Queensland Health has reached in-principle agreement with the Australian Salaried Medical Officers’ Federation Queensland and Together Queensland for increased wages and conditions for Visiting Medical Officers.
For the first time in over 17 years, Queensland Health has secured an in-principle agreement with the unions before the expiry of the current enterprise agreement, ensuring staff can receive their pay increases without delay.
The agreement includes wage increases of up to 10.5% over the life of the agreement and will benefit more than 500 Visiting Medical Officers working across Queensland Health.
Minister for Health and Ambulance Services, Tim Nicholls welcomed the outcome, thanking all parties for their constructive approach to negotiations.
“Visiting Medical Officers play a vital role in delivering specialist healthcare across  Queensland, particularly in regional and rural communities where recruiting specialist doctors can be more challenging,” said Minister Nicholls.
“They help to ensure public hospitals can access specialist expertise, support on-call service and provide timely care for patients by bringing private specialists into the public health system.
“Reaching this agreement before the current enterprise agreement expired means these dedicated clinicians can receive their pay increases without unnecessary delay, while demonstrating what can be achieved through constructive, good-faith negotiations.”
