5Probation period

5 Probation period

5 Probation period

(cf rule 5 GSE (General) Rules 2014)

(1) The employer of a Health executive may determine that the engagement of the executive in ongoing employment in the NSW Health Service for the first time or following the cessation of any previous employment in the NSW Health Service is subject to the condition that the executive is required:

(a) to serve a period of probation on commencing the executive’s employment, and

(b) to satisfy the requirements for the executive role to which the executive is assigned during that period of probation.

(2) Any such period of probation is to be no more than 3 months.

(3) If a Health executive is required to serve a period of probation, the employer may, at any time during or at the end of the probation period:

(a) confirm the executive’s employment, or

(b) terminate the executive’s employment under section 121H of the Health Services Act 1997.