Medi-Nav Orientation Resource v6, 2024

| 3 The process should be a combination of formal and informal performance evaluation and planning. Details of local processes will be available from your HHSs HR Department. 3.8.7 Term dates for interns and RMOs Each year, Queensland Health facilitates two centralised recruitment campaigns – one for interns and the other for resident medical officers (RMO) and registrars to fill positions in HHS across the state for the subsequent clinical year. Positions recruited via the RMO & Registrar campaign included accredited and non-accredited registrar and principal house officer (PHO) positions, along with senior and junior house officer (SHO and JHO) positions, which are usually rotational. The campaign website publishes an available positions search tool to guide applicants when nominating their five preferences (for location, position level and specialty/sub-specialty) on the online form. Applicants may be required to complete additional application requirements, depending on the position. Your nominated preferences create an applicant pool which specialist medical colleges, Queensland Health facilities, vocational training pathways, networks and central allocation programs utilise to run independent meritorious recruitment processes and make their selections during scheduled selection rounds for the campaign. Preferences are considered sequentially and applicants who are not selected for higher preferences will have opportunities to change their preferences during the annual campaign so they can be considered for other opportunities. The RMO and Registrar recruitment campaign opens around May each year for Rural Advanced Skill training program applications, followed by the main campaign applications around June. With only a short time between the commencement of the clinical year and opening of the RMO and Registrar recruitment campaign, interns are encouraged to consider options for referees early. See the Queensland Health RMO Campaign website for key dates and further information about applications and offers of RMO positions . https://www.health.qld.gov.au/employment/work-for-us/ clinical/medical/recruitment/rmo For interns, the official clinical year commences immediately after a period of paid orientation. Each clinical year is divided into five terms of between 10 to 12 weeks. Interns must complete a minimum of four 10-week terms across the clinical patient care categories. The allocation of clinical rotations and recreation leave is coordinated by individual facilities utilising term dates. To ensure patient safety, Queensland Health implements staggered starts for RMOs – PHOs and registrars will commence two weeks after interns, JHOs and SHOs. Current term dates can be found at : https://www.health.qld.gov.au/employment/work-for-us/clinical/ medical/recruitment/intern/key-dates#term-dates | 45