AMA Queensland is a professional association for Queensland’s registered medical practitioners and medical students. AMA Queensland is dedicated to its membership and continually strives to provide members with the assistance they require.

Visiting Medical Officers represent a membership craft group that spans both the private and public sectors. At AMA Queensland, we understand different craft groups require differing levels of assistance and support, and as a result have introduced a new AMA Queensland staff position specifically dedicated to our Visiting Medical Officer (VMO) member issues and cases.

We attends to the full range of industrial relations, HR and related workplace and professional issues that affect our VMOs, either as:

• Individuals 
• At a local hospital/facility level 
• As employers, employees, or independent contractors 
• On a statewide basis.

OUR SERVICES
The AMA Queensland team provide the following range of services to VMO members:

• Industrial advice and assistance to VMO members as employees of government departments including Health, Mater Hospitals, Corrective Services, and Communities
• Prepare for, and participate in the negotiations for the unregistered terms and conditions document, the VMO Agreement
• Review of contracts – as an employee or a contract – including advice on entitlements and other matters
• Provision of verbal and written advice to Employer, Employee, and Contractor VMO members on industrial relations and employment-related matters including:
          - Superannuation
          - Workers’ Compensation
          - Workplace health and safety
          - WorkChoices
          - HR Policy and Procedures
          - All staffing matters facing VMOs in their private sector practices
• Representation in grievance and investigation processes before Queensland Health
• Assistance with Medical Board of Queensland, Health Rights Commission, and Medicare Australia matters
• Interpretation of legislation (industrial and health/medical) for members.

In addition, AMA Queensland can assist members with the interpretation of the 2005 VMO Agreement; the terms and conditions document for VMO employees.

A summary of the 2005 VMO Agreement is available for you to download by following the prompts at the bottom of this page.

The Queensland Health pro-forma VMO Contractor template (current as at 2006) can also be downloaded from the bottom of this page.

YOUR CONTACTS AT AMA QUEENSLAND
Where a financial VMO member requires assistance, there are two points of contact:

Telephone: (07) 3872 2222
Facsimile: (07) 3856 4727
Email: vmo@amaq.com.au
Postal: PO Box 123, Red Hill Q 4059

2009 VMO AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS
Preparations for the 2009 VMO Agreement commenced in March 2008. In order to obtain your feedback and comments on what should be addressed in the new Agreement, a VMO survey will be sent to you in the next few weeks.

This is your opportunity to provide direct input to both AMA Queensland and the VMO Committee. Please take 5-10 minutes to complete and return by Friday 14 March 2009. The survey will also be posted as a download from this page in the next few days.

Venues and dates will be posted shortly, so please check this site regularly.

Document Downloads for this page:
	Invitation to a briefing & review of the proposed 2009-2012 VMO Agreement (Uploaded: October 26, 2009)
	VMO Agreement fact sheet (Uploaded: February 24, 2009)
	VMO Contractors Pro-Forma (2006) (Uploaded: August 24, 2006)