MHR Newsletter - October 2021

NEWSLETTER TOPICS

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1. A special note of thanks to an A-Team of note
2. Building resilience
3. CPG training - Emergency Medical Services (EMS) panel members
4. Renewal of SANC licences for 2022
5. Permanent career opportunities at MHR clients
6. COVID-19 vaccination information
7. Remember to update your MHR profile
8. Protection of personal information
9. Email addresses for administration and payment-related enquiries
   
10. Bravo for brilliance

2. BUILDING RESILIENCE

We all face different kinds of challenges, changes and personal crises and require ways to handle these situations, especially within the COVID-19 pandemic. With October designated as Mental Health Awareness Month and 10 October 2021 as World Mental Health Day, we encourage you to take time to assess how you are feeling and what your needs may be to improve your mental health. Reaching out for support is a crucial step in self-care. We hereby wish to share, once again, the following national helplines that are available for support:

• Lifeline: www.lifelinesa.co.za / 0861 322 322 
• South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) Helpline: www.sadag.org / 011 234 4857 (8am – 8pm) or 0800 456 789 (24 hours)
• Healthcare Workers Care Network Helpline: www.healthcareworkerscarenetwork.org.za / 0800 21 21 21 / SMS: 43001

Remember to visit our Courage, Care and Compassion platform for tools to maintain your wellbeing and build resilience. Click on this Courage.Care.Compassion link to access the platform. 

You are important to us!

3. CPG TRAINING - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) PANEL MEMBERS

All EMS panel members (excluding permanent ER24 employees) must please send their Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) certificates of completion to Antionette Delport (antionette.delport@mhr.co.za) before Friday, 31 December 2021, to prevent temporary deactivation of your profile on our system.

Thank you to the EMS panel members who have already submitted their certificates of completion.

Panel members who have not yet submitted a certificate of completion received an invitation from MHR via email to complete the CPG training on the MHR Moodle e-learning platform. If you received an invitation, we recommend that you start as soon as possible to complete the training before the deadline of 31 December 2021. The course consists of theoretical and practical components.

You are welcome to send an email to moodlesupport@mhr.co.za should you have any questions or require assistance in completing the course.

4. RENEWAL OF SANC LICENCES FOR 2022

MHR urges all nursing panel members to please renew their South African Nursing Council (SANC) Annual Practicing Certificate as soon as possible, at least a week before the deadline on Friday, 31 December 2021. This will allow SANC enough time to update your licence details before the deadline. Kindly submit a copy of your renewed licence to your local MHR office, or email a copy to your region’s admin email address below:

• Central Region (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Cape): admin.central@mhr.co.za
• Northern Region (Johannesburg, Vaal Triangle and Mpumalanga): admin.north@mhr.co.za
• Tshwane Region (Brits, Pretoria and Limpopo): admin.tshwane@mhr.co.za
• Western Cape Region (Southern and Western Cape locations): admin.wc@mhr.co.za

Failure to submit a copy of your renewed licence may result in the temporary deactivation of your profile on our system. The council also charges costly restoration fees for late payments. See the SANC fees for 2022 below inclusive of 15% VAT. NB: To qualify for the discounted amounts specified below, you may be required to submit a certified copy of your identity document to SANC to confirm your age. 

Please contact SANC or visit www.sanc.co.za for more information.

5. PERMANENT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AT MHR CLIENTS

Note that MHR no longer shares a careers platform with some of your clients. If you are interested in permanent career opportunities, we recommend referring to the specific client’s careers web page to apply for job vacancies.

7. REMEMBER TO UPDATE YOUR MHR PROFILE

7.1 Personal information changes

Please get in touch with your local MHR office and not the client if any of your personal information changes as indicated below:

• Cell phone or home/work landline number
• Email address
• Residential or postal address
• Additional qualifications
• Banking details
• Next of kin for emergency contact reasons

7.2 Employment status changes

NB: Remember to inform your nearest MHR office if you are no longer a moonlighter (permanently employed elsewhere) or have become a permanent employee. Kindly also make sure that you complete a new ‘Personal tax’ form received from your MHR office, to change your tax status on our system. 

7.3 Marital status changes

If your marital status changes, please remember to submit your marriage or divorce certificate to MHR if there is a need to change your surname on our system. Nursing panel members, remember to get in touch with SANC to complete a SANC surname change form.

8. PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We shared the data privacy notice and applicable policies below in our previous newsletter to support the implementation of the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA) on 1 July 2021. Please familiarise yourselves with the content of these policies and the privacy notice if you have not done so already. Visit our Policies and Documents web page and see below under which section the policies and privacy notice are available:

• MHR Confidentiality Policy: Listed under the ‘Confidentiality and Data Privacy’ section
• MHR Social Media Policy: Listed under the ‘Cell Phone Usage and Social Media Wisdom’ section
• MHR Data Privacy Notice: Listed under the ‘Confidentiality and Data Privacy’ section

9. EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR ADMINISTRATION AND PAYMENT-RELATED ENQUIRIES

You are welcome to use the email addresses below for administration and payment-related enquiries:

• MHR Central Region (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Cape): admin.central@mhr.co.za   |  pay.central@mhr.co.za

• MHR Northern Region (Johannesburg, Vaal Triangle and Mpumalanga): admin.north@mhr.co.za  |  pay.north@mhr.co.za

• MHR Tshwane Region (Pretoria, Brits and Limpopo): admin.tshwane@mhr.co.za  |  pay.tshwane@mhr.co.za

• MHR Western Cape Region (Southern and Western Cape locations): admin.wc@mhr.co.za  |  pay.wc@mhr.co.za

Please ensure that you use the ‘pay’ email addresses for payment-related enquiries and the ‘admin’ email addresses for administration-related questions to ensure your email is received by the correct MHR representative.

10. BRAVO FOR BRILLIANCE

It is always a pleasure to recognise the hard work and accomplishments of our personnel (panel members) and teams within our organisation. Click below to view the acknowledgements on our 'Bravo for Brilliance' web page.