Basic Physician Trainee

NSW Health; Coffs Harbour; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The St George BPT Network is inviting applications for Basic Physician Trainee positions in 2027. The program spans three years with rotations across four teaching hospitals, designed to develop clinical judgment, evidence‑based management and professional leadership in trainees.

Contracts may be 1 or 2 years for trainees completing required length, otherwise most positions are offered as Temporary Full Time at 38 hours per week.

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent, current general registration with the Medical Board of Australia.
• ALS certification or equivalent by the start of the clinical year.
• Valid Working with Children check.
• Cleared National Police Check.

Responsibilities

• Clinically assess patients, incorporating consultation/history taking, examination, and formulation of a differential diagnosis and management plans.
• Discuss diagnoses and management plans with patients and their families or carers.
• Document the progress of patients in multiple settings.
• Prescribe medications tailored to patients’ needs and conditions.
• Transfer care of patients.
• Choose, organise and interpret investigations.
• Assess and manage acutely unwell patients.
• Plan, prepare for, perform, and provide after care for important procedures.

Education

MBBS or equivalent

ALS certification or equivalent

Job description

St George BPT Network - AMR 2027 - Applications close 15/11/2026. Interviews will likely be held on Friday 20/11/026 via TEAMs.

The St George BPT Network may offer 1- or 2-year contracts (as required for completion of their length of training) to applicants who have completed their time in an accredited BPT role. All other applicants will be offered 3-year contracts, subject to change, with final rankings from the application process and service provision requirements determining the length of training contract that will be offered. Previous or current registration with RACP in non-BPT roles does not guarantee a 2-year contract.

If you are holding a BPT offer from this current AMR campaign, then any application you make for subsequent round BPT positions during the 2027 AMR campaign will not be considered.

Employment Type:TemporaryFull Time
Remuneration: -
Hours Per Week:38
Requisition ID:CAM31112

An exciting opportunity exists to join the St George BPT Network as a Basic Physician Trainee in 2027.

Where you'll be working

The St George BPT Network consists of 4 training sites each with their own unique and valuable training experience. We are a Network built on mutual respect and we place great value on commitment, teamwork and supporting each other as critical to success. We value our trainees as people first whilst striving to support and guide them as they navigate the BPT program and become well-rounded physicians, confident in their ability to provide excellent medical care and management. We pride ourselves on having a culture where education and training is a priority. Clinicians throughout our Network are actively engaged in our BPT program and many are experienced college examiners - they are invaluable to the quality of training that is received in this Network.

The St George BPT Network has training positions in St George Hospital; Sutherland Hospital; Shoalhaven Hospital, and Coffs Harbour Hospital. All are teaching hospitals affiliated with UNSW. Our metropolitan sites are busy with hands-on exposure to a wide variety of presentations and patient populations. Our rural sites offer tremendous opportunity to see a diverse range of clinical medicine where you will start to develop the key decision-making and clinical judgement skills of a physician.

Our training program targets your clinical skills and your professional development. We provide a supportive environment that facilitates your learning and gets you ready to meet the challenges of your career. We offer a comprehensive 3-year program to supplement your own self-driven study & development program, with mentorship and other learning opportunities available. We take education and training seriously and value the same from our trainees.

What you'll be doing

The primary purpose of the Basic Physician Trainee (BPT) is to provide effective medical services to patients under supervision, while developing expertise in medical practice in a complex clinical environment in inpatient and outpatient areas in the public health organisations within the Network. Basic Physician Training roles consist of rotations through medical departments, working under an appropriate level of supervision by consultants. Rotations have different levels of responsibility and team structures. BPTs will gain increasing clinical autonomy and accountability as team leaders throughout the course of the three-year training program, building on their skills and attributes with the goal of entering an Advanced Training program.

• Clinically assess patients, incorporating consultation/history taking, examination, and formulation of a differential diagnosis and management plans
• Discuss diagnoses and management plans with patients and their families or carers
• Document the progress of patients in multiple settings
• Prescribe medications tailored to patients’ needs and conditions
• Transfer care of patients
• Choose, organise and interpret investigations
• Assess and manage acutely unwell patients
• Plan, prepare for, perform, and provide after care for important procedures

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

• MBBS or equivalent, current general registration with the Medical Board of Australia.
• If the applicant's registration has conditions, all conditions will be assessed by the health agency to determine if the applicant can meet the essential requirements of the role.
• A minimum of three (3) years post- graduate experience or two (2) full years of postgraduate experience in public hospital service by the start of the clinical year.
• Eligible for or holding current registration as a Basic Physician Trainee with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and intent to obtain Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
• ALS certification or equivalent by the start of the clinical year.
• Valid Working with Children check
• Cleared National Police Check
• To be employed by NSW Health you are required to provide evidence of vaccination to comply with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy, this includes any amendments made from time to time.