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Use your degree and become a leader in your field
If you already have a degree, you can advance your current profession and apply your tertiary qualifications part time as a Graduate Reserve.
Who it&rsquo;s for:&nbsp;Those who already have a recognised degree.

You'll be paid to train and on completion of your Initial Military Training and Initial Employment Training, you’ll earn a tax-free daily rate of at least:

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Your daily rate while training

Trained

Your daily rate once trained

The pay you receive in the Army Reserve goes straight into your pocket with no deductions for tax.

Officer Entry: Graduate Reserve

Use your specialisation and become a leader in your field
If you&rsquo;re already qualified in healthcare, finance, law, chaplaincy, management, aviation, engineering or education, you can join the ADF part-time as a Specialist Reserve.
Who it&rsquo;s for:&nbsp;Those who are a specialist in specific fields.

Officer Entry: Specialist Reserve

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As a Plastic Surgeon in the Army Reserve, you will have the opportunity to use your existing qualifications and skills in an exciting new way. This part-time, flexible position offers time commitments that fit around your lifestyle.

In your role as a part-time Plastic Surgeon, you will be responsible for performing surgical and non-surgical procedures. You will use a variety of reparative and reconstructive techniques in the early management of patients. You will already be familiar with many of these tasks, however in the Army Reserve your operating environment will be different.

You could be posted locally at a base near you and you could have the opportunity to travel within Australia or overseas. If you choose to deploy overseas, you will work out of a deployed field hospital with coalition forces. Wherever you go, you will work with state-of-the-art technology and materials that meet the standards of an Australian hospital.

Teamwork is an essential part of the Army Reserve. In this role, you will be part of a team of talented and passionate medical professionals working toward a common goal.

The Australian Army employs a range of medical professionals and specialisations to work in Army Medical Units. Plastic Surgeons are part of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (RAAMC). The RAAMC is tasked with providing quality health care to the Australian Army with the mission of ensuring the conservation of its people through medical means.

Use your expertise in plastic surgery to provide treatment for patients by performing surgical and non-surgical procedures using a variety or reparative and reconstructive techniques.

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Benefits you won't see anywhere else

You’ll enjoy the following:

Great salary from day one, which increases with experience

Tax-free pay

Travel opportunities

Fully paid training

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