Intern and Residents Guide 2012 - The Australian Medical Students ...

NT
Northern Territory
If you are looking for challenges and
opportunities in your medical career then
the Northern Territory is the place for you.
Whether you are a junior doctor just embarking
on your medical career, a registrar seeking
positions for accredited specialist training, a
general practice trainee wishing to become a
rural medical officer in a rural remote setting,
or a specialist just looking for a change, the
Territory has something to offer you in one or
several of its five hospitals.
The Northern Territory offers a great lifestyle,
spectacular geography and unique medical
opportunities not available elsewhere in
Australia. Working in Northern Territory
Hospitals offers a broad clinical experience
and opportunities to improve practical skills
in all specialty areas. The Territory’s hospitals
provide a range of services often not seen in
similar sized hospitals due to the wide range
of medical conditions, cross-cultural blend of
patients and combination of rural and remote
locations. Our hospitals also have a strong
focus on medical education and training and
employment packages can include specific
training programs and rotations.
Interns at the Royal Darwin Hospital are
required to complete 5 rotations of 10-11
weeks duration. Interns at Alice Springs
Hospital are required to complete 4 rotations
of 12-13 weeks duration. Interns at both
hospitals will need to undertake general
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medicine, general surgery and emergency, and
then either one or two electives depending on
their training site.
All junior medical officers are supervised
to enable them to develop the capacity to
practice independently. Each department
has a term supervisor who is responsible
for coordinating and ensuring intern training
and supervision. Each intern has a clinical
supervisor who is a member of their team and
who provides supervision in their day to day
work. Interns will meet with their supervisors
at the start, middle and end of each term to
ensure goals are shared and achieved.
APPliCAtiOnS
Applications for training in the Northern
Territory can be downloaded online, and
lodged either by email, fax or post. Applicants
will need an up to date CV and three
specialist referees before proceeding with the
application.
Salaries will be determined in line with the
Medical Officers (Northern Territory Public
Sector) Enterprise Agreement 2011 - 2013. On
appointment to Katherine, Gove or Tennant
Creek Hospital, salary will be paid as a
Hospital Medical Officer as per the EBA for the
period that duty is performed at that hospital
For more information about closing dates and
lodging applications visit the website below:
http://www.health.nt.gov.au/Careers/
Medical_Officers/interns/index.aspx
ALICE SPRINgS
HOSPITAL
20 interns PrediCted
rotAtions
General Medicine, General
Surgery, Emergency, Paediatrics,
Renal Medicine, Psychiatry, ICU,
Postgraduate General Practice
Placement (PGPPP)
ContACt detAils
Medical Recruitment, Alice Springs Hospital
PO Box 2234 Alice Springs NT 0871 or
email MedicalRecruitmentASH@nt.gov.au
bASiC infOrMAtiOn
• Alice Springs Hospital (ASH) is the major
acute hospital for Central Australia, serving
up to 60,000 people including visitors to the
region
• Currently, the hospital has 189 beds and this
includes a 12 bed short stay unit and a 20
bed Continuing Care Ward
• Has a strong focus on indigenous health and
infectious diseases
• ASH provides a range of specialist services
including General Medicine, emergency
Medicine, Anaesthesia, Intensive Care,
Surgery (including Ophthalmology, eNT
and Orthopaedics), Psychiatry, Paediatrics,
Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Nephrology