Paediatric Medical Officer jobs

Resident Medical Officer (RMOs) and Service Medical Registrar (SMRs)

2027 WA HEALTH ANNUAL CENTRALISED RECRUITMENT POOL

This Recruitment Pool is for Fixed Term Full-Time, Fixed Term Part-Time (with the possibility of extension) Resident Medical Officer (RMO) and Service Medical Registrar (SMR) positions, commencing from January 2027

Western Australia - where opportunity meets lifestyle

Salary
Effective from 3 September 2026:

Resident Medical Officer Year 1 – 3 from $121,360 – $144,166 pa

Service Registrar Full Time Year 1 – 7 from $155,932 – $208,619 pa

Inclusive of superannuation (12%) and professional development allowance as per WA Health System – Medical Practitioners – AMA Industrial Award agreement 2024.

• St John of God Health Care employment terms and conditions are contained within the St John of God Health Care Enterprise Agreement and may differ from WA Health hospitals.

**Ramsay Health Care employment terms and conditions may differ from WA Health hospitals. Ramsay Health Care is not a listed Contracted State Entity within the WA Health System – Medical Practitioners – AMA Industrial Agreement 2024.

About the Role
We are recruiting suitably qualified Resident Medical Officers and Service Medical Registrars for metropolitan and rural & remote areas of Western Australia – choose your own adventure!

The roles available will be a choice of these Hospital and Health Providers:

• Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group
• Joondalup Health Campus
• King Edward Memorial Hospital
• Perth Children’s Hospital
• Royal Perth Bentley Group
• Sir Charles Gairdner Osborne Park Group
• St John of God Health Care – Midland, Subiaco or Murdoch
• WA Country Health Service – multiple rural locations

Are you ready to make a difference to healthcare in Western Australia?

What’s in it for you

• Expand your knowledge and skills through the available learning opportunities
• Work with mentors who are passionate and knowledgeable
• Preference your top three hospital sites across Western Australia in one application
• Competitive salaries and professional development allowances
• Choice of term rotations through 4 – 5 departments per year depending on the site

About you

• Eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia
• Eligible to work in Australia; and
• Demonstrated clinical and procedural experience as a registered medical practitioner for a minimum of 6 months in an Australian acute hospital or comparable acute hospital setting (setting listed in the selection criteria) within the last 3 years

An Australian acute hospital setting is defined as a clinically accredited, multi-day stay facility that provides one or more disciplines of medicine, surgery, emergency medicine, paediatrics, women’s health and mental health care. Outpatient clinics or overnight stay facilities do not meet this criterion.

What you will need to apply
Applicants are strongly encouraged to review RMO/SMR Centralised Recruitment campaign page for details on what is required to support your application. It also includes FAQs, tips for completing the Selection Criteria and application form, dates for the recruitment process, and what evidence to attach as follows:

• Curriculum vitae (CV) or resume
• Cover letter introducing yourself and addressing the Application Selection Criteria in a Word or PDF document
• Evidence of registration or evidence of eligibility for registration with the Medical Board of Australia. For example:
  • Ahpra number; or
  • AMC MCQ & Aphra accepted English Language test; or
  • Competent Authority country Medical Degree or PLAB 1 & 2
  • Specialist College assessment report
• Minimum two recent Referee details with confirmed and current contact details entered
• A copy of your primary medical degree
• AMC Part 2 Clinical exam (if completed)

Applicants to apply online via MedCareersWA.

Applications close strictly on Monday 22 June 2026 at 12:00PM AWST.

Additional documentation or edits to the application including preference order cannot be accepted after the close of applications.

Documents do not need to be certified at this point, but will need to be for Medical Board registration

Referee details must be correct at the time of application

LATE, UNSOLICITED OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

Other conditions

• Suitable applicants will be placed in a pool from which appointments may be made when similar vacancies occur. Appointments may be made from this pool until 11 September 2026 12PM AWST.
• All participating health services are committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of our service. We embrace diversity and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities.
• WA Health is committed to growing the Aboriginal workforce as a part of WA Health’s Aboriginal Workforce Policy. As a measure to achieve equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this position. Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply.
• WA Health will not accept applications or CVs from recruitment agencies and/or search firms and will not pay fees to any such organisation unless arranged with the provider prior to advertising a vacancy.
• This position is subject to a Western Australian Working with Children (WWC) Check. For further information please refer to the WWC website at: https://workingwithchildren.wa.gov.au