Below is a list of opportunities for healthcare providers working in remote and extreme environments.

Apply to join the Tasmanian Rural Generalist Pathway today!

To become part of the Tasmanian Rural Generalist Program, candidates need to complete an online application. The steps are as follows:

  • Check eligibility to join TRGP against the below criteria (TRGP Affiliation Levels).
  • Apply online
  • Your application will be assessed by the TRGP Director
  • You will receive an email confirming the outcome of your application.
  • You will need to accept the offer of a place on the program.
  • Upon acceptance of the offer, you will be sent a welcome pack and a certificate.

What is a Rural Generalist?

Rural Generalists are general practitioners with extended scope of practice, who provide primary care, emergency medicine and in-patient care and have additional training/skills in a sub-specialty area.

The Medical Board of Australia (MBA) has recently announced its intention to recommend to the Health Ministers that Rural Generalist Medicine be approved as a specialty within the discipline of General Practice.

The benefits of working rurally

We know that people who live outside of metropolitan areas experience poorer general health outcomes and have a lower life expectancy than their city counterparts.

Working in a rural or remote location offers the chance to make a real difference. This, combined with the diversity of medical practice, the wide variety of patient presentations and the opportunity to regularly use a broad range of skills, makes Rural Generalism one of the most professionally challenging and rewarding areas of medicine.

In addition, rural practitioners get to live in some of the most beautiful parts of the state and benefit from becoming integral members of their local community.

What does the Tasmanian Rural Generalist Pathway do?

The team at the Tasmanian Rural Generalist Pathway (TRGP) are passionate about growing our own local rural workforce.

Our role is to encourage and support doctors at all stages of training, from medical students through to the early stages of Fellowship, along their journey to become Rural Generalists.

TRGP Affiliation Levels

  • Associate Member

    Level of training:

    Medical students

    Criteria:
    • Any student undertaking a medical degree with the University of Tasmania
    • Has lived in a rural area or interested in working in rural/remote location in the future.
    • Member of Rustica, Utas National Rural Health Student Network

  • Member

    Level of training:

    PGY 1, PGY2+

    Criteria:
    • Any prevocational doctor working in Tasmania who is keen to pursue a career in rural generalism.
    • An associate member who has completed their medical degree and is working as a prevocational medical practitioner in Tasmania can automatically progress to Member

  • Registrar

    Level of training:

    PGY3+

    Criteria:
    • Accepted by ACRRM or RACGP (on their rural generalist training pathway) and has commenced training with the relevant College.
    • Includes rural generalist trainees undertaking their Advanced/Additional Skill(s)
    • A Member who is undertaking the above training and working as a medical practitioner in Tasmania can automatically progress to Registrar

  • Fellow

    Level of training:

    1st two years of Fellowship

    Criteria:
    • Attained Rural Generalist Fellowship from either College and working in Tasmania.
    • A Registrar who has attained the above and is working in Tasmania can automatically progress to Fellow

Support provided by the TRGP

  • Associate Member

    • TRGP will sponsor and support student events that have a rural focus and support Rustica
    • Career support
    • Welcome pack consisting of backpack and drink bottle

  • Member

    • Career support
    • Networking opportunities and training events
    • Rural primary care (John Flynn Prevocational Doctor Program) rotations
    • Support to obtain relevant hospital rotations if not employed as an RG RMO
    • Free attendance at the annual Tasmanian Rural Health Conference
    • Welcome pack consisting of backpack and drink bottle, navy scrubs, and T-shirt

  • Registrar

    • Case management provided by the relevant College
    • Networking opportunities and training events
    • Professional development support
    • Free attendance at the annual Tasmanian Rural Health Conference
    • Welcome pack consisting of backpack and drink bottle, Caribbean scrubs, and T-shirt

  • Fellow

    • Networking opportunities and events
    • Professional development support
    • Supervisory training opportunities
    • Welcome pack consisting of backpack and drink bottle, black scrubs, and T-shirt