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More Doctors for Outer Metropolitan Areas Relocation Incentive Grant: GP registrars brochure

Brochure for GP registrars: Imagine getting paid a $30,000 bonus soon after obtaining your Fellowship.

You could qualify
It's easy
Help setting up a practice
Am I eligible?
Plan ahead!
Where is outer metro?
When will I get paid?
Need more information?
GP Registrar checklist

You could qualify

As a GP Registrar on the General Pathway of the Australian General Practice Training Program (AGPTP), you could qualify for a Relocation Incentive Grant of $30,000 soon after completing your Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Fellowship requirements.

It's easy

All you have to do is join an existing outer metropolitan practice and work full-time at the new location for at least two years.

It's even easier if your final training placement is at an outer metropolitan practice. You could be entitled to $30,000 by agreeing to stay on and work full-time for at least two years at the same location.

Grants are available on a pro-rata basis for those who want to work part-time (less than 30 hours per week).

Help setting up a practice

GP Registrars who wish to set up their own outer metropolitan practice could qualify for a Relocation Incentive Grant of $40,000 if they work full-time at their new approved location for at least three years.

Doctors who want to set up a group practice can apply for a grant, but must make concurrent, individual applications and specify that they are setting up the practice jointly. The grant amount payable to each doctor will depend on whether he or she intends to practise in the outer metropolitan area full-time or part-time. Top of page

Am I eligible?

As a GP Registrar completing the General Pathway of the AGPTP, you may be eligible for the Relocation Incentive Grant if you choose to work in an outer metropolitan practice, even if your final training placement is in a rural or outer metropolitan area. Approval of your application is subject to Medicare Australia recognising that you have achieved RACGP Fellowship.

You will need to apply within three months of achieving Fellowship. After that you will be assessed against the normal eligibility criteria that apply to general practitioners and specialists.

Registrars on the Rural Pathway of the AGPTP are not eligible for the grant.

Plan ahead!

You can also apply for the grant before achieving Fellowship. Your application will be pre-approved and eligibility confirmed when you show that you have gained Fellowship.

So why not apply now? Pre-approval will enable you to plan ahead.

Where is outer metro?

It may be closer than you think. The catchment area for this incentive now includes the outer metropolitan zones of all capital cities, and all of Darwin. Check the maps of eligible areas on our web site at www.health.gov.au/outermetro.

When will I get paid?

You will be paid in three instalments:

1. 40 per cent when you sign an agreement with the Department of Health and Ageing
2. 40 per cent when the department has verified that you have started working in your new approved location and
3. 20 per cent 12 months after you became eligible for the second grant payment, subject to verification that you have met the conditions of your agreement during that year.

Need more information?

To download the application form and find out more about the Relocation Incentive Grant:

• see our web site at www.health.gov.au/outermetro or
• e-mail us at outermetro@health.gov.au

GP Registrar checklist

• Want to work in Outer Metro
• Completing the General Pathway of the AGPTP
• Need to achieve Fellowship of the RACGP
• Apply within three months of gaining Fellowship. Top of page