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The 2026 (Clinical Year) Postgraduate Year 2 and Beyond Trainee Medical Officer – Expressions of Interest will be open from 11 June 2025 to 2 July 2025.

View the PGY2 and Beyond Expression of Interest Guideline, this document contains expression of interest open and close dates, information about positions, eligibility and minimum criteria. 

Postgraduate Year 2 and beyond

Selection and allocation of Resident Medical Officer (RMO) positions (Postgraduate Year 2 and Beyond) in South Australia occurs on an annual basis. It is undertaken through a centralised Expression of Interest process administered by the South Australian Education and Training Unit (SA MET) on behalf of the South Australian Department for Health and Wellbeing and South Australian Local Health Networks (LHNs).

PGY2 and Beyond training positions are described as:

Prevocational Training: Programs that offer rotations through different subspecialties that provide exposure to patients presenting with undifferentiated illness, patients with chronic illness, and patients with acute and critical illness.

Vocational Training: Programs that focus on specific specialty areas. These positions will provide you with experience in specific clinical specialties and are suitable if you know the specialty career path you wish to follow. In some cases, you will need to be accepted by the relevant specialty college. Information regarding college appointment processes and deadlines can be obtained from the individual colleges.

The programs for the 2026 Clinical Year 

Role descriptions are listed below:

Training programs

Training programs available in South Australian teaching hospitals include:

Basic Vocational or Pre-specialist Training Positions

Programs that focus on specific medical and surgical specialty areas. These positions will provide you with experience in specific clinical specialties and are suitable if you know the specialty career path you wish to follow. In some cases you will need to be accepted by the relevant specialty college prior to appointment and some specialty appointments are made solely by the relevant college organisations. Information regarding appointment processes and deadlines can be obtained from the individual colleges.

Prevocational (General) Training Positions

Programs that provide further hospital experience. These positions will provide you with general rotations through medical, surgical and emergency units and are suitable if you have not yet decided on a specialist training program or wish to obtain more experience.

Please refer to the PGY2 and Beyond Expression of Interest Guideline and the PGY2 and beyond Positions available for more information.