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This unit co-ordinates the appointment, support and education of junior doctors at RCH, working together with individual clinical departments and the Medical Education Officer and the Chief Resident Medical Officer and Deputies.
Junior doctors include Junior Residents (JRMOs), Senior Residents (SRMOs), Registrars and Fellows on site at RCH, and residents and registrars elsewhere who are in the Victorian paediatric training program.
The Medical Workforce Unit - Junior Medical Staff is directly responsible for the appointment of Paediatric Trainees (around 50 JRMOs, 22 SRMOs and 70 Registrars). The unit also has responsibility for the support and working conditions for all other junior doctors: around 155 departmentally-based Registrars and Residents, and 165 Fellows, Visiting Trainees and Observers. The Director of Junior Medical Staff is Dr Margot Nash.
The Junior Medical Staff Committee (JMSC), chaired by Dr Margot Nash, meets fortnightly to discuss issues related to junior doctors, all of whom are welcome to attend. Click here to find out more about the Committee, including dates and venues of meetings in 2009. Feel free to come along for all or part of any meeting.