MOCA 6 WINS

ASMOFQ The Doctors' Union fights to protect and improve the working conditions of doctors who are employed by Queensland Health, the Mater and other entities.

Over 2022, ASMOFQ has been negotiating the MOCA 6 (Medical Officers' Certified Agreement), and after reaching in-principle agreement in February 2023, the new Agreement was certified on Friday 2 June 2023.

The key items in MOCA 6 include:

wage increases of 4%, 4% and 3% over the three years of MOCA 6 (back-paid to 1 July 2022) plus an additional up to 3% COLA payment for each year (cost of living adjustment)

payment of overtime for many clinical scenarios no longer require prior approval from your supervisor or line manager (this applies to junior and senior doctors)

stronger fatigue provisions, with improved access to 10 hour break between periods of work, fatigue leave and fatigue penalties

increased attraction and retention allowance for Rural Generalists, with the ability to progress to Level 27

support for doctors with temporary or permanent disabilities or impairments in the workplace

review of fatigue of medical officers, and better reporting of fatigue

QH will fund a project to review practicalities of implementing longer term contracts for junior doctors, and also appointing PHOs to permanent employment

development of a workload management kit

rostering improvements such as not being rostered on-call prior to periods of leave, better access to public holiday entitlements and any emergent changes to a roster must be put in writing to affected doctors

medical students have been included and are now covered under MOCA 6