly.
Please note the webinar format will enable up to 1000 participants to join the live webinar. The webinar will be recorded and made available on the health.gov.au website.
The details to join the webinar are provided below. You can join on your computer or mobile device or by phone.
When: 11:00am – 12:00pm AEST, Friday 27 August 2021