Respiratory medicine

The training is a centralised statewide recruitment process. Heads of Respiratory Medicine and Directors of Advanced Training at Queensland hospitals accredited for advanced training support the training.

As a Respiratory Medicine Advanced Trainee, you’ll be a trainee registrar of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP). You’ll provide inpatient and outpatient medical services within the Department of Respiratory Medicine and a consultative service to other departments.

As a trainee, it’s intended that you’ll maximise your professional development, with a view to completing specialist training according to the guidelines of the:

• RACP
• Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ).

It’s also expected that you’ll be involved in the professional development of junior medical staff.

Eligibility

To apply you must be either a current RACP Advanced Trainee in Respiratory Medicine (at the time of application) or a new applicant.

If you’re a new applicant, you must:

• hold registration with or be in the process of getting registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• have at least 3 years of recent, post-intern clinical experience in internal medicine or its sub-specialties
• have successfully completed the RACP clinical examination or be intending to sit the examination in 2024.

If you fail to pass the clinical exam, you aren’t eligible for an appointment and your application won’t be considered.

All applicants must have a sound knowledge of and commitment to the Code of Conduct for the Queensland Public Service [PDF 1481 KB].

Applying

You can apply to the Queensland Respiratory Medicine Advanced Training program by completing an RMO campaign application, including the respiratory training program section on the application. Applications for the campaign are open Monday 3 June to Monday 1 July 2024.

To be eligible for a position you need to provide details for 2 referees and your referees will have to upload reports. If they don’t, you won’t be eligible for a position.

Before you apply, make sure you read the:

• role description for 1st year [PDF 246.62 KB]
• role description for 2nd/3rd year [PDF 251.4 KB]
• information about respiratory medicine accredited training sites and contact details [PDF 342.86 KB]
• information about how to preference [PDF 306.11 KB].

You can’t apply for a position as a sleep medicine advanced trainee in Queensland through the respiratory medicine pathway. Find out how to apply for sleep medicine.

If you need help completing your preferences at Step 10: Preference section in the application, use the respiratory preference guide [PDF 306.11 KB].

Participating facilities

You can do your Queensland Respiratory Medicine Advanced training at the following hospitals:

• Cairns Hospital
• Gold Coast University Hospital
• Greenslopes Private Hospital
• Logan Hospital
• Mater Brisbane
• Princess Alexandra Hospital
• Royal Brisbane and Women′s Hospital
• Sunshine Coast University Hospital
• The Prince Charles Hospital
• Townsville University Hospital.

Interview and selection

The recruitment and selection process complies with relevant Queensland Health policies including the principles of equal employment opportunity. The oversight committee reviews all applications to the pathway. The committee uses assessment criteria to determine eligibility and suitability of applicants for appointment to pathway positions within Queensland Health.

The selection process will be a panel interview with the Directors or their delegates of each hospital. Positions are allocated primarily according to ranking based on written application, CV, referee reports, interview, and other mitigating circumstances.

Key dates

You can apply for a position when you apply for the RMO campaign. Applications for the campaign are open Monday 3 June to Monday 1 July 2024. We won’t accept late applications.

More information

To find out more about the application process, email ThorSAO-TPCH@health.qld.gov.au.

You can also find out more about working in respiratory medicine on the Medi-Nav website.