Interns
Recruitment of interns in Western Australia is coordinated by the Postgraduate Medical Council of Western Australia (external site).
Resident Medical Officers and Service Medical Registrars
The mid-year WA Health centralised recruitment round for RMOs and SMRs will open Wednesday 8 January and close Wednesday 5 February 2025 at 1200hrs AWST. Two rounds of offers will be made in March. Expected commencement date will be from June to August 2025.
The annual WA Health centralised recruitment round for RMOs and SMRs will open Monday 26 May and close Monday 23 June 2025 at 1200hrs AWST. Two rounds of offers will be made in August and September.
The Office of the Chief Medical Officer (OCMO) coordinates the centralised recruitment of Resident Medical Officers (RMO) and Service Medical Registrars (SMR) on behalf of the hospitals in WA.
This is advertised on MedCareersWA (external site).
The list of participating health services and their placement sites (PDF 440KB) is available.
Details including eligibility and selection criteria will be included in the job advertisement. Late applications will not be accepted.
For more information on this recruitment process, contact medicalrecruitment@health.wa.gov.au.
Basic physician training (BPT)
BPT in adult internal medicine
Applications for Basic Physician Training (Adult) are now closed.
Applicants must be PGY2 in order to apply (to commence training as a PGY3). The BPT selection to training process has expanded further to include applicants who hold eligible employment with the WA Country Health Service in Albany, Bunbury, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie and now Broome.
Please refer to the 2025 basic physician training application guide (PDF 491KB) for more information.
More information regarding adult internal medicine basic physician training can be found by visiting the RACP website (external site), or by contacting the WA RACP Member Support Office on 08 6382 0823.
BPT in paediatrics and child health
BPT in Paediatrics and Child Health: Entry into the BPT pathway follows a separate application process. To be eligible for this process, candidates seeking to register with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) as a first-year basic paediatric trainee are first required to secure employment for 12 months with Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) as a Resident Medical Officer (RMO) or Registrar, or secure employment for 12 months with Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH) as a Paediatric or Neonatal Registrar. This must occur prior to the BPT Entry into Training application period – for 2025 applicants, the cut-off date is Sunday 11 August 2024. Prospective trainees, who have accepted eligible employment, will be informed of the BPT selection process by PCH Postgraduate Medical Education (PCH PGME).
More information regarding paediatric BPT can be obtained by visiting the RACP website (www.racp.edu.au (external site)), contacting the WA RACP Member Support Office (08 6382 0823), or contacting the PCH PGME office: 08 6456 0503, or PCH.PGME@health.wa.gov.au.
Service surgical registrars (SSR)
Applications close on Tuesday 25 June 2024 4:00pm Australian Western Standard Time
The 2025 WA Service Surgical Registrar (SSR) Recruitment is now closed!
The centralised recruitment process allows applicants to submit ONE application to cover THREE site and specialty preferences for employment as an SSR with the participating WA health service employers/sites listed below.
The employing hospitals and health services include the following, (refer to the Application Guide for a full list of placement sites and available specialties):
- Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group (FSFHG)
- Joondalup Health Campus (JHC)
- Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH)
- Royal Perth Bentley Group (RPBG) (including WACHS)
- Sir Charles Gairdner Osborne Park Health Care Group (SCGOPHCG)
Several aspects of the recruitment process have changed for this year. Please familiarise yourself with these changes before submitting your application.
For information on how to apply, please see the advertisement and its attached information such as the application guide, selection criteria and job description form.
To apply for this vacancy, please visit MedCareersWA
Recruitment and selection resources
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More information
medicalrecruitment@health.wa.gov.au
Last reviewed: 29-04-2024