Medical administration

To become a recognised Specialist Medical Administrator the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACMA) provides training through their Fellowship Training Program. To become an Accredited Trainee, you must apply through the College and be accepted into the RACMA Fellowship training program as a Candidate. Additionally, employment is done via the Queensland Health RMO campaign.

The RMO campaign is the Queensland Health process to recruit Accredited Registrars in Medical Administration. To be employed as a Medical Administration Registrar, you must apply via the RMO campaign. When applying for a Medical Administration Registrar for the first time, you must be first be assessed as eligible for Candidacy with RACMA. To then be appointed, or reappointed as a Medical Administration Registrar, you must provide evidence of Candidacy with RACMA. Details of eligibility for candidacy are available on the RACMA website.

RACMA has recently released a new Medical Leadership and Management Curriculum which is being implemented in the 2025 hospital year. Read a summary of the new program [PDF 93 KB].

Interview and selection

Queensland Health state-wide selection is undertaken via a Selection Panel which considers applications from prospective and current Medical Administration Registrars. Current registrars and prospective registrars will be required to participate in a multi-modal selection process. It should be noted that to be reappointed, candidates must be assessed as having satisfactorily completed the year of training.

Where a registrar has completed all requirements for Fellowship, or has gained Fellowship in Medical Administration, candidacy is considered completed and they will no longer be eligible for application for ongoing training positions with RACMA as Medical Administration Registrar positions are funded and designed for training. Applications will not be considered where candidacy with RACMA is completed, or due for completion, prior to or at the commencement of the RMO campaign year.

Applying

You can apply for the Medical Administration Registrar positions when you apply for the RMO campaign. The following guide provides information on the recruitment and allocation of Medical Administration Registrar [PDF 182.44 KB].

If you need help completing your preferences at Step 10: Preferences section in the application, use the Medical administration preference guide [PDF 200.74 KB].

You’ll also require reports from 2 referees.

Key dates

You can apply for a position when you apply for the RMO campaign. Applications for the campaign are open Monday 1 June to Monday 29 June 2026. We won’t accept late applications.

More information

To find out more about the training program, refer to the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators.

You can also find more about working in medical administration on the Medi-Nav website.