Resident medical officer opportunities

Offering tertiary and quaternary opportunities across more than 50 specialties in general hospital and country locations, SMHS offers a large range of rotations and experiences to our resident medical officers (RMOs). These include:

SMHS also offers specific educational and experience streams, including critical care, generalist, surgery, basic physician training medical and medical (non BPT). Each stream has its own senior clinical champions and education program.

In addition, there are opportunities such as:

• completing a diploma of obstetrics and gynaecology
• an anaesthetics and perioperative medicine term
• entering the paediatric or general practice pathway
• service improvement placement with the Institute of Health Leadership
• rural community and country rotations
• a metropolitan Silver Chain placement.

Our Medical Workforce team offers a range of combinations and will be happy to discuss these with you.

The wellbeing of our workforce is central to our vision, and our endeavours include:

• an ongoing roster review project
• regular doctor in training - executive forums
• a fatigue management strategy
• the recent recruitment of one of our senior clinical leaders into the new Chief Wellbeing Practitioner role to lead the evolving multidisciplinary Wellbeing Unit.

Our RMOs are provided with education and professional development opportunities, clinical training and further wellbeing support from our dedicated Medical Education team, and excellent clinical supervision.

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we encourage applications from Aboriginal people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ people and people with disability.

If you’re located in other parts of Australia or overseas, you’re encouraged to follow in the footsteps of many of our RMOs who have decided to make WA their home. Read about the recently updated relocation incentives available via the Belong campaign (external site), which applies to experienced interstate and international medical officers relocating to WA and has been extended to 30 June 2024. Find information for prospective applicants/employees (external site).

Our staff will tell you that they are now not only working in a field that challenges and fulfils them, but that they are do so in one of the most beautiful parts of the world. Hear from our international team members in the video below:

If you have a query regarding employment with us as an RMO, or looking for employment now, please email us for a confidential discussion.

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