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 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).
Applications for 2025 annual RMO and SMR Centralised Recruitment will open 13 May 2024, and will close 10 June at 4:00PM AWST.
The list of participating health services and their placement sites is available here.
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) open Monday 2 September 2025.
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.
Resident Medical Officers and Service Medical Registrars can now rank WACHS among their three employment preferences in the current recruitment process and be considered for BPT in 2025. Employment applications close Tuesday 10 June 2024 4:00pm AWST.
WACHS applicants can indicate their preferred training network in their 2025 BPT Selection to Training application. Successful applicants will be assigned to training networks based on merit ranking and the availability of positions according to their preferences.
Continuing trainees will be emailed directly with instructions on how to submit their simplified application to continue training in 2025.
Key information regarding 2025 selection to training process is available on 2025 BPT key information poster.
Please refer to the 2024 basic physician training application guide (PDF 444KB) for more information (2025 application guide will be made available closer to application open date).
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
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 PCH as an RMO or a registrar, or secure employment for 12 months with FSH as a paediatric or neonatal RMO/registrar.
Applications for basic paediatric training in Western Australia for 2024 have now closed.
More information regarding paediatric BPT can be obtained by visiting the RACP website (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.
The WA RACP Member Support Office can be contacted on (08) 6382 0823.
Service surgical registrars (SSR)
Applications for the 2024 WA SSR centralised recruitment have closed.
For more information on this recruitment process, refer to the 2024 SSR application guide (PDF 3.4MB) or contact medicalrecruitment@health.wa.gov.au.
Recruitment and selection resources
Specialist training
More information
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Last reviewed: 29-04-2024