Archived reference · Scope updated 16 October 2026
Plastic and Reconstructive Fellowship
This route is outside the current subspecialty fellowship directory. General training, broad travel awards, pre-specialty research placements and expired vacancy notices are retained here for readers following older links.
Published training opportunity; request the current prospectus and availability from the host.
Recorded pathway: Clinical fellowship · Duration: 6 or 12 months
Recorded eligibility: Confirm qualification, language, registration and selection requirements with the host.
Recorded participation: Confirm clinical privileges and local registration before arranging training
Previously recorded application timing: No current dated application deadline confirmed. This is historical reference information, not confirmation of a current vacancy.
Previously recorded programme notes
- Funding
- The PIPRS FAQ describes a salaried hospital post (fellows are taxed and salary packaging is mentioned); the salary amount is not stated. A third-party medico-legal insurance policy is required, stated as costing under AUD 200 for a six-month contract.
- International applicants
- The PIPRS site states the fellowship is open to overseas plastic surgeons eligible for temporary medical registration in Western Australia. Its FAQ states that limited registration must be approved by the Medical Board of Australia (AHPRA), that fluency in written and spoken English is a prerequisite, that an IELTS result of 7 or above in each component may be required, and that a 407 visa is required, organised with the hospital's HR department.
- Application route
- Use the official source to contact the host and confirm the current application route.
- Leadership
- Dr Lip Teh (supervisor of training) and Dr Mark Lee (head of department) are named on the PIPRS site as having established the fellowship in 2010
- Contact
- Not recorded
- Source review
- 15 Oct 2026
Recorded training
- Reconstructive surgery
Recorded application documents
- Application process is initiated by the hospital's Medical Employment Services
- Documents for AHPRA limited registration and the visa, as instructed by Employment Services (the FAQ advises contacting them at least 6 months before commencement)
- IELTS result where required (7 or above in each component)
- Third-party medico-legal indemnity insurance