2027 Registrar Service and Trainee (WA Country Health Service)

  Date posted: 12 May 2026     Applications close: 08 Jun 2026
  Company: WA Country Health Service
  Location: Various, Western Australia
  Job Type: Full-time
  Contact: Patricia Knuckey     wachsdoctors.junior@health.wa.gov.au
Description

WA Country Health Service is seeking applications from Registrars in various specialties and locations as listed below for 6 to 36-months full time appointments with the possibility of extension(s) commencing in February and/or August 2027.

Anaesthetics

  • Bunbury – Anaesthesia Service Registrar
  • Geraldton - Anaesthesia Service Registrar
  • Kalgoorlie – Anaesthesia Advanced Skills Trainee (AST) Registrar

Emergency Medicine

  • Albany - Emergency Medicine Trainee Registrar
  • Albany - Emergency Medicine Service Registrar
  • Broome - Emergency Medicine Service Registrar
  • Bunbury - Emergency Medicine Registrar
  • Busselton - Emergency Medicine Service Registrar
  • Geraldton - Emergency Medicine Service, ACRRM/RACGP Advanced Skills and Advanced Trainee Registrar
  • Kalgoorlie - Emergency Medicine Service Registrar
  • Northam - Emergency Medicine Registrar

General Medicine

  • Albany - General Medicine Advanced Trainee Registrar
  • Albany - General Medicine Service Registrar*
  • Broome - General Medicine Advanced Trainee Registrar
  • Bunbury - General Medicine Advanced Trainee Registrar
  • Bunbury - General Medicine Service Registrar*
  • Geraldton - General Medicine Service and Advanced Trainee Registrar*
  • Kalgoorlie - General Medicine Service Registrar*
  • Northam - General Medicine Registrar

General Surgery

  • Bunbury - General Surgery Service Registrar
  • Geraldton - General Surgery Service Registrar
  • Kalgoorlie - General Surgery Service Registrar

Hospital in the Home (HITH)

  • Bunbury – Registrar Service Hospital in the Home

Intensive Care Unit

  • Bunbury - Intensive Care Medicine Service and Trainee Registrar
  • Bunbury - Intensive Care Medicine Senior Registrar (Transition Year Fellow)
  • Geraldton - Intensive Care Medicine Service Registrar

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

  • Bunbury - Obstetrics & Gynaecology Service Registrar
  • Kalgoorlie - Obstetrics & Gynaecology Service Registrar

Orthopaedic Surgery

  • Geraldton – Orthopaedic Surgery Service Registrar
  • Kalgoorlie – Orthopaedic Surgery Service Registrar

Paediatrics

  • Albany - Paediatric Service Registrar
  • Geraldton - Paediatric Service Registrar
  • Kalgoorlie - Paediatric Service Registrar

Palliative Care

  • Albany - Palliative Care Service Registrar


* “Candidates successful in obtaining a WACHS Service General Medicine Registrar contract at eligible sites are welcome to apply for a Basic Physician Training (BPT) Adult Internal Medicine (AIM) Year 1 training position through the 2027 WACHS Rural Physician Training Pathway. Applications will open via MedCareers WA on Monday, 15 June 2026.  Alternatively, please contact the WACHS Physician team on WACHS.BPT@health.wa.gov.au for more information”.

What’s great about these roles?
✔ Competitive Salaries ranging from $158,041 - $476,639 p.a. pro rata (based upon years of experience and regional location)
✔ Ongoing medical education and professional development opportunities
✔ Access to generous salary packaging options
✔ Working rurally offers close and regular contact and support from senior doctors
✔ Enjoy a broader scope of practice and true breadth of medicine across all specialties with opportunities to practice procedures you would not have access to in a metro setting
✔ Live in small enough towns that you will get to know and be a part of the local community
✔ Great work/life balance with minimal commute and access to some of the most beautiful scenic sites in Western Australia

Interested in hearing about our positions?

For full details or to apply, please go to 2027 Registrar Service and Trainee Pool (WA Country Health Service)

If you have further questions, please contact the WACHS Medical Recruitment Coordinators on (08) 6372 2290 or (08) 6372 2289.