• Skip to main content
  • Skip to navigation
  • Accessibility
  • Contact Us
Government of Western Australia Crest
Government of Western Australia
Government of Western Australia Crest

Additional Menu

  • Accessibility
  • Contact us
Go to WA Government search
  • About SMHS
    • Health Service Board
    • Strategic focus
      • Vision and values
      • Strategic Plan
      • Annual Report
      • Environmental sustainability
      • Innovation
    • Executive
    • Conduct and standards
    • Freedom of Information
    • SMHS Excellence Awards
    • Contact SMHS
  • Our services
    • Our hospitals
      • Peel Health Campus Transformation
    • Elective surgery
      • Contracted medical practitioners
    • Outpatients
    • COVID-19 information
      • SMHS staff self-reporting
    • Aboriginal health
    • Mental health
      • Peel Mental Health Taskforce
    • Health promotion
      • Our priorities
      • Public health planning
    • Sub-acute community care
    • Health care snapshot
    • SMHS Online Services Portal
    • Western Australian Limb Service for Amputees
    • Library and Information Service
  • Our care
    • Safe, quality care
      • Hand hygiene
      • MySay healthcare survey
      • Healthcare associated infections
      • "What matters to you?"
    • For overseas visitors and students
    • Patient rights
    • Patient stories
    • Private patients
    • Support for carers
  • Our community
    • Consumer experience
    • Partnering with consumers
      • Community advisory councils
      • 'Put it to the People' engagement platform
    • Engaging with our community
      • Fiona Wood Public Lectures
      • Voluntary assisted dying podcasts
      • Health Stories podcasts
    • Disability access and inclusion
      • DAIP strategies
      • DAIP initiatives
      • Supporting people with disability
    • Our volunteers
    • Events
  • Our research
    • Current research
    • Our research stories
    • For researchers
    • Participate in our research
    • Support our research
  • Work with us
    • Career opportunities
      • Allied health and health professionals
      • Clinical academics
      • Corporate
      • Medical
      • Mental health
      • Nursing and midwifery
    • Apply for a job
    • Living in WA
  • News
  1. Home
  2. Work with us
  3. Apply for a job

Apply for a job

Learn about our application and assessment processes

Apply for a job

A woman sits in front of two computer screensJob opportunities within SMHS are advertised on the WA Health Jobs Board (external site).

Button reads Search our jobs

Junior medical officer opportunities are also advertised on MedJobsWA (external site).

If you’re an international job seeker, find information about visa and registration requirements (external site).

Our top application tip

When applying for a job opportunity with SMHS, we recommend you review carefully the job description form and contact the person nominated in the job advertisement for further job related information if required.

The selection process

Our standard recruitment and appointment processes follow 3 steps:

  1. Advertising and receipt of applications.
  2. Initial assessment of applications, followed by further assessment which can include interviews and reference checks.
  3. Offer and appointment.

The time each of these steps and the overall process takes is guided by the following standards, regulations, instructions and policies:

  • Public Sector Employment Standard (external site)
  • Commissioners Instructions No. 1 and No. 2 (external site)
  • Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (external site)
  • Health Services Act 2016 (external site)
  • Public Sector Management Act 1994 (external site)

Contact us

Applicants for current or recently advertised vacancies and pool positions should contact the person identified in the advertisement who can provide job specific information and departmental details.

Last Updated: 13/01/2021
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube

Footer menu

  • wa.gov.au
  • Copyright
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy
  • Sitemap
  • Contact Us

Brought to you by the Department of Health, Western Australia

© Government of Western Australia 2018 to