As the COVID-19 situation in Victoria becomes increasingly serious, we will once again take steps to ensure the safety of our employees who may be at higher risk related to COVID-19.
If you are an employee who falls into one of the following categories, you may be considered a higher risk related to COVID-19:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 50 years and older with one or more chronic medical conditions.
- People 65 years and older with chronic medical conditions.
- People 70 years and older.
- People with compromised immune systems.
- Pregnant women >28 weeks gestation
Our aim is to keep employees and patients safe. If you are at higher risk of serious illness if you contract COVID-19, we will need to assess the risk of you continuing to work on-site. Wherever possible, we will try to have people continue to work in some capacity, even if that means temporarily changing role or location or working from home while the risk is present.
What you need to do (if you are a higher risk employee)
If you meet the above criteria and have not submitted a vulnerable employees checklist previously, please complete the checklist and return to COVID19employeeenquiries@monashhealth.org
Vaccination status and re-deployment
If you are a higher risk employee and have not been fully vaccinated and/or two weeks have not passed since your second dose of the COVID-19 vaccination, we will re-deploy you from high-risk areas.
If you are a higher risk employee who has been fully vaccinated, and it has been more than two weeks since your second dose of the COVID-19 vaccination, you will be given the following options:
- Continue to work in your current role.
- The opportunity to be re-deployed.
Severely immunocompromised
If you are an employee who is severely immunocompromised, regardless of vaccination status, please discuss your suitability to undertake patient-facing work with your manager.
If you require further guidance, please contact the Monash Health Employee Hotline on 9594 5815
Approved by Karen Lowe, Executive Director, People and Culture