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Member Benefits

Our membership provides benefits such as legal advice, support with WorkCover claims, and assistance in maintaining wages and working conditions, ensuring comprehensive protection and advocacy for health professionals in Victoria.

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    Professional Indemnity Insurance
    When you join the Union, your membership includes Professional Indemnity Insurance cover. It’s coverage that’s approved by professional ...
  • Supporting You and Your Colleagues icon
    Supporting You and Your Colleagues
    You’re not on your own when faced with issues in your workplace. The Union is by your side to give advice and support on workplace matters...
  • Union Values icon
    Union Values
    From the time the Union was first inaugurated in July, 1981, we have always put members at the centre of everything we do. We take pride in ...
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    Your Membership Benefits
    When starting out in your career, ensuring you have the right coverage can be stressful, that’s why we’ve taken the stress out by making...
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    Legal Assistance
    Membership means you have access to legal services designed to make life easier. Life can sometimes throw us lemons and it’s not always ea...
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    Wages & Working Conditions
    When you join the Union, you join a community of health professionals who actively work toward improving the wages and conditions for you an...

Join Us For Specialist Support

MSAV, VPA Inc and AHP are the only unions in Victoria which specifically look after the industrial interests of medical scientists, dietitians, audiologists, clinical perfusionists, medical physicists, and genetic counsellors. (MSAV), psychologists (VPA Inc) and hospital pharmacists (AHP). MSAV, VPA Inc and AHP are component Associations of the Health Services Union (HSU) Victoria No. 4 Branch.

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Latest News

  • Health Professionals and Gender-based Undervaluation
    Fixing gender-based undervaluation in the Health Professionals and Support Services Award The Fair Work Commission identified a number of nationwide sectors that are female-dominated, and susceptible to gender-based undervaluing in terms of the minimum wages that apply. This undervaluation arose from the first work to determine minimum wages, with those in charge at the time...
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  • End of Year Celebration
    Last night (14 November) the Medical Scientists Association of Victoria (MSAV) held its Annual General Meeting. Along with the meeting there was an update given to all members of the MSAV, VPA and AHP about Public Sector bargaining which is due to commence in 2025. It was a terrific evening with members coming together to...
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  • Notice of AHP Annual General Meeting
    The Annual General Meeting of the Association of Hospital Professionals will be held by Zoom at 12.30 pm on Tuesday 26 November. Members can access the following meeting documents by clicking on the links: Agenda Minutes of the last AGM Financial Report
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Health Professionals and Gender-based Undervaluation

Fixing gender-based undervaluation in the Health Professionals and Support Services Award The Fair Work Commission identified a number of nationwide sectors that are female-dominated, and susceptible to gender-based undervaluing in terms of the minimum wages that apply. This undervaluation arose from the first work to determine minimum wages, with those in charge at the time...