Registrar training
In Western Australia, certain service, trainee and senior registration specialty portfolios are split between Coordinating Health Service Providers to support centralised recruitment and allocation. This is known as the Integrated Hospital Recruitment Schedule (IHRS).
The system-wide approach to registrar workforce planning was adopted to support specialty supply and demand frameworks, a statewide vision for medical education and a stronger engagement with Health Service Providers and Specialist Colleges.
The three Coordinating Health Service Providers are East Metropolitan Health Service, South Metropolitan Health Service and North Metropolitan Health Service.
The below table explains each of the specialties on the IHRS. Where the campaign is listed as ‘hospital’, the recruitment process is driven by the hospital. Where the campaign is listed as ‘college’, the recruitment process is driven by the relevant specialist medical College.
Hospital driven campaigns are advertised on MedCareersWA.
| Specialty | Position | Campaign | Opens | More Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaesthesia | AT | Hospital* | May | |
| Cardiology | AT | Hospital | May | |
| Dermatology | AT | College | See College | Dermatology | RACP Advanced Training |
| Dermatology | RACP Advanced Training | |||
| Endocrinology | AT | Hospital | May | |
| ENT (Otolaryngology, Head & Neck) | AT | College | February | SET Selection (asohns.org.au) |
| Gastroenterology/Hepatology | AT | Hospital | July | |
| General Surgery | AT | College | February | Selection Dates & Deadlines - General Surgeons Australia |
| Geriatric Medicine | AT | Hospital | July | |
| Haematology | AT | Hospital | May | |
| Immunology | AT | Hospital | May | |
| Infectious Diseases | AT | Hospital | June | |
| Intensive Care | AT | Hospital | June | |
| Intensive Care | SR | Hospital | May | |
| Intensive Care | SRV | Hospital | June | |
| Internal Medicine | AT | Hospital | June | |
| Medical Oncology | AT | Hospital | May | |
| Nephrology | AT | Hospital | June | |
| Neurology | AT | College | See College | Neurology | RACP Advanced Training |
| Neurosurgery | AT | College | March | Application and Selection (nsa.org.au) |
| Neurosurgery | SRV | Hospital | May | |
| Nuclear Medicine | AT | Hospital | TBC | |
| Ophthalmology | AT | College | February | Selection | RANZCO |
| Ophthalmology | SRV | Hospital | June | |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | AT | College | February | Selection into Training - AOA | Australian Orthopaedic Association |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | SRV | Hospital* | June | |
| Pain Medicine | AT | Hospital | May | |
| Palliative Medicine | AT | Hospital | June | |
| PathWest - Anatomical | AT | Hospital | June | |
| PathWest - Clinical Pathology (Biochemical) | AT | Hospital | TBC | |
| PathWest - Microbiology | AT | Hospital | June | |
| Plastic Surgery | AT | College | February | Selection for SET - Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons (plasticsurgery.org.au) |
| Radiation Oncology | AT | Hospital | June | |
| Radiology | AT | Hospital* | TBC | |
| Rehabilitation | AT | Hospital | June | |
| Rheumatology | AT | Hospital | June | |
| Urology | AT | College | February | USANZ Application & Selection |
Key
SRV - Service registrar
A medical officer who is employed as a registrar according to the medical title cited on the relevant job description form (JDF).
AT – Advanced Training/Trainee registrar
A medical practitioner who has been accepted into a recognised vocational training post or program with a specialised medical college for the purpose of undertaking specialist training. The position shall be supervised by a member of the relevant medical college or training provider. These positions may be described as advanced, basic or core training dependent on the terminology utilised by the relevant College for the specified training program.
SR - Senior registrar
A registered medical practitioner who is either appointed as a senior registrar, or a registrar who has obtained an appropriate specialist qualification acceptable to the Australian Medical Council or equivalent recognised by the Director General of Health.
FLW - Fellow
A medical practitioner who has met all the College’s requirements for admission to Fellowship or, after overseas training, has received an exemption from these requirements and been granted Fellowship
