The RCH Medical Staff Association (MSA) represents and supports the senior medical staff (SMS) of the hospital. Consultant staff (medical, surgical, dental) and senior fellows are eligible for membership - we encourage consultants and fellows to support the MSA, and each other, by becoming members and attending MSA meetings and social events.

The MSA is a focus for:

• Communication with the RCH Executive and the Chair of the RCH Board
• Implementation of the RCH Compact (intranet only)
• Industrial relations issues
• Staff wellbeing
• SMS education, including masterclasses sessions, the Vernon Collins oration (June) and the annual medico-legal seminar
• Quality patient care and systems issues - including representation on the Sabbatical, EBA, Conflict of Interest, and Medical Appointment Committees
• Peer recognition and support - through welcoming new staff, the Elizabeth Turner Medal, The Barnes-Hutson Medal and the MSA scholarship
• Social functions - with a mid-year and end-of year dinner and The Barnes-Hutson Medal

Membership of the MSA is $5 per week - this can be paid as a fortnightly payroll deduction (which is the preferred means of subscription payment). To sign up please complete a MSA membership application form and email it to msa.secretary.org.au.

All SMS (regardless of MSA membership) are welcome to join the SMS mailing list. Please see further detail on other RCH mailing lists.

Welcome to new senior medical staff

As of end-May 2020, the SMS group includes 551 clinicians, employed across 594 roles, in approximately 281 EFT - with 137 full-time staff, and 404 part-time senior staff. Please feel free to contact any of the MSA executive group when you start at RCH - for a quick coffee or catch-up. 

• Welcome to MSA and other useful information
  
• Organisational chart
• RCH Compact
  

_{MSA -  updated October 2020. Contact amanda.moody@rch.org.au or julian.kelly@rch.org.au}