A Single Employer Model trial for Victoria

16/08/24

Victoria will soon be trialling a Single Employer Model, where rural generalist trainees will have the opportunity to be employed by a single health service while undertaking primary care training placements in rural and regional Victoria.

The Victorian Rural Generalist Program is managing the trial as part of their training program that supports the future rural generalist workforce to train, work and live in rural and regional Victoria.

Up to 15 Single Employer Model trainee positions will be offered across Bairnsdale Regional Health Service, Grampians Health and Mildura Base Public Hospital.

The model offers trainees certainty of income and working conditions, and a more seamless transition between rural hospital and primary care placements.

For primary care providers, the model may reduce the administrative overheads of managing pay and conditions, and build enduring connections with health services and the wider rural health community. All rural Victorian primary care providers accredited to provide GP training are eligible to host a trainee.

The trial is available to full or part-time trainees who are:

registered with the Victorian Rural Generalist Program (VRGP)
enrolled in the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) or the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) (or a stated intention to enrol) and on a rural generalist training pathway
planning to undertake entering a primary care placement in 2025 or 2026.

Trainees and primary care providers and can register their interest now.

For more information or to register, see Single Employer Model.

Reviewed 16 August 2024

A Single Employer Model trial for Victoria

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