Job Details

Undergraduate, Graduate, Graduate Medical Scheme

As a doctor in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (RAAMC), you will have a varied and exciting career in Army hospitals and medical centres or as solo practitioners with elite Army units. Army doctors are responsible for the general physical and mental health of personnel, which in turn allows the Army to effectively operate in both training and operational environments.

Army doctors work in diverse areas from primary care, which has an emphasis on sports medicine, trauma and rehabilitation to tropical medicine and population health. Army doctors are likely to be involved in regional disaster relief operations and United Nations Peace Keeping roles throughout the world. Army doctors will specialise in primary care, occupational medicine, sports medicine, public health medicine or medical administration. Opportunities exist for promotion and expansion of skills into health leadership and management.

On 31 July 2003 a competency based career and salary structure was introduced for Medical Officers in the ADF. Competency Level 1 is achieved after successful completion of a medical degree and two years hospital residency. Competency Level 2 is achieved after completion of a series of military and military medical courses and a further period of supervised clinical practice. From there, Medical Officers will specialise in primary care (Competency Level 3) or health protection areas, such as occupational medicine, public health medicine, sports medicine or medical administration (Competency Level 4). Occupational medicine training has a focus on aviation medicine, underwater medicine and chemical, biological and radiological defence. Other training may be approved subject to ADF requirements.

Graduate (Reserve)

As a doctor in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (RAAMC), you will have a varied and exciting career in Army hospitals and medical centres or as solo practitioners with elite Army units. Army doctors are responsible for the general physical and mental health of personnel, which in turn allows the Army to effectively operate in both training and operational environments.

Army doctors work in diverse areas from primary care, which has an emphasis on sports medicine, trauma and rehabilitation to tropical medicine and population health. Army doctors are likely to be involved in regional disaster relief operations and United Nations Peace Keeping roles throughout the world. Army doctors will specialise in primary care, occupational medicine, sports medicine, public health medicine or medical administration.