The amount that you will receive under the Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) Rural Advanced Skills Stream depends on your location and the number of rosters worked in eligible locations.
Location
Your work location determines your Modified Monash Model classification. Use the Health Workforce Locator to check the classification of any location in Australia.
Payment Streams
Doctors must be providing comprehensive primary care in addition to delivering emergency care and/or advanced skill services to claim a WIP-Rural Advanced Skills payment.
The payment consists of two streams:
Stream 1: Emergency Medicine – up to $10,500 per annum for doctors providing a minimum level of emergency care and emergency after hours services (in eligible locations).
Stream 2: Advanced Skills – up to $10,500 per annum for doctors who hold recognised qualifications in advanced skills (such as obstetrics, anaesthetics, surgery, mental health and/or First Nations Health) and provide a minimum level of service using these skills.
Payment Structure
The following table shows the different payments available to doctors across streams, specialties, MM classification and number of rosters that need to be completed to meet minimum service thresholds. A doctor may be eligible for payment in one or both streams
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Primary Care (minimum service threshold) |
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Full-time doctors
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Part-time doctors (working up to 0.6 FTE overall across multiple settings):
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Stream One Emergency Medicine
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Payment Level A
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Payment Level B
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Payment Level C
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$4,000 |
$4,000 |
$4,000 |
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$5,000 |
$7,500 |
$9,500 |
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$9,000 |
$10,500 |
$10,500 |
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Stream Two Advanced Skills |
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Payment Level A
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Payment Level B
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Payment Level C
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$4,000 |
$4,000 |
$4,000 |
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$5,000 |
$7,500 |
$9,500 |
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$9,000 |
$10,500 |
$10,500 |
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Workforce Incentive Program Rural Advanced Skills Guidelines
Workforce Incentive Program – Rural Advanced Skills Stream contact
Rural Workforce Agency
Contacts for each state can be found on the contacts page.