Queensland Health coordinates an annual campaign to recruit interns for positions in hospital and health services across the state.
There is only one method of application for the intern campaign – the lodgement of an online form via a central application portal, which opens for a minimum of two weeks each year (usually early March for rural generalist intern positions and May for general intern positions).
Hospitals accredited to deliver intern training participate in the annual campaign and medical graduates can assign a preference to all participating hospitals
from highest to lowest (number 1 being the applicant’s most preferred hospital).
From the applications received via the intern campaign, applicants are either directly allocated to an intern position (Applicant Group A i.e. those guaranteed an offer) or will participate in a merit selection process conducted by participating hospitals with remaining intern vacancies (Applicant Groups B-D).
Visit the Queensland Health Intern Campaign website to access the application portal and for further information, including an explanation of application groups and eligibility criteria, key campaign dates and intern recruitment contacts.
Queensland Health facilitates an annual campaign to recruit resident medical officers (RMOs) and registrars for positions in Hospital and Health Services (HHS) across the state.
Each year, all participating Queensland Health facilities, Greenslopes Private Hospital, Mater Health Service and vocational training programs provide the RMO campaign with a list of available positions for the next clinical year (commencing January/February the following year).
Positions recruited via the RMO & Registrar campaign include accredited and non-accredited registrars, principal house officers (PHO), senior house officers (SHO) and junior house officers (JHO), with applicants able to nominate their preferred position level, facility, specialty and sub-specialty.
From their pool of applicants received via the campaign, specialist medical colleges, Queensland Health facilities, vocational training pathways, networks and central allocation programs run their own meritorious recruitment processes.
IMPORTANT: Individuals accepted on a College training program must apply annually for a position via the RMO & Registrar campaign to secure a contract of employment.
Visit the Queensland Health RMO and Registrar campaign website to access the application portal and for further information, including key campaign dates, a list of available positions and specialty training preference guides.
Queensland Health offers a range of flexible, rewarding employment opportunities for senior medical officers.
There is no centralised recruitment for senior medical officer (SMO) positions. Recruitment is coordinated by individual hospital and health services as vacancies arise. Positions may be advertised on various media:
Staff Specialist | Medical practitioners with a recognised specialist qualification. |
Career Hospital Doctor | Not qualified in a specialty but working in a specialty under the supervision of a specialist. |
Medical Superintendent / Medical Officer with Private Practice | Senior medical practitioners who work in smaller rural hospitals, providing services to the hospital as well as private general practice services in the town. |
Rural Generalist | Rural medical practitioners who provide:
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Visiting Medical Officer | Specialists with their own private practice, or general practitioners who choose to consult within public and private hospitals on a part-time basis. |
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Queensland Health facilitates an annual campaign to recruit resident medical officers (RMOs) and registrars for positions in Hospital and Health Services (HHS) across the state.
Each year, all participating Queensland Health facilities, Greenslopes Private Hospital, Mater Health Service and vocational training programs provide the RMO campaign with a list of available positions for the next clinical year (commencing January/February the following year).
Positions recruited via the RMO & Registrar campaign include accredited and non-accredited registrars, principal house officers (PHO), senior house officers (SHO) and junior house officers (JHO), with applicants able to nominate their preferred position level, facility, specialty and sub-specialty.
From their pool of applicants received via the campaign, specialist medical colleges, Queensland Health facilities, vocational training pathways, networks and central allocation programs run their own meritorious recruitment processes.
IMPORTANT: Individuals accepted on a College training program must apply annually for a position via the RMO & Registrar campaign to secure a contract of employment.
Visit the Queensland Health RMO and Registrar campaign website to access the application portal and for further information, including key campaign dates, a list of available positions and specialty training preference guides.
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Medical Education Units support the education, training and wellbeing of junior doctors.They are responsible for ensuring intern education and training programs are compliant with the Australian Medical Council National Framework for Medical Internship and that junior doctors receive the orientation, supervision, formal and informal education, feedback and assessment required to support their ongoing development and safe patient care.
In addition Medical Education Unit’s provide advocacy, support and counselling (personal, professional and career) to junior doctors.
Most Medical Education Units include a Director of Clinical Training (DCT) and a Medical Education Officer (MEO). The DCT provides educational leadership and acts as an advocate for medical education. The DCT works closely with hospital executives and senior and junior medical officers involved in the education and training of junior medical officers to support the delivery of quality supervision, education and training. Support is also provided by way of mentorship, counselling, advocacy and advice to junior medical officers.
The MEO provides educational expertise in the development, delivery, evaluation and ongoing improvement of junior doctor education and training programs and will work closely with the DCT and others involved in junior doctor education and training. The MEO plays a pivotal role in supporting junior doctor wellbeing and advocacy.
Queensland Health recognises that medical training is demanding and is committed to supporting the physical and mental health and well-being of medical practitioners across the organisation.
The Queensland Government has invested $2 million to support the mental health and well-being of the state’s medical practitioner workforce, to ensure sustainable, ongoing and meaningful support is available for all medical practitioners that gives consideration to the different stressors placed on doctors at different stages of their career.
This investment will be realised across a suite of initiatives, initially through the delivery of resilience training for medical interns and in subsequent phases through training and well-being support programs for junior and trainee doctors as well as senior medical officers and consultants.
Queensland Health seeks to support a seamless transition to practice in Queensland public health facilities for both graduating students and junior doctors relocating to Queensland.
To do so, a information resource was developed for junior doctors which covers topics including:
This resource is designed to complement local orientation programs that will be delivered by your employing hospital and health service on your commencement.
View the Orientation Resource for junior doctors in Queensland.
Enhancing medical education, training and supervision resources to enable sustainability within the medical practitioner workforce is a priority for Queensland Health.
The Queensland Department of Health deliver a range of leadership programs for medical practitioners employed across Queensland Health.
Training can be accessed by all levels of the medical practitioner workforce, with programs tailored to:
The following programs are currently available to medical practitioners employed in Queensland Health: