Internship Guide 2020

The Alfred will provide Junior Medical Staff with the
clinical experience, mentoring, education, training and
support necessary to enhance their chosen medical
career. The hospital also has a reputation for Service,
Training and Research.
The Alfred has renowned statewide services - a Trauma
Centre with helipad; Hyperbaric Medicine Service;
Adult Cystic Fibrosis Unit; Heart Lung Transplant
Service; Adult Burns Service; and a HIV/ AIDS Service.
Senior medical staff here are approachable and eager
to assist. A formal mentoring program is also offered
to JMOs and RMOs.
CONTACT DETAILS
Medical Workforce Unit
Email: medicalrecruitment@alfred.org.au
AUSTIN HEALTH
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PREDICTED 2021 INTERNSHIP
POSITIONS
NETWORK TRAINING SITES
Austin Hospital, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, and
Royal Talbot Hospital
ROTATIONS AVAILABLE
Internship: 5 terms, 3 of which will be core Medical,
Surgical and Emergency Medicine.
Emergency Medicine and General Medicine
(both available at Austin, Echuca and Mildura),
Endocrinology/Rheumatology, Gastroenterology,
Liver Transplant Unit, Psychiatry, Spinal, and Stroke/
Neurology.
For surgery, there are rotations in the following units:
Breast, Colorectal, ENT, Hepatobiliary and Upper GI.
BASIC INFORMATION
Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health
services, health professional education and research
in the North East of Melbourne. Austin Health is world
renowned for its research and specialist work in many
fields of medicine and provides statewide services in
liver transplantation, spinal cord injuries, respiratory
support services, toxicology and paediatric mental
health. We are also the centre for Veteran mental
health services. Austin Health incorporates the Austin
Hospital, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital (HRH)
and the Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre (RTRC)
and is affiliated with eight universities, specifically
the University of Melbourne Medical School for
undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.
REASONS TO APPLY
Austin Health is recognised for its excellence in
clinical education and teaching. It provides dedicated
training time each week to interns through the Clinical
Education Unit. The new Austin Tower possesses
new HMO quarters, an extensive education precinct,
and modern wards and facilities.
A clinical skills lab is also situated on Austin Hospital
site, which provides hands-on training and simulated
activities for all members of the health care team.
The introduction of a new clinical information system
at Austin with automated electronic inpatient and
specialist clinic prescribing, drug administration,
radiology, and pathology test ordering also eases
patient management.
CONTACT DETAILS
Ms Sarah McConchie
Manager, Doctors in Training (Medical Workforce Unit)
Phone: (03) 9496 6813
Email: mwuenquiries@austin.org.au
Website: www.austin.org.au
BALLARAT
HEALTH
30*
2020 INTERNSHIP POSITIONS
*excluding Urology rotational
position
NETWORK TRAINING SITES
Ballarat Base Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Centre &
Grampians Psychiatric Services
ROTATIONS AVAILABLE
Core Intern rotations Medicine, Surgery, Emergency
Elective Intern rotations Medicine, Surgery, Emergency,
Orthopaedics, ENT, Gastroenterology, Cardiology, and
Subacute Medicine (Geriatrics and Rehabilitation)
(10-12 week terms).
One intern position is a rotational post from the Royal
Melbourne Hospital (Urology).
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