The Central Coast is to gain 70 new doctors at Gosford and Wyong Hospitals.
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal Adam Crouch said the medical graduate interns would commence duties across the two hospitals.
“I want to extend a warm welcome to the class of 2023 and thank them for choosing a rewarding career in health,” he said.
“Each of these new interns will play an important role in keeping the people across our region safe and healthy for years to come.
“These new medical graduate interns will also provide a major boost to their new colleagues – our dedicated health staff at both Gosford and Wyong Hospitals, who have performed remarkably during a very challenging few years.”
Regional Health Minister Bonnie Taylor said the new graduates from the class of 2023 would be welcomed with open arms to rural and regional communities.
“The Government is committed to strengthening our regional health workforce, and ensuring the people of rural and regional NSW continue to have access to the high quality healthcare they need and deserve,” Taylor said.
“Interns seeking to complete their internship in our regions were able to apply through the Rural Preferential Recruitment pathway and, this year, 176 Rural Preferential intern positions were available – an increase of 13 positions from 2022.”
Interns are medical graduates who have completed their medical degree and are required to complete a supervised year of practice in order to become independent practitioners.
The new doctors starting their internship will be entering a training program with networked hospitals throughout the state, providing formal and on the job training.
They receive two-year contracts to rotate between metropolitan, regional and rural hospitals to ensure the diversity of their experience.
They also rotate across different specialties during the intern year, including surgery, medicine and emergency medicine.
Source:
Media release, Jan 30
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast Adam Crouch