How to make the most of your AMA Victoria membership

AMBASSADOR The more member power we have behind us, the more effective we can be in advocating for your rights. Your AMA Victoria membership also gives you membership of the Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation (ASMOF), the union for doctors in Australia.* Together we ensure your workplace conditions are maintained and improved by negotiating both the Doctors in Training and Specialists' enterprise agreements, provide advice on workplace entitlements, assist doctors who have issues with Medical Workforce and Payroll and provide advice and representation for doctors who are involved in performance processes, investigations or disciplinary procedures. We encourage you to help us improve working conditions in public hospitals by talking to your non-member colleagues about joining AMA Victoria and ASMOF Victoria. Contact us now to become a workplace ambassador or be involved in the next round of enterprise bargaining. *applicable for salaried employees	ADVOCATE AMA Victoria is here to represent you and the best interests of the medical profession. We provide a unified voice to advocate for Victorian doctors. If you have a policy issue you would like to discuss, or have some feedback about our priorities, our advocacy team is here to help. Contact us to provide feedback.
MENTOR Mentoring Mentees: Members who are post-internship to fellowship and working in Victoria as a medical practitioner with full registration as a medical practitioner with AHPRA can apply as a mentee to AMA Victoria’s 12-month mentoring program. Mentors: Members who are experienced doctors from senior registrar level upwards who are fully registered with AHPRA and currently practising in their chosen field of practice can apply to mentor a junior doctor for the 12-month program. AMA Victoria will provide you with guidance about your role as a mentor and training as necessary. Become a volunteer Peer service volunteer If you’d like to assist doctors in distress by providing ongoing confidential practical support, express your interest in becoming a volunteer telephone counsellor for the Peer Support Service or Doctor Support service we provide. A staff member will discuss with you the training and roster requirements. AMA Victoria also offers a peer visitor program to help to provide companionship to retired elderly doctors, who may be isolated or living in residential aged care. Become a volunteer	COUNCILLOR AMA Victoria works hard to represent you, your interests, and your rights at work. Subdivision meetings are a way you can be involved and have your voice heard in the organisation. As a member, you automatically enter two subdivisions: One based geographically on your location and another based vocationally on your area of expertise. Meetings are held regularly via Zoom, where you can contribute to discussions that actively shape public health policy, influence doctors’ work conditions, and improve the quality of patient care. You can find details about your subdivisions on top right-hand side menu of your AMA Victoria Nexus dashboard.
INFLUENCER We’re always posting exciting and relevant content for doctors, including our upcoming programs and events. Please take two seconds to “like” AMA Victoria’s Facebook or LinkedIn page or follow us on Twitter and Instagram. Feel free to comment any time and ask any questions you may have. Junior doctors can join ‘Doctors in Training Victoria’, a community Facebook group designed to provide news, insights and opinions around the issues faced by doctors in training. Have frank discussions, gain insights from your peers, and keep up to date with the peak body representing doctors in Victoria.	COME TO AN EVENT Network with doctors from across the profession through a range of AMA Victoria events, hosted in person or online. See our events on 'What's New' in Nexus or keep an eye on your inbox – our weekly ‘Check Up’ email contains information about what’s coming up on the calendar.
JOIN A COMMITTEE Through AMA Victoria’s committees, sections and special interest groups, you can participate in a range of activities relating to your specific interests. Committees include: WorkSafe / TAC subcommittee Women in medicine special interest group Retired doctors special interest group Section of psychiatry AMA Victoria heritage and archives committee Join now	CONTRIBUTE TO VICDOC VICDOC is AMA Victoria’s member magazine. It contains news and in depth analysis on issues affecting the medical profession in Victoria. Our editor welcomes your contribution to debates, issues of importance and to share your opinion in our award-winning VICDOC magazine. Members are welcome to write a piece for the magazine, or be interviewed for a feature. Contact vicdoc@amavic.com.au if you would like to be involved.