The Central Coast’s health workforce has been boosted with 65 medical interns joining Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) and taking up positions at Wyong and Gosford hospitals.
The interns will work with and learn from the CCLHD’s experienced and highly skilled medical staff in one of the world’s best health systems.
The new doctors starting their internship will enter a training program, receiving formal and on-the-job training in the region’s public hospitals.
The Central Coast cohort is part of more than 1,000 medical interns who have joined the NSW Health workforce to take up positions in public hospitals across the state.
Interns are medical graduates who have completed their medical degree and are required to complete a supervised year of practice to become independent practitioners.
They receive two-year contracts to rotate between metropolitan, regional, rural and remote hospitals to ensure the diversity of their experience.
They also rotate across different specialties during the intern year, including surgery, medicine and emergency medicine.
Minister for the Hunter and Member for Swansea Yasmin Catley said the additional staff would help provide more accessible healthcare services for the people in the Swansea electorate who travel to Wyong Hospital.
“It’s exciting to see the new junior doctors, as young professionals, settling into our electorate – the perfect place to live, work, and play,” she said.
“We’re thrilled to welcome them and wish them all a long, successful, and rewarding career here.”
Minister for the Central Coast and Member for Wyong David Harris said the region’s growing region was putting increasing pressure on its health services.
“This new cohort will help to ensure our busy hospitals are supported with the necessary resourcing,” he said.
Member for The Entrance David Mehan said increasing the number of doctors and nurses was essential to rebuilding the health system.
Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch said junior doctors had a vital role to play in hospitals and health facilities.
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