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

New Zealand
Forget the problem of not enough intern
positions for your tsunami of graduates...
For across the seas in the land of the long
white cloud lies one of the easiest countries in
the world to live and work in! New Zealand!
All Australian graduates are eligible to work
in New Zealand without having to sit further
examination. New Zealand intern/house
surgeon positions are offered to doctors by the
21 District Health Boards that administer the
hospitals. In general, it is one health board per
city, plus surrounding province.
AMSA’s Electives
Database
All of the health boards normally employ
doctors under the same contract, so work
conditions are comparable across the country.
Wages are based on a pay scale that takes
into account the hours expected to work.
Job offers are allocated to graduates through
a system called ACE (Advanced Choice
of Employment), which ranks applicants
preferences for where they want to work
against DHB preferences for who they want
to employ and matches you to your highest
ranked DHB that will give you a position.
Once a position is offered and accepted,
preferences for 3 month attachments are taken
to try and give you the experience you would
prefer.
Have you been on an elective? Do you wish someone had given
you some info before you left?
AMSA would love to hear about your experiences.
All it takes is a few minutes of your time.
Visit www.amsa.org.au/electives
Applications close in June.
For further information, about:
• The DHB you are interested in. Links can be
found at www.newdoctors.co.nz
• Registration in NZ, contact the Medical Council
of NZ at www.mcnz.org.nz
• For further information about working in NZ,
feel free to contact the New Zealand Medical
Students’ Association at www.nzmsa.org.nz
or mail@nzmsa.org.nz
viSit tHe nZMSA guide to graduation
online at http://www.nzmsa.org.nz/
resources/
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