Hunter New England LHD is offering GPPTP Advanced Skills Training opportunities for fellowed GP in the following areas:

• Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital: Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Palliative Care
• The Maitland Hospital: Mental Health and Paediatrics
• Manning Hospital: Emergency Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mental Health, Paediatrics and Palliative Care
• Belmont Hospital: Emergency Medicine
• Armidale Hospital: Please contact for specific opportunities commencing Term 2,2025

Applications close on 13th January 2025 and additional information, including link to apply, is available here: HNELHD – General Practice Procedural Trainee

The GPPTP provides opportunities for fellowed GPs to acquire additional skills to provide advanced services in a NSW rural hospital and primary care in a community general practice setting, to meet the healthcare needs of rural communities.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Cheryl Hayes [email protected] or the team at HETI via heti[email protected].

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Surgery, Anaesthetics and/or Obstetrics

This program supports procedural rural doctors in MMM 3-7 for skills maintenance and upskilling in anaesthetics, obstetrics and surgery covering both formal (courses) and informal (clinical attachments) delivery modes. It is in the form of a grant of $20,000 per doctor per financial year based on 10 days training at $2,000 per day.

Further details can be found at: health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/work-pr-rpgp

or acrrm.org.au/continuing-development/assistance-and-grants or racgp.org.au/the-racgp/faculties/rural/rural-procedural-grant

Emergency Medicine

Doctors practising emergency medicine in rural and remote areas can access grant payments for upskilling in emergency medicine. The grant payment is calculated on a maximum of $6,000 per GP per financial year for 3 days of upskilling or skills maintenance activities. The total grant payable will be based on a rate of $2,000 per day.

Further details can be found at: racgp.org.au/the-racgp/faculties/rural/rural-procedural-grants or acrrm.org.au/support/grants/rpgp

SA: Rural Doctors Workforce Agency – 08 8234 8277

VIC: Rural Workforce Agency Victoria – 03 9349 7800

NSW: Rural Doctors Network – 02 4924 8000

WA: Rural Health West – 08 6389 4500

QLD: Health Workforce Queensland – 07 3105 7800

NT: Primary Health Network Northern Territory

• • Darwin 08 8982 1000
  • Alice Springs 08 8950 4800
  • Katherine 08 8982 1040

TAS: HR+ – 03 6332 8600

VIC: General Practitioners (GP) grant program | health.vic.gov.au

QLD: Queensland GP Incentive

TAS: GP Incentive Package