What you need to do
Once you become a fellow or have commenced the 13th year of your 18-year period, whichever occurs first, this unlocks your Fellow phase in BRoSS. You will then be able to complete the remainder of your RoSO. Your BRoSS record will not allow you to credit any additional pre-fellowship RoSO.
As a fellow, you must continue to monitor your reporting obligations as detailed under the:
Fellowed doctors must:
- log into your BRoSS every 6 months – to ensure all details are up to date, including your email address
- plan, activate and complete your Return of Service Obligation (RoSO) plans in BRoSS for any work you wish to credit towards your RoSO
- ensure your 156 weeks of RoSO have been completed with suitable evidence and recorded in BRoSS before the end of your 18-year period.
If appropriate, you can record a dual fellowship – which is recognised as a separate speciality, not a subspeciality of your initial training – in BRoSS.
Dual specialties and subspecialities
BRoSS allows you to record dual specialities. To register dual specialties under the Program, you must undertake 2 separate speciality types. Subspecialities are:
- where you undertake further training in your foundational speciality
- not recognised as dual specialties under the Program.
Location eligibility for subspecialities is based on the foundational speciality field.
How to record dual specialties in BRoSS
Record your vocational training specialisation in BRoSS by completing the:
- ‘Commencement of vocational training’
- ‘Attain medical specialisation’ for a particular speciality type.
You can record a second specialty type via the link to ‘Add another vocational training specialisation’.
Location eligibility for dual specialties
If you have a dual speciality, both of your specialities are considered when determining the location eligibility. If a location is eligible for at least one of your specialties, it is an eligible location for you under the Program.
For dual specialties, BRoSS may not allow you to activate a RoSO plan yourself due to conflicting location eligibility data. In these instances, BRoSS will prompt you to submit a Location Override Request. We will then assess the location eligibility on your behalf.
Completion of RoSO
When you record 156 weeks of RoSO in your BRoSS record, we will conduct an audit in line with the Health Insurance (Bonded Medical Program) Rule 2020. This review makes sure you have met all reporting obligations with satisfactory evidence.
Once we confirm that you have met your obligations under the Program:
- you will no longer be a bonded participant
- you will receive a certificate of completion
- your access to BRoSS will be removed
- you will no longer be able to view your record.
Until you receive this confirmation you remain a Program participant.