Department of Chiropractic

About Us

Welcome to our team! This area of the website has been created and maintained for all Chiropractic contract Staff - Tutors, Demonstrators and Lecturers.

Employment Opportunities

Applications for teaching in the 2012 Program are now closed.
9th November 2011

INDUCTION PROGRAM
Thursday 23 FEBRUARY 2012 - E6A 102, Program

Registration and Lunch from 11.30 am to 12 Noon.

The Induction Program will be held on Thursday 23 February 2012, you will be paid for your attendance. It is compulsory for all staff to attend. Please be on time.

Welcome Letter from the Head of Department

Preparing to Teach Technique Units, 2012, A Downie

Casual Academic Staff Booklet 2012, L Almeida

When do classes start? All Lectures start in Week 1 (ie the week of 27 Feb 2012) and some Tutorials and Practicals start in Week 1 others in Week 2. Click on the above link to find out when classes start.

Code of Conduct

http://hr.mq.edu.au/PolicyForms/WorkingatMacquarie/codeofconduct.html

This Code confirms our commitment to the university’s values and outlines the expectations that are made of all staff of the university. All staff are expected to perform their duties and conduct the academic and business activities of the university with efficiency, fairness, impartiality, integrity honesty and compassion.

Public Comment Policy

http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/public_comment/policy.html

Applies to all university staff and covers any comment in any medium, where it might be reasonably expected that the publication or circulation of the comment will spread to the community at large. This includes comments in web-based communications such as social networks, forums and blogs; and the appropriate handling of confidential information.

A breach of these policies would result in disciplinary procedures.

Evidence of Right to Work in Australia

Timesheets

You must have provided us with your contract paperwork prior to commencement of classes so that we can ensure that you are on the payroll system.

In 2012 we have moved to online submission of timesheets. Please read the announcement from central HR recevied on 23 Feb 2012. Please click on the following link for ONLINE ACADEMIC TIMESHEET USER GUIDE.

You must check and make changes where necessary to your timesheet every fortnight by the following dates: Timesheet Due Dates for 2012. Changes such as extra work performed or classes not taken must be noted on your timesheet as they occur.

Click on the following link for information on the current hourly Pay Rates and Job Descriptions.

The university entered into a new Academic Staff Enterprise Agreement in 2011.

Unit Class Lists

Please contact the Unit Convenor for a class list. As there are a couple of versions of this report on Student 1 please specify exactly which type of class list you require. Contact Christopher Evans to discuss x9850 6990 or email christopher.evans@mq.edu.au

Professional Development

Visit the university Learning and Teaching Centre a handy site to find help with Blackboard now replaced by iLearn, iLecture or AV services. Click here to read more about iLearn.

You can also enrol into the program Foundations in Teaching and Learning which is open to all academic staff. And also arrange to have your teaching evaluated via the Teaching Evaluation for Development Services (TEDS)

Sessional Staff Website This site has been developed as a toolkit to support sessional staff at Macquarie University. You might find this site useful if you are a sessional staff member, an administrator who manages sessional staff, or a unit convenor or Head of Department who has responsibility for sessional staff. Resources on this site have been grouped according to these roles.

Health and safety

Please read the Chiropractic Laboratories Health and Safety Manual 2012 developed specifically for Chiropractic Labs on Level 3, E5A.

First Aid Kits are located in the staff tea room (E7A227) and in all E5A labs on level 3.

All staff must fill in the Chiropractic Lab Rules for Staff 2012 Form and return it to Louella Almeida, before the start of semester.

Students similarly are bound by rules and are required to fill in and sign the Chiropractic Lab Rules for Students Form 2012 before they start attending classes in the Chiro Labs. Chiro Admin will be coordinating the collection of these forms.

The department will be carrying out periodic checks of the Labs in E5A using the Chiropractic Laboratory Checklist 2012.

Breaches to any of the above could result in disciplinary action by the Head of Department.

All E5A Labs are equipped with a phone to be used for emergencies and internal numbers only.

If a person is seriously injured or ill, call Security immediately on x 9999 (9850 9999). If you cannot reach x.9999 dial 0-000 (000 from external phone) and ask for AMBULANCE, FIRE BRIGADE or POLICE. Provide your name, phone number, location, number of people involved, and details of the medical emergency. Staff requiring basic first aid should call a First Aid Officer or Security on x7112.

Click here for a list of First Aid Officers in the Faculty of Science.

OHS Accident and Incident Form

Strategic Planning

Department Strategic Plan 2011-2016

Research

Visit the Research page of our website to find out more about the areas of research that Chiropractic academics are involved in http://www.chiro.mq.edu.au/Research/

The Department has a research seminar program featuring talks of general interest. These are held regularly and are advertised on the website at: http://www.chiro.mq.edu.au/Seminars/index.htm

Meetings