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*We will be regularly updating this post as the various States and Territories update their processes. Where information is not currently available for the 2024 clinical year we have used information from the previous year, i. e. 2023. If you notice anything incorrect please let us know in the comments below Show
How do you become an Intern in Australia? Well, it’s that time of the year again when the system of applying for and allocating medical intern posts in Australia system kicks into gear. So now is the perfect time to explain the process. For four years I was responsible for running the largest Intern application system in Australia for 4 years. The NSW Intern application system. So I’d like to share with this year’s medical graduates some of the wisdom I gained from that experience (Disclaimer. All information here has been sourced in good faith but things do change so you should always do your own due diligence in such matters, we are providing this information to aid you in your application but take no responsibility for any outcomes) As has been the case in past years the main Intern application and allocation dates are aligned across Australia so that every State and Territory opens and closes their systems at the same time and makes offers at the same times. There are some variations to this in relation to special priority categories in some States and Territories. The key things that all medical graduates should consider in preparing their medical internship application for 2023 year are as follows
Number of Intern Positions Available Across Australia in 2024JurisdictionIntern Numbers 2024Intern Numbers 2023IncreasePopulationInterns per 100K Person**Annual SalaryNew South Wales1,135. 51,10035. 5 8,193,54913. 9$71,283Victoria960. 589169. 5 6,656,28114. 4$79,138Queensland862805575,354,80116. 1$78,941Western Australia390*390– 2,805,01913. 9$82,893 – $109,650South Australia311301101,828,70117. 0$79,414Tasmania1059213571,87318. 4$75,315Australian Capital Territory95950459,04820. 7$75,836Northern Territory655015250,60225. 9$78,757Commonwealth Private Hospital Stream115*115–variesTOTAL4,0393,83920126,119,87415. 5* indicates based on 2023 numbers** From https. //population. gov. au/ Table of Contents Tip #1. Your Medical Intern Placement NumberThe IPN is a unique nine-digit number that has been generated by AHPRA and has been provided to medical schools for distribution to all 2023 final-year medical students. The number is used as part of the national audit process (which ensures that intern positions across the country are made available to as many applicants as possible) as well as to streamline registration This number is not the same number as your AHPRA registration number or student number. If you have not received your IPN you should check with your school If you are not an Australian medical student you won’t be issued an IPN. If you are applying as a non-Australian medical student you do not require an IPN. However, please note that unless you are a New Zealand medical student your chances of gaining an internship are very slim Tip #2. Other Things You Will Likely Need to Become an Intern in Australia.The majority of States and Territories require you to upload an academic transcript as proof that you are indeed a medical student. They will also request evidence that you satisfactorily meet the AHPRA English Language requirements. This may seem a bit ridiculous given that you have been attending medical school in English for the last 4 or 5 years. But it is the law. So check whether you may need to submit an up-to-date English test result or some other form of documentary evidence such as a high school certificate Most States and Territories will also request a CV or Resume. For tips on your CV or Resume see our ultimate guide to CVs or watch a video series about this Some States and Territories have a CV template that they suggest that you use to fill in your information. In the case of Victoria, you are no longer required to use the suggested template (change from last year). It’s probably fairly harmless to use the template for the other States and Territories. But if you are thinking about your future career, then now is a good time to be designing your own CV. The risk of using the template is that you don’t stand out from other candidates You will need to also provide proof of your identity, citizenship, residency, or visa. And if you have had a name change along the way you will probably also need to provide some documentation in relation to this Why All This Information?The State and Territory bodies who administer the Intern application process have a responsibility to ensure that you are eligible to apply for provisional registration at the end of the year in order to work as an Intern. They collect this information to check that everything is in order so that you are indeed eligible to apply. Employers can get rightly annoyed when told that someone who has been allocated to work with them as an Intern will have a several-month delay whilst they resit an English language test However, it’s your responsibility to ensure that you are eligible for registration. So you should also be checking these things yourself.
Tip #3. Research and Apply EarlyIt’s hard to fathom given the amount of communication from health departments, medical schools, and student colleagues. But every year there are a handful of medical students who forget to apply for their internship. This means having to wait another year. Don’t let that be you There are even more students who leave their applications to the last minute. Only to find that they are missing a vital document. For example, this could be evidence you need to substantiate that English is your first language, such as a high school certificate. Or perhaps your last name has changed whilst you have been in medical school? Or maybe you need to submit a CV with your application? As soon as the application page opens for each State and Territory you are going to apply to make sure you register. And then go as far through the process of applying as possible so you can see if there is some sort of document you need to obtain Tip #4. Practice Your Interview Technique, Including Video Interview TechniqueAs part of your application to become and Intern in Australia you may need to undertake an interview. This could take the form of a faced to face interview or a video interview. The COVID pandemic resulted in a shift to a preference for video interviewing job applicants in Medicine in Australia. Many employers now see an inherent advantage to this. So you should still be prepared for the fact that this year your interview may be conducted on video There’s a lot more than you think to video interviewing. For a rundown on this check out this recent post Tip #5. Know Where You Sit In The Priority Listts important to know where you sit on the priority list. Each State and Territory has a slightly different order but in essence, it goes something like this
Tip #6. Know the Key Dates, including Offer DatesAs noted above it’s crucial that you know the key dates. If you miss your application submission date (and it does happen) there is no allowance for a last-minute submission. You also need to make sure you are available to accept your offer. Generally, the window for offer acceptances is quite narrow (often 48 hours) For this year the day on which the first round of offers can be made nationally is 17th July 2023 for the rural and other special pathways. The first date that offers can be made to the main group of applicants is 19th July 2023 and most offers will come out on that day. Thereafter there is a series of offer windows for 2nd and 3rd and 4th rounds etc… in between which there is a mandated pause, which allows the National Intern Audit process to run. This is a system that works to ensure that vacancies are being freed up as soon as possible by highlighting medical students who may have an offer in more than one jurisdiction and ensuring that they accept one offer and decline others The nationally coordinated offer system concludes on 17th November 2023. Technically this is the last date that the Medical Board can guarantee that they will be able to process your registration application in order for you to commence your internship on time the following year in 2023 However, there are generally still vacancies after this point and so the National Intern Audit Office switches over to an ad hoc coordinated late vacancy management process from 4th December 2023. This runs up until 22nd March 2024, which is around the 1st term to 2nd term changeover for most interns. So it is still possible to commence your internship in 2024 but you might have to finish one or two terms in the following year The National Intern AuditStates and territories share intern applicant information at pre-agreed dates. This data is then used to identify applicants who have applied for and/or accepted intern positions in more than one state/territory. Applicants who have accepted more than one intern position will be contacted by the National Audit Data Manager by phone or email and given 48 hours to withdraw from all intern positions, except the one where they intend to undertake their intern year If you don’t respond to the National Audit Data Manager and/or do not withdraw from all positions except one, the relevant states/territories where you have accepted an offer will be advised and all offers, except for the first offer you received may be withdrawn The Late Vacancy Management ProcessThe Late Vacancy Management (LVM) Process runs from Monday 4 December 2023 to Friday 22 March 2024. The process ensures any late vacancies are offered to eligible intern applicants who have not yet accepted an internship position The Late Vacancy Management Process is coordinated by the National Audit Data Manager on behalf of states and territories. So you should ensure you have updated your contact details if you are going overseas during the Late Vacancy Management Process period The National Audit Data Manager will send out emails on Monday 27 November 2023 to participants who will need to opt into the Late Vacancy Management Process if they still wish to receive an offer to be an Intern in Australia If an applicant does not respond to this email, they will no longer be eligible to receive an internship offer, and their application will no longer be considered in any Australian jurisdictions Priorities Within PrioritiesSome States and Territories also have priority pathways to ensure that groups such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and doctors who wish to work rurally or regionally can obtain their preferred placement early So if you are an International student and like the idea of working rurally, it’s probably a good idea to consider a rural pathway as it will likely boost your chances of gaining an Intern position earlier in the process Further Information on Each JurisdictionNew South WalesSydney Harbour Bridge, New South WalesIntern Positions = 1,135. 5 (including 210 rural preferential) across 15 Networks The 4 Pathways in NSW
Intern Placement Priorities in NSW
HETI Medical Graduate Recruitment Page VictoriaTrains leaving the Melbourne CBD passing the Melbourne Cricket GroundIntern Numbers = 960. 5 The way these interviews work is you are usually allocated a specific time to log into the system. Once you have gone through a couple of orientation steps you are usually given a series of questions and asked to record your answers. Generally, you don’t get a second go if you are not happy and the time is limited. It is vital therefore that you practice before you do your interview and ensure you have optimised your video environment You are able to complete your recording at any time during the specified video interview period. All candidates are required to answer 3 questions. Questions are randomly selected from 3 different question banks. There is one additional question if you are applying for the Regional Pathway Response times are 2 minutes per question. You get one minute to read the question and prepare your answer before recording Intern Placement Priorities in VictoriaVRPA Priority Group 1 – Australian citizens or permanent residents and New Zealand citizens graduating from Victorian medical schools including CSP and domestic full fee-paying students (i. e. graduates of University of Melbourne, Monash University, Deakin University and University of Notre Dame. Melbourne & Ballarat Clinical Schools) VRPA Priority Group 2 – Australian permanent resident graduates of interstate universities who meet the following criteria
As well as Australian temporary residents graduating from Victorian medical schools (i. e. graduates of the University of Melbourne, Monash University, Deakin University and the University of Notre Dame. Melbourne & Ballarat Clinical Schools) *There are a number of special consideration categories available including for significant medical, disability and carer responsibilities. Check with the PMCV directly for this Indigenous InternshipsBoth South West Health Care (based on Warnambool) and Melbourne Health have a small number of Internships reserved for Indigenous graduates The Victorian Rural Medical Scholarship SchemeThe Victorian Rural Medical Scholarship (VRMS) supports career pathways to rural medical practice and assists rural and regional health services to attract, employ and retain medical graduates. The VRMS supports medical students with a commitment to working in rural and regional Victoria by providing financial assistance towards living and tertiary expenses in the final year of their medical degree and into their rural intern year The VRMS is administered by the PMCV on behalf of the Department of Health of Victoria. Scholarships valued at $20,000 each are available to be PMCV Internship Information QueenslandStory Bridge BrisbaneIntern Numbers = 862 (including 68 rural generalist intern positions) There are 4 Intern priority groups in QueenslandGroup A – Medical graduates of Queensland universities who are Australian/New Zealand citizens or Australian permanent residents; and. - are seeking an internship commencing in the year immediately following graduation; OR – received Review Committee approval from a previous campaign to defer commencement of their internship Group B – Medical graduates of Australian (interstate) or New Zealand universities who are Australian/New Zealand citizens or Australian permanent residents; OR Medical graduates of Queensland universities who are Australian/New Zealand citizens or Australian permanent residents who do not meet the criteria outlined in Group A Group C – Medical graduates of Australian (Queensland or interstate) or New Zealand universities who are NOT Australian / New Zealand citizens or Australian permanent residents who. – – currently hold a visa that allows them to work in Australia; OR- will need to obtain a visa to work in Australia Group D – Medical graduates of Australian University campuses outside of Australia accredited by the Australian Medical Council (AMC); OR Medical graduates of international universities who have not completed an internship in Australia or another country and have either. – obtained the AMC Certificate – successfully completed the AMC MCQ (multiple choice questionnaire) Note. Queensland is one of the few jurisdictions that offer an opportunity for IMG doctors to complete an internship in Australia. The number of doctors who are successful in doing so each year is rarely more than a handful
The General Intern Campaign Allocation ProcessIn Queensland, intern applicants are classified into two categories; Guaranteed offer graduates – Medical graduates who are guaranteed an offer of an intern position in Queensland for their immediate postgraduate year. Allocation to an intern position may be automatic or via random ballot, based on hospital preferences nominated by the individual in their intern application form Not guaranteed offer graduates – Medical graduates who are not guaranteed an intern offer. A merit selection process is undertaken to determine if an offer of an intern position will be made There is no inherent prioritisation across applicant groups, the categorisation of these groups are used for reporting for the intern campaign. Each participating Hospital and Health Service establishes individual assessment processes to merit select from their available applicant pool and are not obligated to sequentially select through the applicant groups. Applicants who do not meet the outlined criteria for Groups A, B, C or D may be considered at the discretion of each participating hospital Merit Selection for Groups B-DGroup A Applicants are allocated according to a Balloting Process Medical Internship Australia. Application Guide For 2024 Posts. 28Following the completion of first-round offers, the Position Status Report (PSR) is updated This is an updated list of available positions remaining Applicant group B-D candidates have 48 hours to change their preferences if they wish to Queensland Health hospitals then assess applications and conduct their own meritorious selection processes. You should contact each Hospital and Health Service directly to find out what they look for in an intern If vacancies become available after the First and Second Round offers, individual hospitals will meritoriously select from the remaining applicants for available vacancies. Recruitment to fill available vacancies will continue until the national closing date for intern recruitment. After the closing date, any further vacancies that arise will be filled via the Late Vacancy Management Process (LVMP) Queensland Health 2023 Intern Recruitment Campaign Page Western AustraliaPerth City ScapeWhen contacted WA Health and the PMC of WA indicated that they could not make the 2024 Intern numbers available, as these are subject to confirmation by the Primary Employing Health Services WA Intern Eligibility and PrioritiesWA does not have a formal priority list. However, in order to apply for an internship in WA you must
So Western Australia is one of the few options for IMGs to do an Internship in Australia. Although you can see from the above it is quite limited In WA all interns are employed by a Primary Employing Health Service (PEHS). Each PEHS is a major tertiary hospital in WA that has been accredited to directly employ interns and provide an intern training program The six PEHSs in WA and their seconding/rotating health sites are Employing Health ServiceMetro PlacementsRural PlacementsFiona Stanley Fremantle Hospitals Group (Fiona Stanley Hospital)Fiona Stanley HospitalFremantle Hospital Rockingham General HospitalAlbany Health Service Broome Regional Hospital Northam Health ServiceJoondalup Health CampusJoondalup Health CampusKalgoorlie Regional HospitalRoyal Perth Bentley Group (Royal Perth Hospital)Royal Perth Hospital Armadale Health Service Bentley Hospital Osborne Park (Women and Newborn Service) Perth Children’s HospitalBunbury Hospital Hedland Health Campus Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital Sir Charles Gairdner Osborne Park Health Care Group (Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital)Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Graylands Hospital Hollywood Private Hospital Joondalup Health Campus Osborne Park (Women and Newborn Service) Perth Children’s HospitalGeraldton Regional Hospital Hedland Health Campus Karratha Health CampusSt John of God Health Care (St John of God Midland Public Hospital)St John of God Midland Public Hospital St John of God Subiaco Hospital St John of God Murdoch HospitalWA Country Health ServiceAlbany Health Campus Broome Regional Hospital Bunbury Hospital Geraldton Regional Hospital Each PEHS hosts an information night. You can also choose to work as a rural intern by applying to work through Western Australia Country Health Service The intern application process is coordinated by the Postgraduate Medical Council of Western Australia but you apply through the WA Jobs site called MedJobsWA. You submit one application and rank each PEHS from most to least preferred. Selection occurs through panels representing each of the PEHSs. As part of your application, you need to provide a CV and cover letter and address the intern selection criteria, you will require a range of other documents as well as nominate 2 referees. If successful you will receive a contract for 3 years, which provides you with job security Postgraduate Medical Council of Western Australia Information Page South AustraliaThe River Torrens in the city of AdelaideIntern Numbers = 311 (including 18 rural intern posts) SA MET (South Australia Medical Education and Training) conducts the annual Intern application process in South Australia. There are 3 Adelaide-based Local Health Networks and 3 smaller country-based networks to which you can apply for the priority Rural Intern pathway. It should be noted that whatever network you are allocated to you may request or be required to undertake one or more rotations in other networks Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network (BHFLHN) SA Intern PrioritiesLike most other jurisdictions, South Australia prioritises its medical graduates first, then graduates from other States and Territories. International Students are given lower priority than Australian Citizens, Australian Permanent Residents and New Zealand Citizens Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are given priority preference by being placed in the first subcategory for categories 1 and 2 International Medical Graduates from non-Australian medical schools can apply for the rural intern pathway so long as they have only graduated in the last 2 years and have completed the AMC Part 1, and can meet the other requirements (which are extensive) and include meeting the Medical Board English language requirements, completing electronic medical record training and have residency status or a visa that allows you to work unrestricted. They must also not have commenced or completed an internship International Medical Graduates from non-Australian medical schools can also apply for the main round but in this case must have completed both AMC Part 1 and Part 2 Rural Intern PathwayApplications for the Rural Intern Pathway are included in the standard South Australian application for internship All applicants are asked to preference all eight rural networks as well as the three metropolitan health networks Eligible applicants wishing to apply for the Rural Intern Pathway must preference a rural site as their FIRST preference. Rural Intern Pathway applicants who preference a rural LHN as their first preference are asked additional questions within their application form. And must participate in interviews conducted by a selection panel from the rural LHNs SA Health determines which applicants will receive rural internship offers using a preference matching process and the ranked list provided by the LHNs The placement of applicants into rural intern positions will occur prior to the placement of applicants into metropolitan intern positions. SA Health will match applicants to specific rural LHNs as instructed Metro Internship AllocationMedical Internship Australia. Application Guide For 2024 Posts. 30Within the respective South Australian category groups, applicants are randomly allocated to their highest possible Local Health Network preference South Australia is one of few States that specifically permits medical graduates from other countries to apply for internship positions. But they are at the very bottom of the priority list. Please see the above information about the rural internship SA Met Internship Information TasmaniaHobart in AustraliaEstimated Number = 106 Internships are coordinated in Tasmania via the Department of Health and Human Services Rural OptionYou can also preferentially apply for one of 5 places on the Tasmanian Rural Generalist Program. You will be allocated to one of the above sites based on your preference but also undertake a 13-week rural GP placement as part of your internship Applying
All applicants are required to apply online. Only one application is required; you will be asked to indicate your preferred place of employment (Hobart, Launceston, North West Region) via the application form. Applicants must list each site in order of preference The online application form ensures all the information required to assess your application is provided. The form includes information on eligibility to work in Australia and details on how to submit electronic reference requests The online application form requires you to include your University Student Number and your Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) Intern Placement Number Candidates are required to attach a CV/Resume and any other relevant information to their application A written statement addressing the selection criteria is NOT required. Intern Placement PrioritiesThe Tasmanian Department of Health currently gives priority, in order, to
SelectionThe Tasmanian Department of Health will conduct a ballot-based allocation system for placing Priority 1 (Australian permanent resident Tasmanian-trained Australian Government supported and full-fee paying medical graduates) and Priority 2 (Australian temporary resident Tasmanian-trained full-fee paying medical graduates) applicants It is not clear at this stage how further positions are filled according to the remaining priorities Tasmania Health Medical Careers Site Northern Territoryocean coast in Darwin, Northern Territory AustraliaIntern Numbers = 65
Each Health Service has a primary employing health service as well as additional placement hospitals as per below C/- NTPMAS GuideEligible applicants are allocated intern positions in line with the Northern Territory category groups. Within the relevant category groups, applicants are allocated to their highest possible Health Service preference, pending the availability of a position According to the NTMETC the applicant eligibility categories in order of selection for Internship in the Northern Territory are Medical Internship Australia. Application Guide For 2024 Posts. 31Previously there was an F and G category that provided an option for IMG doctors. It is not clear whether this has been removed for the 2023 year As part of your application, you are required to submit a curriculum vitae of no more than 2 A4 pages and address the selection criteria. Applications are submitted to the NT Government employment portal Overall the intern allocation process is based on an applicant’s category group, Health Service preference, and the number of positions available in each health service NT Prevocational Medical Assurance Services Intern Information Australian Capital TerritoryThe Australian War Memorial in CanberraIntern Numbers = 95 Priority is given to ACT Intern Priority ListMedical Internship Australia. Application Guide For 2024 Posts. 32ACT Health Medical Officers Recruitment Page The Commonwealth – Private Hospital Stream**2023 Information not yet available** The Private Hospital Stream (PHS) funds private hospitals to deliver medical internships and support junior doctors to work in expanded settings. It focuses on supporting training for junior doctors in rural, regional and remote areas in Modified Monash (MM) 2 to 7 locations This includes fostering partnerships between private hospital providers, rural public hospitals and other training settings (such as Aboriginal Medical Services) working as part of expanded training networks Annual Salary and conditions should reflect the annual salary for an intern in the State or Territory you are working in Internships and placesThe PHS supported up to 115 internships and up to 80 PGY 2 and 3 eligible junior doctor places in the 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 training years Expression of Interest (EOI) internshipsAn annual EOI internship process is run for junior doctors to express interest in a PHS-funded medical internship place This process is only for PGY 1-funded places. It opens each year after state and territory governments have offered and filled their internship positions Medical Internship Australia. Application Guide For 2024 Posts. 33EligibilityThe program divides applicants into 2 categories – Priority One and Priority Two Priority One eligibility criteriaThe Priority One category is for final year medical students who meet all eligibility criteria for an internship under the PHS You are Priority One if you
Priority Two eligibility criteriaYou are Priority Two if you
Who is not eligibleYou are not eligible to apply for the PHS if you
Recruitment processThe recruitment process aligns with the state and territory government recruitment processes and the national audit process Suitable applications are forwarded to the PHS participating private hospitals by the due dates each year The PHS participating private hospitals do eligibility checks. They will contact eligible applicants they want to interview You should not make direct contact with the hospitals Category prioritisationPHS participating private hospitals must fill PGY 1 places with Priority One applicants first If there are still places available after the Priority One list is finished, the hospitals can then recruit Priority Two applicants PGY 2 and 3 funded placesPHS-participating private hospitals make their own recruitment and employment arrangements for PGY 2 and 3 junior doctors. This allows them to meet their own service needs PHS-funded hospitalsThe Commonwealth funded the following private hospitals to deliver the PHS from 2020 to 2023
Private Hospital Stream Information Site How To Decide Where to Apply for Your Internship?There are lots of considerations when it comes to putting in your Intern application. Everyone is a bit different. Some graduates feel like they would like to be close to home and family whilst going through their transition to Intern. Others see it as a chance to get away and explore a new place and location. And then others focus on the long-term career prospects of certain locations I think this last consideration is a little overrated for most. You can generally experience a wide range of medicine in your first couple of years of medicine after graduation and there is scant evidence that this affects your prospects of applying for specialty training posts That being said if you have an interest in anything other than Medicine, Surgery or Emergency Medicine as a future career you should probably investigate whether this particular specialty is offered at the hospitals or networks to which you apply Unfortunately, the internship model in Australia is quite antiquated and we have continued to use the experience as a proxy for competency when a large portion of the medical education world has moved on. The result has been the mandating of the 3 core terms for the internship of Medicine, Surgery, and Emergency Medicine. There is really no solid educational basis for this approach and one of the unfortunate outcomes is that all the other specialties get squeezed out and few interns get to experience psychiatry, general practice, obstetrics, paediatrics, pathology etc… which ultimately does have an effect on recruitment to these specialties So the basic message is this. If you are really dead set keen on doing radiology as a career you should try to track down the very few locations that might offer this rotation to either interns or residents Each year the Australian Medical Students’ Association produces a very useful Intern Guide with lots of information about the composition of intern training networks across the country. The 2023 version is not available but here’s a link to the 2022 version Frequently Asked Questions
(Disclaimer. All information here has been sourced in good faith but things do change so you should always do your own due diligence in such matters, we are providing this information to aid you in your application but take no responsibility for any outcomes)We’d welcome feedback from any Intern programs in relation to the accuracy of the above information Related Posts
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