Recruitment calendar

One timeline per state for the cycle running now; solid is a date from a live or archived campaign page, dashed is our projection from last year, and the dots are what r/ausjdocs reported. Each campaign opens for its dates, source and caveat. 6 campaign rows in all (6 confirmed). Subscribe (.ics).

all states NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT

applications openinterviewsofferssecond round

expected or end not publishedr/ausjdocs median (hover for n)

ACT 2027 intake cycle · 3 campaigns, 3 confirmed

ACT psychiatry registrar recruitment, 2027 intake early — confirmed, opens 8 June 2026, closes 6 July 2026

ACT psychiatry (RANZCP) registrar recruitment · Accredited registrar

Opens: 8 June 2026 past
Closes: 6 July 2026 past
Interviews: not published
Offers: not published
Second round: not published
Status: confirmed

'Psychiatry (RANZCP) ACT: 8 Jun–6 Jul 2026 [C]' (also listed in the RANZCP Part B row).

canberrahealthservices.act.gov.au · retrieved 12 Sept 2026

Registrar positions, 2027 intake — confirmed, opens 29 June 2026, closes 2 Aug 2026

Canberra Health Services JMO campaign — registrar positions · Unaccredited / service registrar, Accredited registrar

Opens: 29 June 2026 past
Closes: 2 Aug 2026 past
Interviews: not published
Offers: not published
Second round: not published
Status: confirmed

'most Registrar positions 29 Jun–2 Aug 2026'; first-round offers Sep–Nov 2026 and subsequent rounds Nov 2026–Jan 2027 (month ranges only, so offers_from/second_round_at null). Clinical year 1 Feb 2027–6 Feb 2028; SRMO/Reg orientation 1–2 Feb 2027. Page has zero Wayback captures.

canberrahealthservices.act.gov.au · retrieved 12 Sept 2026

RMO and Service SRMO, 2027 intake — confirmed, opens 31 Aug 2026, closes 27 Sept 2026

Canberra Health Services JMO campaign — RMO and Service SRMO · Resident (PGY2), Senior resident (PGY3+), Unaccredited / service registrar

Opens: 31 Aug 2026 past
Closes: 27 Sept 2026
Interviews: not published
Offers: not published
Second round: not published
Status: confirmed

'Resident Medical Officer (RMO) Monday, 31 August 2026 Sunday, 27 September 2026'; RMO & Service SRMO 31 Aug–27 Sep 2026. First-round offers Sep–Nov; subsequent rounds Nov 2026–Jan 2027.

canberrahealthservices.act.gov.au · retrieved 12 Sept 2026

What the sub reported hand-read, 2 rows; positive delta = later than published

Event	Stated	Official	Delta	n	Note
interview invites	15 May 2026	—		2	RMO general-medicine interview held mid-May 2026 with both referee reports already submitted before interview — six weeks before the official ACT registrar round opened on 29 Jun 2026.	comment ↗
results	posted 11 July 2026	—		3	No outcome two months after interview; HR's answer was that interviewing was still under way.	comment ↗

How the ACT cycle actually works, in 4 mechanics from r/ausjdocs (not policy)

CHS Taleo portal, separate ads per role lore 3 authors

Canberra Health Services advertises each position type separately on its Taleo career portal; registrar rounds run mid-year and the RMO / Service SRMO round runs from late August to late September, months after every other jurisdiction's main round has closed.

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Outcome communication is the worst reported of any jurisdiction lore 5 authors

Candidates interviewed in May were still without an outcome in July, told only that interviewing was ongoing; applicants report total silence after chasing HR, and the portal status stays 'application received'. The two ACT-specific threads in four years are both about this.

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Late availability is the flip side lore 4 authors

Because the ACT round runs last, BPT and other roles are still open to apply for in the ACT in late August when NSW and Victoria have finished — it is repeatedly offered as the answer to 'I have no job next year'.

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Residency status lore 2 authors · single report

Community understanding (attributed to JMSU) is that, like NSW, ACT Health must prioritise Australian residents before offering to applicants without PR.

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Show earlier intakes and other reports: 3 campaign rows and 0 report rows

Intake	Campaign	Round	Opens	Closes	Interviews	Offers	Second round	Status	Source	Caveat
2026	Basic Physician Trainee SRMO	main	7 July 2025	3 Aug 2025	—	—	—	confirmed	wayback	Verbatim table row: 'Basic Physician Trainee SRMO 7 July 2025 3 August 2025'.
2026	Emergency Medicine Registrar 1-4	main	7 July 2025	3 Aug 2025	—	—	—	confirmed	wayback	Verbatim table row: 'Emergency Medicine Registrar 1-4 7 July 2025 3 August 2025'. The ~80-row per-specialty table was not extracted beyond these rows.
2026	Anaesthetic Registrar	main	21 July 2025	17 Aug 2025	—	—	—	confirmed	wayback	Verbatim table row: 'Anaesthetic Registrar 21 July 2025 17 August 2025'. Advertise/close only — no offer dates archived.

Dots are the median stated date of the hand-read reports the encoders matched to that campaign, weighted by how many comments said so; where none were matched, the median posting date of comments saying a campaign for that state opened, closed, interviewed or offered in the same calendar year — a sanity check on the official date, not a date. Dates drift a week or two each year.

When ads actually closed

Closing months of 3 closed PGY2+ listings since 2023, by employer and specialty

"Usually closes" is the modal month and its share; under three ads and we don't call it. An ad re-advertised three times counts three times. Outside NSW the record starts when we began scraping each portal.

Employer	State	Specialty	Closed ads	Usually closes	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Canberra Health Services	ACT	Paediatrics	2 (2026)	too few to say									1	1
Canberra Health Services	ACT	Pain medicine	1 (2026)	too few to say										1