Some specialist medical colleges vocational training programs have a basic and an advanced training component, e.g. Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP). An Advanced Trainee has completed the basic training component of the program. At the end of specialist training the trainee will obtain specialist qualifications given by the College and be able to practise as a specialist.
Award classification: Resident Medical Officer to Registrar
Award: Public Hospital Medical Officers (State) Award
Some specialist medical college vocational training programs have a basic and an advanced training component, e.g. Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP). Basic training is the entry point for specialist training and must be completed before progressing to advanced training.
A Trainee undertaking the basic training component of the vocational training program for Physicians. This must be completed before progressing to advanced training.
Interns or Post Graduate Year 1 (PGY1) - are entry level doctors who are provisionally registered by the Medical Board of Australia to undertake the required 12 month period of supervised training before being eligible to be granted general medical registration. To be eligible for internship the doctor must be a graduate of an Australian or New Zealand Medical school that has been accredited by the Australian Medical Council (AMC). Interns are allocated to prevocational training networks by the NSW Health Education & Training Institute (HETI).
Prevocational training networks are made up of a number of hospitals. During the 12 month period interns rotate through five terms across the different hospitals in the training network and must complete at least one term in each of Medicine, Surgery and Emergency Medicine.
Award classification: Intern
Intern vacancies that occur after March are managed by the public health organisation and may be recruited to as a JMO Supervised Practice position. The Supervised Practice position is suitable for applicants eligible for provisional or limited registration seeking entry level experience and international medical graduates who have not completed an overseas internship. International medical graduates must normally have completed an overseas internship to be eligible for registration in Australia. The only exception is if the doctor is able to obtain an accredited intern position.
Award classification: Intern to Resident Medical Officer Award: Public Hospital Medical Officers (State) Award
An Advanced Trainee who is usually in their later years of a specialist training program. They may have completed some or all of the specialist training exam/s. They may be waiting to be accepted as a Fellow to their specialist College.
Letter of employment type: Non-Network or Network
This is a medical officer who has completed internship and registration with the Medical Board of Australia. They work in a clinical team and are supervised by the senior JMOs in the team and consultants. NB: Some RMOs may also be specialist trainees on a specialist training program.
Award classification: Resident Medical Officer
The NSW Rural Generalist Training program is a state-wide training program with the aim to produce doctors who are general practitioners with advanced skills able to deliver services to rural communities.
Upon completion of the training program trainees will hold Fellowship of either the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) or the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and at least one advanced skill. To be eligible for the program the trainee must already be a GP trainee or applying for GP training at the time of application and be enrolled as a GP in training by the commencement of the Rural Generalist Training Program.
A medical officer who has obtained fellowship of an Australian specialty college, provided also that the fellowship is in the speciality in which the medical officer is employed, and that the medical officer is occupying a position of Senior Registrar in an established position as approved by the employer.
Award classification: Senior Registrar
Generally these medical officers are not yet in a specialist training program. They may work in one specific area or they, like more junior residents may rotate across a range of different medical specialities. They may supervise interns or RMO1, and will always be supervised by and responsible to a Consultant. They may or may not be supervised by a more senior medical officer (depending on structure of the clinical team) NB: Some SRMOs may also be specialist trainees on a specialist-training program
Is a medical officer seeking to become medical specialists and has been accepted by a specialist medical college or General Practice Education & Training (GPET) for the purposes of completing the vocational training program leading to specialist qualifications. Specialist training programs often have a basic (minimum 2 years) and advanced (up to 6 years) training component to the program. This term would be used for Trainees in a specialist medical college vocational training program that does not have basic and an advanced training component.
Suitable for individuals starting vocational training in Emergency Medicine only.
A medical officer who is not in a specialist training program. Normally the position has not been accredited by the relevant medical college. However, if recruitment to an accredited position has been unsuccessful a facility may seek to fill the position with a trainee who is not enrolled in a medical college training program (unaccredited). Even though the trainee is working in an accredited position they are not in the college training program and therefore not an accredited trainee. If the trainee is subsequently selected into the college training program it is up to each college to determine how much, if any of the time spent in the 'accredited' position is counted towards college training program requirements.
A non-specialist medical officer working in a hospital who is not in a training position. Their qualifications and experiences will vary and selection to the Career Medical Officer (CMO) position is based on merit, assessed against selection criteria provided in the position description.
Some may query the difference between a CMO and a Trainee - Unaccredited Position. Generally a Trainee - Unaccredited Position is a doctor who is hoping to enter specialist training and the appointment is a temporary one usually (12 months) compared to a CMO who has made a decision not to pursue specialist training and can be appointed to a permanent position. CMOs may be the most senior of the hospital non-specialist staff in the clinical teams and will work across the range of specialities. A CMO may supervise interns and residents.
This position is not a JMO position, but traditionally may have been recruited to as part of the JMO recruitment campaign.
Award classification: Career Medical Officer
Award: Public Hospital Career Medical Officers (State) Award
A medical officer who has responsibility for administrative functions of a clinical service such as Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynaecology with a clinical component. The medical officer would usually hold the first part of the relevant College specialist qualifications or may be in their final year of training.
Award classification: Clinical Superintendent
Award: Public Hospital Medical Superintendents (State) Award
