The Rural and Advanced Skills Training (AST) campaign commences prior to the RMO and Registrar campaign.

Rural Advanced Skills Training (AST) campaign

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Monday 14 April 2025

9 am AEST

Principal House Officer (PHO) applications open for the following areas:

  • Anaesthetics
  • Internal medicine
  • Mental health
  • Obstetrics
  • Paediatrics.

Monday 28 April 2025

3 pm AEST

Applications close.

We won’t accept late applications. We also don’t hold multiple application submission rounds.

The Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway Coordinator manages the Rural AST campaign. You can find out about other AST key dates on the Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway website.

RMO and Registrar campaign

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Monday 2 June 2025

9 am AEST

Applications open for the following positions:

  • Registrars, including trainees
  • Principal House Officers (PHO)
  • Senior House Officers (SHO)
  • Junior House Officers (JHO).

Monday 30 June 2025

3 pm AEST

Applications close.

We won’t accept late applications. We also don’t hold multiple application submission rounds.

Recruitment round 1 - Registrars and Principal House Officers (PHO)

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Sunday 6 July

Referee reports due. Your referees must submit their reports before we assess your application. You may need to provide additional referee reports for some specialty training programs.

Monday 7 July

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Friday 25 July

Facilities or vocational training pathways or networks will contact applicants to arrange interviews.

Monday 28 July

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Wednesday 27 August

Facilities will contact successful applicants and make an offer. If you accept an offer, your application will be selected on the eRecruitment system to your employing hospital.

If the facilities you preferenced haven’t contacted you, we suggest you contact them directly to ask about the progress of your application.

Candidate re-preference round – Registrar and PHO remaining vacancies

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9 am Friday 29 August

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5 pm Monday 1 September

If you didn’t get an offer in round one, you’ll have the opportunity to make changes to your hospital preferences via the online system.

Senior House Officers and Junior House Officers can only update their preferences if they have changes in their circumstances.

From Wednesday 3 September

Facilities will contact applicants to arrange interviews and make offers. If you accept an offer, your application will be selected on the eRecruitment system to your employing hospital.

Recruitment round 2 - Senior House Officers (SHO) and Junior House Officers (JHO)

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Sunday 24 August

Referee reports due for Junior and Senior House Officers. Your referees must submit their reports before we assess your application.

Wednesday 3 Sept

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Friday 19 Sept

Facilities will contact applicants to arrange interviews.

Monday 22 Sept

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Wednesday 15 October

Facilities will contact successful applicants and make an offer. If you accept an offer, your application will be selected on the eRecruitment system to your employing hospital.

If the facilities you preferenced haven’t contacted you, we suggest you contact them directly to ask about the progress of your application.

Candidate re-preference round - SHO and JHO remaining vacancies

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9 am Friday 17 October

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5 pm Monday 20 October

If you didn’t get an offer in round one, you’ll have the opportunity to make changes to your hospital preferences via the online application system.

From Wednesday 22 October onwards

Facilities will contact applicants to arrange interviews and make offers. If you accept an offer, your application will be selected on the eRecruitment system to your employing hospital.

Recruitment round 3 - open round for remaining vacancies

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Monday 27 October

If we haven’t contacted you with an offer in the previous rounds, we’ll email you to ask if you’re still interested. If you aren’t, you’ll need to withdraw your application by emailing RMO-Recruitment@health.qld.gov.au.

From Monday 10 November onwards

As positions become available, facilities will contact you to discuss employment opportunities. If they offer you a position and you accept, they’ll allocate it to you in the eRecruitment system.

If the facilities you preferenced haven’t contacted you, we suggest you contact them directly to ask about the progress of your application.

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