2026 Basic Physician Trainee - BPT 1

Basic Physician Trainee Year 1 (BPT1 / PGY 3+)

12 Months Fixed Term, Full Time position commencing 2nd February 2026

We are inviting Doctors to continue their training with Royal Melbourne Hospital in 2026. Our Basic Physicians Training Year 1 (BPT1) positions deliver an extensive array of education, support, training and professional development.

The Royal Melbourne is one of Victoria’s largest hospitals providing a comprehensive range of health services including acute, sub-acute, general, and specialist medical services throughout inpatient and community-based facilities. We are also a proud part of the world-renowned Melbourne Biomedical Precinct, working in collaboration to advance research for continuous improvement of clinical care.

Your Opportunity:

RMH can assist you in deciding on your future pathway and have a strong commitment to supporting you through all training requirements and exam preparation. The large number of rotations on offer will allow you to concentrate on your areas of interest while further developing as a junior doctor and honing your clinical skills.

The Royal Melbourne Hospital is part of the Greater Western Basic Physician Training Consortium (GWC). The objectives of the GWC are to improve, and make more equitable, the standard of Basic Physician Training across all of its member health services.

RMH trainees may be asked to rotate to an external partner site in BPT1. These rotations provide an experience unique to rural health services which you would not receive by remaining at RMH for the entirety of your training. It is an expectation and condition of applying to BPT1 at RMH that you undertake a rural rotation if allocated.

All positions will be by direct appointment, prior to the PMCV match.

About you

• General Registration with the Medical Board of Australia – AHPRA by commencement (2nd February 2026).
• Commitment to becoming a physician
• Commitment to Royal Melbourne Hospital and its values at all times
• Highly intrinsically motivated and reflective
• Thoughtful and thorough clinician
• Holistic contributor to medicine, community and society
• Collaborative and values connection
• Strong leadership skills and willingness and ability to supervise and mentor Interns and Hospital Medical Officers

Application Requirements:

Please ensure you meet the key selection criteria and attach the following key documents.

Please upload the following documents to your application:

• Cover Letter 
  • To be addressed to A/Prof Sam Hume
  • Indicate if you are applying for Full Time or Part Time position
• Curriculum Vitae
  • Please use the attached standardised BPT Curriculum Vitae template

• Key areas of interest to the selection panel include:
  • • Education and qualifications beyond core medical degree
    • Previous employment
    • Research presentations/publications – please be specific and annotate details. E.g., whether the project is published, in review, presented. If presented, please specify if this was a poster, oral and whether the meeting was international / national. Include DOI.
    • Contributions to hospital, university, medical school
    • Volunteer work (please be specific with time and contribution)
• References
  • Your referees must be named at the time of application. Please note that offers for interviews will be contingent upon receipt of referee details.

  •  Download the attached Reference template (upload 3 references directly to your application) or email to **************@mh.org.au

  • The applicant is responsible for ensuring the referee forms are received by RMH.

Internal candidates are asked to apply via Royal Melbourne careers Website using their using their MH email and login details.

Why RMH?

• Allocated 2-week training course in preparation for the written exam 
• Supervisors dedicated to your professional and educational development
• Structured tutorial programs prior to written and clinical exam 
• Diverse patient mix lending to good exam preparation 

Interested?

For more information about BPT 1 at RMH please contact:

Dr Adam Steinberg **************@mh.org.au

Dr Belinda Liu – ***********@mh.org.au

Don't delay. Apply now! Recruitment is ongoing, with interviews commencing as soon as suitable candidates are received.