CLINICAL ACADEMIC Sample Clauses

CLINICAL ACADEMIC. 13.1 For the purpose of this clause, a Clinical Academic is defined as a Senior Medical Practitioner appointed to an academic position at Australian National University Medical School who is also granted clinical privileges at Directorate facilities. 13.2 Where the Directorate chooses to engage a Clinical Academic, he or she will be employed either temporarily or permanently as a specialist or senior specialist on a part-time basis of 0.4 FTE. 14. PROBATION 14.1 Where a person is appointment on probation under the PSM Act, the period of probation will be for six months. 14.2 At the time of an offer of employment on probation, the head of service will inform the person in writing of the period of probation. 14.3 At the time a person is appointed on probation, the head of service will inform the person in writing of the criteria and objectives to be met for the appointment to be confirmed. 14.4 Probation will provide a supportive process for the officer during which mutual evaluation and decisions about permanent appointment can be made. 14.5 There must be at least two formal assessments of an officer, at the two and four month dates, during the probationary period. The head of service must provide the officer with a copy of the assessment report. The officer must be provided with an opportunity to respond within seven working days. If the assessment is sufficiently negative for the supervisor/manage to consider recommending that the head of service terminate the employment, that opinion will be included in the assessment report. 14.6 A decision of the head of service to accept the recommendation to terminate the appointment of an officer on probation, as per subclause 14.5, is excluded from the Internal Review Procedures (Section P) and Appeal Mechanism (Section Q) of this Agreement. 14.7 To avoid doubt, an officer on probation is able to seek a review of the officer’s probation under the Internal Review Procedures, Section P, except in relation to a decision to terminate the officer’s employment.