The Rural and Advanced Skills Training (AST) campaign commences prior to the RMO and Registrar campaign.

Rural Advanced Skills Training (AST) campaign

Dates

Actions

9am (AEST)

Mon 13 April 2026

Principal House Officer (PHO) applications open for the following areas:

  • Anaesthetics
  • Internal medicine
  • Mental health
  • Obstetrics
  • Paediatrics.

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

9am (AEST)

Mon 1 June 2026

Applications open for the following positions:

  • Registrars, including trainees
  • Principal House Officers (PHO)
  • Senior House Officers (SHO)
  • Junior House Officers (JHO).

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

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

9am (AEST)
Fri 4 September

to

5pm (AEST)
Mon 7 September

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

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

9am (AEST)
Fri 23 October

to

5pm (AEST)
Mon 26 October

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

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
onwards

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.

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