GPTT offers many exciting and challenging posts to support gp training. These include Extended Skills Posts (ESP)s, Advanced Rural Skills Posts (ARSP)s and Advanced Skills Training (AST)s.Please contact Jo France to discuss other options for posts.

Extended Skills Posts (ESP)s for gp registrars

These ESPs may be based in a general practice, hospital or community post setting. ESPs are 6 usually taken for 6 months full time - 4 days per week over 6 months or 2 days per week over 12 months. Currently GPTT has the following posts accredited as ESPs:

Alcohol & Drug Service - St John's Park - Hobart
Hyperbaric Medicine - Royal Hobart Hospital
Emergency Medicine - Calvary Health Care & Hobart Private Hospital - Hobart
Expedition Medicine Skills Post - Sandy Bay Travel Clinic - Hobart
Family Planning - Family Planning Tasmania - Hobart
Academic Post - University of Tas - Hobart & Launceston
Palliative Care - Whittle Ward - Hobart
Community Paediatrics - Latrobe Family Medical Practice - Latrobe
Refugee Health - LGH - North
Refugee Health - Augusta Road Medical Centre - Hobart
JMO Clinical Medical Educator - LGH - North
Surgical Assisting - Calvary Health - Hobart
Advanced Dermatology - New Town Skin Clinic - Hobart
Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS) - various places around Australia
Prison Health - Risdon Prison, Hobart
Youth Health - Launceston

ACRRM - Advanced Skills Training (AST)s

12 month post completed any time during training. GPTT offers the following ASTs in Tasmania:

Remote Medicine (Antarctic/Macquarie Island)
Emergency Medicine - Calvary Health Care - Hobart (Assoc Prof David Smart)

RACGP - Advanced Rural Skills Posts (ARSP)s

12 month clinical post, usually in a hospital focused on procedural medicine. GPTT offers the following ARSPs in Tasmania:

Anaesthetics - LGH - North
Anaesthetics - NWRH - North West
Emergency Medicine - Calvary Health Care - Hobart wiht Assoc Prof David Smart