How to apply

Visit Psychiatry Careers - Canberra Health Services or contact CHS.PsychRegTraining@act.gov.au for information on the ACT psychiatry training program.

Updated June 2025

For training enquiries, please contact nsw.training@ranzcp.org

Updated August 2025

The Northern Territory (NT) offers accredited psychiatry training across two sites: Darwin (Royal Darwin and Palmerston Hospitals) and Alice Springs (Alice Springs Hospital). Training provides exposure to Aboriginal and Transcultural Psychiatry, Remote and Rural Psychiatry, and work in remote communities.

Training rotations include diverse experiences such as Acute Adult Inpatient, Adult Community Mental Health, Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, Remote Outreach, Child and Youth Community, Child and Youth Inpatient experience, Addiction Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Emergency Psychiatry including Crisis Assessment Mental Health Teams, Perinatal Psychiatry, and GP Liaison Psychiatry.

The NT supports all stages of training (Stage 1–3) and Advanced Certificates in Adult, Child and Adolescent, Addiction, and Forensic Psychiatry.

Informal discussions with Directors of Training and local psychiatrists are encouraged. Interviews are conducted for both accredited positions and the NT training program.

Applications (cover letter and CV) must be submitted when positions are advertised.

Rotations commence in February and August. Intake outside these periods may be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Applications for Northern Territory training positions are advertised via the NT Government jobs portal. Please monitor and express your interest when roles open below:

Express interest

Vacant roles are advertised independently by services in the Top End and Central Australia.

 General information about working in the NT is available below:

General information

Updated February 2026

• Visit Queensland Health for employment information.
• For more information about joining the QLD Training Program please contact PGT.PAH@health.qld.gov.au

To clarify the application process further, there are two applications:

1. QLD Health RMO Campaign – for employment RMO and Registrar positions | QLD Health
2. QLD Psychiatry Training Program, which is part of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP). Applications for the February 2027 intake open from late August 2026. Send your application to PGT.PAH@health.qld.gov.au 

Upcoming Queensland psychiatry intake interview dates and deadlines

Updated January 2026

Contact health.sapbtcadministration@sa.gov.au for more information on the application process and timelines.  

Reviewed August 2025

Contact Robert Bell robert.bell@health.tas.gov.au or tas.ranzcp.training@ths.tas.gov.au

Reviewed August 2025

Visit First Year Psychiatry Training Match - PMCV for more information.

To be registered to commence training in Victoria, you need to be selected by the VPTC selection committee of the RANZCP and matched to an accredited training position at a Victorian Health Service.

Applicants need to apply to each Health Service they wish to train at:  

• Services advertise first year registrar positions generally from May each year.  
• Apply to the Victorian Psychiatry Training Committee (VPTC) via the Post Graduate Medical Council of Victoria (PMCV).

The PMCV matches the preferences of the applicants with the preferences of the Health Services, based on their interviews.

Candidates who are selected and matched to a training position are required to accept this within a 48-hour period. 

Any selected applicants who have not secured a training position are informed of any vacant training positions and negotiate with those services to secure a position.

Reviewed August 2025

Applications for the 2026 intake can be found on the MedCareersWA website. Check WAMPT intranet page (accessible via WA Health computers only) for application timeline as it becomes available.

For more information contact MetroPsychTraining@health.wa.gov.au (Metro training program) or rptwa@health.wa.gov.au (Rural training program).

Updated December 2025

Applicants are encouraged to contact their local Director of Training (DoT) for the programme(s) they are applying to.

Note: SHO refers to Senior House Officer positions as per 2.0 interpretations, pg.6 of the NZRA and Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora RMO SECA and the STONZ and Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora SECA.

Updated January 2026