Workforce Program
Where medicine meets meaning: Your future in the Murrumbidgee
Experience connection and purpose in regional NSW
The MPHN Workforce Program supports activities in relation to the recruitment of general practitioners, practice nurses and allied health providers.
Available services include:
Facilitation and support for recruitment and retention of GPs to local practices.
Respond to queries regarding the recruitment process, including overseas trained doctors.
Processing Area of Need Requests
Assistance with Distribution Priority Areas.
Assistance to general practices with the registration process of International Medical Graduates.
Support for newly arrived practitioners with orientation to the local community.
Family support services for health professionals who are new to the area.
Assisting general practitioners source locums
Assistance and support for clinical placements for medical undergraduates, nursing and allied health students.
Advanced and extended skills training in the Murrumbidgee
Planning your GP training can be challenging. This page is designed to clearly outline what advanced and extended skills training is available in the Murrumbidgee region, and where to go for more information. What matters most is knowing what training you can access in this region and how to explore your options.
Both GP Training Colleges offer additional skills training in the Murrumbidgee.
RACGP
Additional rural skills training (ARST) for rural generalist pathways
ACRRM
Experience exceptional training opportunities in the Murrumbidgee region, offering rich, immersive learning environments that is backed by a supportive network.
Skills available in the Murrumbidgee
The following extended or advanced skills training opportunities are currently available in the Murrumbidgee region and apply across both training colleges:
Anaesthesia
Child health and paediatrics
Emergency medicine
Mental health
Obstetrics or obstetrics and gynaecology
Palliative care
If you would like to pursue an extended skill not currently available, please contact us for support.
Finding the right pathway
Registrars are encouraged to:
Use this website to understand which skills are available in the Murrumbidgee
Speak with MPHN for local insight into training locations, supervision, and workforce needs
Get in touch if you are interested in pursuing a skill not currently offered in the region, as options may be explored over time
Useful external resources
For detailed program requirements and college-specific information, the following resources may be helpful:
Need more information?
If you would like more detail about training locations within the Murrumbidgee, supervision arrangements, or future opportunities, please contact MPHN to discuss your options.
We are here to help you navigate the system and plan training that supports both your career goals and regional communities.
Workforce Planning and Prioritisation (WPP) Program
GP Workforce Planning and Prioritisation (GP WPP) consortiums have been established by the Department of Health and Aged Care to provide advice and analysis on Workforce Need, Training Capacity and Training Pathways across the country. Murrumbidgee PHN is part of the NSW/ACT Consortium which is lead by ACT PHN.
The GP WPP activity is supporting college-led general practice training by providing independent, regionally-based data and analysis to inform the distribution and placement of registrars training on the Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program.
The GP WPP activity will:
Provide advice and analysis on GP catchments in greatest need of general practitioner services to inform the distribution of AGPT program registrars
Provide advice and analysis on the training capacity in each PHN region, which will assist the training colleges match registrars to suitable training placements and inform training capacity building activities. It is not mandating where placements must or will occur.
Map training pathways in each PHN region, to assist training colleges support registrars with suitable training options.
How can you be involved
Stakeholder feedback and comment is integral to providing the Department with a locally nuanced perspective of workforce factors effecting the Murrumbidgee region. GP Supervisors, GPs, Practice Managers, Registrars, Students and Community are all encouraged to engage with the WPP manager to provide comment.
Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) – Practice Stream
The Practice Stream provides financial incentives to help general practices with the cost of engaging nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, and/or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers and practitioners.
CONTACT
Jeanette Lautier
Manager, Workforce Planning & Prioritisation
Jeanette.lautier@mphn.org.au
0428 275 540
Last updated 24/12/25