Internship Guide 2020 - Updated

TRAINING IN NSW
The Health Education and Training Institute
(HETI) is the NSW body responsible for the
allocation of internship positions to applicants.
It does this online through the Prevocational
Training Application Program (PTAP). There
are 4 recruitment pathway options available to
applicants:
1.Optimised Allocation Pathway (main pathway)
2. Aboriginal Medical Workforce Recruitment
Pathway
3. Rural Preferential Recruitment Pathway
4. Direct Regional Allocation Pathway
Eligible applicants can apply through one or more
of the pathways. More information about each of
these can be found on the HETI website.
NSW realises that no single health care
Prevocational Trainer Provider can provide all the
training and experience required to prepare new
doctors for the diverse range of medical practice,
so providers in NSW are organised into 15 training
‘networks’ that deliver education and training to a
group of prevocational trainees in Postgraduate
Year One (PGY1) as interns and Postgraduate Year
Two (PGY2) as residents. The positions offered
by HETI mean that Prevocational Trainees are
able to complete both PGY1 and PGY2 in a single
network. The network will assign a home hospital
for trainees, and it is expected that the trainee will
complete at least one term in the two year period
outside the home hospital.
An applicant’s recruitment to a prevocational
training position in NSW will depend on their
chosen recruitment pathway, but will primarily
be based on the order in which applicants rank
hospital network preferences in their online
application. To be eligible to apply, applicants
must have completed their medical degree within
the past 3 years at an AMC accredited school in
Australia or New Zealand. Applicants must not
have previously commenced an internship or
worked as a doctor in Australia or New Zealand.
In addition, applicants must be an Australian or
New Zealand citizen, be an Australian Permanent
Resident or valid temporary Australian resident,
or be a holder of an unrestricted work visa for
the duration of their prevocational training.
Applicants must provide a list of documents
that have been certified by a Justice of Peace
(this list can be found on the HETI website
here: http://www.heti.nsw.gov.au/Global/internship/
Supporting%20Documentation%20Checklist%20%20
Intern%20Recruitment%202017.pdf). They must also
meet the Medical Board of Australia’s English language
proficiency requirements, available here (http://www.
medicalboard.gov.au/).
Successful applicants will only receive ONE recruitment
offer via a pathway and no further offers will be made
by HETI through any recruitment pathway for the
clinical year.
For more information and resources, see the HETI
Applicant Guide for Medical Graduate Recruitment.
This can be found on HETI’s website.
Applicants fall under one of six priority categories that
determine the order of internship offers. Category 1
(NSW university graduates and Australian permanent
residents who completed Year 12 outside of NSW)
applicants are the only guaranteed NSW interns. After
offers have been made to Category 1 applicants, offers
may be made to Categories 2 to 6, depending on
position availability. There is no longer an application
fee for Category 3 students.
KEY DATES
4 May 2020 Medical graduate applications open on
HETI website
4 June 2020 Medical graduate applications close
CONTACT DETAILS
Health Education and Training Institute (HETI):
Website
Phone: (02) 9844 6562
Email: heti-internship@health.nsw.gov.au
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