Our Basic Physician Training (BPT) progam is highly successful and comprehensive, encompassing a broad range of clinical rotations and a supportive educational culture in the heart of Melbourne’s world-class medical precinct.
We are a Level III training site accredited by the Royal Australian College of Physicians (RACP). The RMH is also part of the Greater Western BPT Consortium.
Why choose BPT at the RMH?
The RMH is one of Australia’s oldest and leading public health providers and part of the Parkville Precinct. It provides abundant opportunities to engage in all clinical, educational, and research opportunities. Person-centred care, teamwork, and kindness drive us every single day. We are world leaders in clinical care and innovation across multiple disciplines including stroke care, infectious diseases, kidney transplantation, and bone marrow transplantation.
The RMH is an encouraging place to support your professional and personal growth and provide the foundation for your career as a physician. Each unit has specific educational programming during each clinical rotation. Our broad clinical experiences though precinct and consortium partners include:
- General Medicine
- Cardiology
- Endocrinology
- Respiratory
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Gastroenterology
- Haematology/Bone Marrow Transplant
- Infectious Disease
- Intensive Care
- Geriatric Medicine
- Acute Aged Care
- Orthogeriatrics
- Trauma in Older Persons Service
- Aged Care at Royal Park
- RMH@Home
- Genetics/Immunology
There are also many BPT specific learning opportunities including:
- Weekly professorial reports
- Written exam preparation including access to LearningHub
- Clinical exam preparation including long case mentors, short case tutorials (general medicine, neurology and cardiology) and specialty nights (cardiology, respiratory, rheumatology, neurology and abdomen)
- Wellbeing support
Each year there is BPT orientation, and we also offer flexible training pathways. We have a strong track record in both exams and in progression to advanced training positions. Our program is supported by five Directors of Training, the Medical Education Unit (Education/TMP) and the Medical Workforce Unit (Recruitment/Rostering).
Affiliated hospitals
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre - medical oncology, haematology, palliative care
- Western Health - neurology, endocrinology, general medicine
- Ballarat Health - general medicine, specialty medicine
- Albury Wodonga Health - general medicine
- Northeast Health Wangaratta - general medicine
Applications are now open for Basic Physician Trainee Year 1 (PGY 3+)
Applications close on Sunday 26 April 2026.
Recruitment process
Our BPT program is open to PGY3 and above trainees. You must have general registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) at the time of your contract start date.
Our recruitment consists of a standardised CV template, an interview and two consultant references. Please reference the RMH Careers page for more details regarding recruitment and application dates.
The ideal RMH BPT is committed to becoming a physician, is intrinsically motivated, highly reflective and values collaboration. They also endeavour to contribute meaningfully to medicine, the hospital, and the wider community.
2027 recruitment timeframes
The RMH recruit outside of the Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria (PMCV) match, which means our offer and interview process commences early.
You will be able to submit your applications in line with the timeframes below through our searching ‘BPT’ or ‘Basic Physician Training’ on our jobs portal.
Applications for our 2027 intake open as follows:
BPT 1
- Applications open: 13 April 2026
- Applications close: 26 April 2026
- Interviews: Week commencing 4 May 2026
- Offers made: Week commencing 11 May 2026
BPT2/3
- Applications open: 18 May 2026
- Applications close: 31 May 2026
- Interviews: Week commencing 6 July 2026
- Offers made: Week commencing 13 July 2026
Frequently asked questions
To be eligible for BPT at the RMH you must be PGY3+ and have general registration with AHPRA.
We offer a broad range of rotations across our Parkville and Royal Park campuses along with rotations at our precinct partners at Peter Mac and consortium partners at Western Health, Ballarat, Albury Wodonga and Wangaratta.
Many of our rotations have night shift built into the roster (as opposed to a rotation of night shifts). We ensure you meet BPT requirements with your rostering. RMH BPTs rotate off-site at least once a year, including to our rural consortium partner sites.
Our Medical Workforce Unit (MWU), in consultation and review with the Director, Physician Education (DPE), are responsible for rotation allocation.
In BPT1, rotations are offered in pre-determined lines (a full year of allocated rosters) which you will be able to preference. These are run through an algorithm to ensure the best possible outcome and to ensure transparency and fairness.
BPT2/3 rotations are rostered based on preferences. Rotations allocated will meet RACP requirements. Rotation swaps between BPTs are possible but have to be approved by MWU and a DPE to ensure RACP requirements are able to be met. Whilst it is tempting to do as many rotations in a specialty of interest, we encourage a broad range of BPT rotations to help prepare you for a long career as a physician.
The Greater Western Consortium is a network of hospitals that work together to provide high quality clinical training, exposure to metropolitan and regional medicine, and ensure adequate resourcing of hospitals across the state. The Consortium works together on education and workforce.
Progression through BPT in the new RACP curriculum is governed by the Progress Review Panel (PRP). The PRP reviews all assessments and reports to make decisions regarding readiness to progress to the next year of training.
We are supportive of diverse career pathways recognising that the physician of the future will have many skills.
Our trainees have taken time off to support personal endeavours, pursue additional training, receive overseas educational opportunities, undertake higher degrees and gain more research experience.
We encourage trainees to discuss their career paths and progression with a Director, Physician Education and the Medical Workforce Unit. Plans will be considered in conjunction with recruitment and operational needs of the hospital.
Many rotations have night shifts as part of the rotation. For example, when rostered to cardiology, nephrology and general medicine (as three examples) you will rotate through day, after-hours, weekends and night shifts within that term.
All appointments for Doctors in Training at the RMH are covered by the Doctors in Training (Victorian Public Health Sector) (AMA Victoria/ASMOF) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2022-2026.
All BPTs receive five weeks of annual leave (pro rata). Exam leave is allocated up to two occasions per year for those sitting exams. Each BPT is allocated to a two-week revision course in the lead up to the written exam.