RWAV offers a comprehensive recruitment and placement service for Australian
trained doctors and suitably qualified and experienced overseas trained doctors
to work in rural and regional Victoria.
All RWAV Recruitment Programs place doctors into rural and/or regional Victoria.
Australian Trained Doctors
RWAV can assist and support Australian Trained Doctors to find a suitable position in rural and regional
general practice.
- If you are an Australian Trained Doctor with a postgraduate general practice qualification (eg FRACGP/FACRRM)
or an Australian Trained Doctors without a postgraduate general practice qualification and you completed
your intern year prior to 1996, click
here.
- If you are an Australian Trained Doctor without a postgraduate general practice qualification and you
completed your intern year after 1996, please refer to the
Rural Locum Relief program.
Overseas Trained Doctors
A number of different opportunities are available for suitably qualified and
experienced Overseas Trained Doctors. These opportunities will depend upon your residency status, qualifications, skills
and experience.
Victorian Overseas Trained Doctors Rural Recruitment Scheme (VORRS or 5-year Scheme)
This scheme aims to attract Overseas Trained Doctors with post graduate GP qualifications to work in
areas of greatest need in rural Victoria.
To apply,
click here.
Rural Locum Relief Program (RLRP)
The RLRP is a program designed to assist Overseas Trained Doctors who have permanent residency or Australian
citizenship and relevant clinical skills and experience to be able to work in rural
general practice. Temporary Resident Doctors are NOT eligible for the RLRP.
For further information on RLRP or to apply,
click here.
International Recruitment Strategy (IRS)
Opportunities exist for suitably qualified and experienced Overseas Trained Doctors to work in approved
districts of workforce shortage in rural and regional Victoria. In order to be considered, doctors must not have worked in the Australian medical workforce in the
last 12 months, must have recognised Post Graduate GP qualifications.
To apply,
click here.
Temporary Resident Doctors (TRDs)
Overseas Trained Doctors who are suitably qualified and experienced and interested in working in rural
and regional Victoria on a temporary basis may be eligible for employment.
To apply, click
here