# Onboard medical staff requirement request **URL:** \ **Category:** Maritime Employment\ **Created:** [March 4, 2013, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/onboard-medical-staff-requirement-request/9804 "2013-03-04T09:37:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![h37c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@h37c](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/h37c)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/onboard-medical-staff-requirement-request/9804/1 "2013-03-04T09:37:22Z")
Can anyone tell me what type of medical staff are kept onboard larger vessels? I’ve got a registered nurse license I’d like to keep using while hopefully logging some time on my 100 ton masters. Thanks for any pointers. Ken ---
**Author:** ![c.captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/c.captain/32/807_2.png) [@c.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/c.captain)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 10:15am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/onboard-medical-staff-requirement-request/9804/2 "2013-03-04T10:15:32Z")
100 ton vessels don’t carry medical staff but being trained and certified as a nurse would qualify you to work as a rig medic but you aren’t going to get seatime. To get seatime, you have to be a member of the certified crew. ---
**Author:** ![seadog6608](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@seadog6608](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/seadog6608)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/onboard-medical-staff-requirement-request/9804/3 "2013-03-04T11:33:07Z")
You probably qualify for a Medical Services Officer position with MSC. And you’d get unlimited tonnage seatime because you are part of the crew. ---
**Author:** ![c.captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/c.captain/32/807_2.png) [@c.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/c.captain)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/onboard-medical-staff-requirement-request/9804/4 "2013-03-04T11:38:52Z")
[QUOTE=seadog6608;101643]You probably qualify for a Medical Services Officer position with MSC. And you’d get unlimited tonnage seatime because you are part of the crew.[/QUOTE] How can a person in that position get seatime? Towards a deck license? I don’t think so! ---
**Author:** ![seadog6608](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@seadog6608](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/seadog6608)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/onboard-medical-staff-requirement-request/9804/5 "2013-03-04T14:18:59Z")
I’m not sure. I forget if the MSO’s were considered deck or not. Doesn’t seem like they would be, but with msc, you just never know.