Internship Guide 2020 - Updated

REASONS TO APPLY
• The pre-vocational JMO Unit is a helpful,
approachable and well-organised team
• Protected weekly teaching sessions are videoconferenced
from John Hunter. Lectures are
recorded to allow interns who are unable to attend
in-person to view the lecture online and have the
module added to their education transcript
• JMOs will gain a broad range of experience from
major centres, and rural hospitals
• Network 12 includes a major children’s hospital
for those interested in paediatrics
CONTACT DETAILS
Jeanette Chadban
Manager, Prevocational JMO Network
Phone: (02) 4985 3420
Email: jeanette.chadban@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au
NETWORK 13
WESTNET
130*
PREDICTED 2021 INTERNSHIP
POSITIONS
*9 positions will be offered through
the Rural Preferential Pathway for
the Coffs Harbour Health Campus
NETWORK TRAINING SITES
Auburn Hospital, Westmead Hospital, Westmead
Children’s (PGY2 only), Coffs Harbour Health
Campus (Based at Westmead), Blacktown/Mt Druitt
(Based at Blacktown)
ROTATIONS AVAILABLE
Auburn
Hospital
Westmead
Hospital
Emergency, General Medicine,
Cardiology, General Surgery, Plastic
Surgery
Cardiology, General Surgery, Surgical
Oncology, Head and Neck, Breast/
Endocrine Surgery, Colorectal Surgery,
Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery,
Haematology, Nephrology, Neurology,
Radiation Oncology, Plastic Surgery,
Relief, Surgical Transplant, Urology,
Vascular Surgery, Cardiothoracic
Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery, Gastroenterology
Please note term swaps are available between
Westmead and Blacktown Hospitals.
ADDITIONAL ROTATIONS AVAILABLE AS RMO
Drug and Alcohol, Infectious Diseases, Immunology,
Intensive Care, Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Paediatrics, Palliative Care, Neurosurgical High
Dependency, Radiation Oncology, Rehabilitation,
Rheumatology, Oral/ Maxillofacial Surgery, Trauma.
We do not routinely have terms available in
Anaesthetics at the Resident Medical Officer level,
although from time to time individual terms may be
negotiated.
Specific terms at Coffs Harbour vary from year to
year from a mixture of General Medicine, General
Surgery, Orthopaedics, and Emergency. Most
general medical and surgical terms also have a
specific speciality component.
BASIC INFORMATION
Westmead Hospital is a 975 bed tertiary referral
centre and trauma hospital. The hospital is a centre
for clinical research in all major fields of medical
practice and leads the way in areas such as urology,
renal transplantation surgery, neonatology, cancer,
immunology, allergy medicine, and cardiology. The
NSW Government has also granted and planned
a large expansion of Westmead Hospital to
approximately 2000 beds in the next 5 years.
Auburn Hospital is a 200 bed acute-care hospital.
The hospital is about 20 minutes from Westmead
by car, while the Auburn Railway Station, just over
1km away, is a comfortable 15 minute walk to the
Hospital.
The Children’s Hospital is the major paediatric
specialist hospital in NSW, delivering health care
in all of the medical and surgical subspecialties,
as well as providing diagnostic, paramedical and
technical support services for neonates, children
and adolescents.
Lastly, Coffs Harbour Base Hospital is a 200 bed
acute regional hospital within the North Coast Area
Health Service. It is six hours by car from Westmead.
Coffs
Harbour
Health
Campus
Emergency, Medicine, Orthopaedics,
Rehabilitation, General Surgery, Relief,
Urology, Oncology/ Palliative Care
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