The Rural and Advanced Skills Training (AST) campaign commences prior to the RMO and Registrar campaign.
Rural Advanced Skills Training (AST) campaign
Dates | Actions |
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9am (AEST) Mon 13 April 2026 | Principal House Officer (PHO) applications open for the following areas:
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3pm (AEST) Mon 27 April 2026 | Applications close. We won’t accept late applications. We also don’t hold multiple application submission rounds. |
The Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway Coordinator manages the Rural AST campaign. You can find out about other AST key dates on the Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway website.
RMO and Registrar campaign
Dates | Actions |
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9am (AEST) Mon 1 June 2026 | Applications open for the following positions:
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3pm (AEST) Mon 29 June 2026 | Applications close. We won’t accept late applications. We also don’t hold multiple application submission rounds. |
Recruitment round 1 - Registrars and Principal House Officers (PHO)
Dates | Actions |
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Sun 5 July | Referee reports due. Your referees must submit their reports before we assess your application. You may need to provide additional referee reports for some specialty training programs. |
Mon 6 July to Fri 31 July | Facilities or vocational training pathways or networks will contact applicants to arrange interviews. |
Mon 3 August to Wed 2 September | Facilities will contact successful applicants and make an offer. If you accept an offer, your application will be selected on the eRecruitment system to your employing hospital. If the facilities you preferenced haven’t contacted you, we suggest you contact them directly to ask about the progress of your application. |
Candidate re-preference round – Registrar and PHO remaining vacancies
Dates | Actions |
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9am (AEST) to 5pm (AEST) | If you didn’t get an offer in round one, you’ll have the opportunity to make changes to your hospital preferences via the online system. Senior House Officers and Junior House Officers can only update their preferences if they have changes in their circumstances. |
From Wed 9 September | Facilities will contact applicants to arrange interviews and make offers. If you accept an offer, your application will be selected on the eRecruitment system to your employing hospital. |
Recruitment round 2 - Senior House Officers (SHO) and Junior House Officers (JHO)
Dates | Actions |
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Sun 30 August | Referee reports due for Junior and Senior House Officers. Your referees must submit their reports before we assess your application. |
Wed 9 September to Fri 25 September | Facilities will contact applicants to arrange interviews. |
Mon 28 September to Wed 21 October | Facilities will contact successful applicants and make an offer. If you accept an offer, your application will be selected on the eRecruitment system to your employing hospital. If the facilities you preferenced haven’t contacted you, we suggest you contact them directly to ask about the progress of your application. |
Candidate re-preference round - SHO and JHO remaining vacancies
Dates | Actions |
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9am (AEST) to 5pm (AEST) | If you didn’t get an offer in round one, you’ll have the opportunity to make changes to your hospital preferences via the online application system. |
From Wed 28 October onwards | Facilities will contact applicants to arrange interviews and make offers. If you accept an offer, your application will be selected on the eRecruitment system to your employing hospital. |
Recruitment round 3 - open round for remaining vacancies
Dates | Actions |
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Mon 2 November | If we haven’t contacted you with an offer in the previous rounds, we’ll email you to ask if you’re still interested. If you aren’t, you’ll need to withdraw your application by emailing RMO-Recruitment@health.qld.gov.au. |
From Mon 9 November | As positions become available, facilities will contact you to discuss employment opportunities. If they offer you a position and you accept, they’ll allocate it to you in the eRecruitment system. If the facilities you preferenced haven’t contacted you, we suggest you contact them directly to ask about the progress of your application. |
More information
Find out about:
- application dates on the how to apply for RMO and registrar positions page
- term dates 2028
- term dates 2027
- term dates 2026
- term dates 2025