We recruit resident medical officers (RMOs) and registrars to West Moreton as part of the Queensland Health RMO and registrar recruitment campaign.

Our positions are for 12 months. Some roles are specialised to one clinical area, others will include rotations through our health service.

Most of our roles are full time. In some clinical areas this will also include:

  • weekend and night shifts
  • on call and remote call shifts
  • overtime when needed.

Read more about our facilities and our 2025 campaign [PDF 536 KB].

Positions available

Provisional Fellowship year

  • Anaesthesia

Registrars (REG) / Principal House Officers (PHO)

  • Anaesthetics
  • Cardiology
  • Ear, nose and throat
  • Emergency medicine
  • General medicine
  • Geriatrics medicine
  • General surgery
  • Intensive care medicine
  • Medical administration
  • Medical education
  • Obstetrics and gynaecology
  • Oral and maxillofacial surgery
  • Orthopaedics
  • Paediatrics
  • Palliative
  • Psychiatry
  • Rehabilitation medicine
  • Urology

Senior House Officers – streamed

  • Anaesthetics
  • Critical care
  • Ear, nose and throat
  • Emergency medicine
  • General surgery
  • Intensive care medicine
  • Obstetrics and gynaecology
  • Orthopaedics

Selection for streamed SHO positions is merit based and includes an interview.

Senior House Officer (SHO) and Junior House Officer (JHO) – rotational

SHOs and JHOs have 5 rotations per year, which may include:

  • anaesthetics
  • cardiology
  • ENT, plastics and maxillofacial
  • emergency medicine
  • general medicine
  • geriatric medicine
  • general surgery
  • infectious diseases
  • intensive care
  • internal relieving
  • obstetrics and gynaecology
  • orthopaedics
  • paediatrics
  • palliative care
  • psychiatry
  • rehabilitation medicine
  • respiratory medicine
  • urology.

We'll consider requests for rotations that match your career goals.

Who can apply

You can apply if you’re a medical practitioner and:

If you're an overseas applicant, you'll also need:

  • an Australian Medical Council MCQ or Australian Medical Council Certificate
  • visa documentation and Department of Home Affairs VEVO entitlements check.

Learn more about international graduate registration on the Ahpra website.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical professionals.

How to apply

Queensland Health runs a recruitment campaign for RMOs and registrars every year. You can check the application opening and closing dates, and find out how to apply on the Queensland Health Careers website.

We sometimes advertise for registrars, principal house officers and resident medical officers on the SmartJobs website. These aren't part of the Queensland RMO campaign.

Contact us

If you have any questions about medical recruitment, you can email the following teams:

Last updated: October 2024