Junior and Senior House Officer (PGY2+)
We provide training, support and a career pathway in a world class facility. PGY2 are often referred to as Junior House Officers (JHO) and PGY3+ as Senior House Officers (SHO).
How to apply
There are two recruitment processes undertaken yearly to fill vacant house officer positions at the RBWH:
QH RMO Campaign – to start in line with the clinical year
Each year Queensland Health runs a campaign to recruit resident medical officers (RMOs) for positions across the state.
The RBWH advertises to fill the following house officer positions via the Campaign:
- Medical pool (rotational)
- Non-rotational SHO positions e.g. Critical Care SHO
For more information on the application process for JHO and SHO positions at the RBWH please go to the ‘Participating Hospitals’ page on the RMO Campaign website.
View the dates to submit your application and the recruitment and selection processes.
Mid-Year Recruitment Campaign – to start as/when available throughout the year
Separate to the RMO Campaign, the RBWH also advertises between December and February each year to fill house officer vacancies in the medical pool (rotational) only. The advert is published on several platforms including SmartJobs and Seek.
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital offers Junior and Senior House Officer rotations that are packaged into streams to create a pathway for your training requirements and career decision-making.
Some of these streams provide house officers with the opportunity to undertake secondments at Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital, Greenslopes Private Hospital and rural placements at facilities within the South West and Darling Downs Hospital and Health Services.
Medical Pool (rotational) Streams
General
The general stream is designed to provide a wide spectrum of allocations to cover a variety of specialities for house officers who are not intending to apply for a surgical training program.
- Emergency Medicine
- Anaesthetics
- Intensive Care Medicine
- Ophthalmology
- Paediatrics
- Psychiatry
- Hospital Alcohol and Drug Services
- Plastic Surgery
- Cardiology
- Pain Medicine
- Renal Medicine
- Nuclear Medicine
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Dermatology
- Geriatric Medicine
- Burns
- Gastroenterology
- Internal Medicine
- Radiation Oncology
- Neurosurgery
- Vascular Surgery
- Orthopaedics
- Ear Nose and Throat
- Gynaecology Oncology
Surgical
The surgical stream is for house officers seeking further experience in a range of surgical specialities prior to applying for a surgical college training program.
- General Surgery
- Ear Nose and Throat
- Plastic Surgery
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Neurosurgery
- Urology
- Burns
- Vascular Surgery
- Intensive Care Medicine
- Orthopaedics
- Emergency Medicine
Diploma in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (DRANZCOG)
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology (6 or 12 months)
- House officers who are selected for the twelve-month position will be required to complete a five-week rural placement rotation in Dalby or Kingaroy.
- House officers who are selected for the six-month position will be required to select another stream i.e. general or surgical for the remaining 6 months of the clinical year
Non-Rotational SHO Streams (only open for applications during the RMO Campaign)
Basic Physician Training (BPT) SHO (TBC)
- Bone Marrow Transplant
- Cardiology
- Endocrinology and Immunology
- General Medicine
- Geriatric Medicine
- Haematology
- Infectious Diseases
- Medical Oncology
- Neurology
- Obstetric Medicine
- Renal Medicine
- Respiratory Medicine
- Rheumatology
Emergency Medicine SHO (TBC – usually advertised on Smartjobs)
- Emergency Medicine
- Gladstone Hospital (3-month secondment)
Critical Care SHO (TBC)
- Emergency Medicine
- Anaesthetics
- Intensive Care Medicine
- Ward Call
- Gladstone Hospital (10-12 week secondment)
Neurosurgery SHO (TBC)
- Neurosurgery
- Intensive Care Medicine
- Ward Call
Ear, Nose & Throat SHO (TBC)
- Ear, Nose & Throat
- Ward Call
Ophthalmology SHO (TBC)
- Ophthalmology
- Ward Call
Requirements
We recruit Junior House Officers and Senior House Officers using a merit based selection process which includes assessment of:
- Your curriculum vitae via an online application
- 2 referee reports
- An interview may be requested
Frequently asked questions
You will be employed by Metro North at a primary allocation hospital. You may spend the whole year at your primary allocation hospital or you can make a request to rotate to other Metro North Hospitals. Any such requests will be accommodated as far as possible. If you are appointed to RBWH, our secondment hospitals include Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital, Greenslopes Private Hospital and rural facilities within the South West and Darling Downs Hospital and Health Services.
While research is highly regarded, the application process is designed to acknowledge a wide range of achievements, not just academic or medical based. We encourage you to list all of your achievements, both personal and professional.
No. Interviews may be requested upon the discretion of the recruitment panel.
Employment conditions
- Award conditions apply – 76 working hours per fortnight with a minimum of ten hours’ time off between shifts.
- Five weeks annual leave for Interns, JHOs and SHOs
- Professional Development leave for JHOs/SHOs (1 week)
- Merit based selection to House Officer positions
Contact us
Phone: (07) 3646 3521
Email: RBWH-RMO-Recruitment@health.qld.gov.au