AMSA 2023 Internship Guide

NSW OVERVIEW
The Health Education and Training Institute (HETI) is the NSW body responsible
for the allocation of internship positions to applicants. Applications are made
online through the Medical Intern Recruitment Campaign in the NSW Health
Careers Portal. Additional applications also need to be made for rural positions
through the Junior Medical Officer Recruitment Campaign in the portal.
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 can
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 be completing their degree
this year, or in the past 2 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 addition, applicants must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, or 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. Applicants will need to do a web search to find the state registry for JP's
and/or Commissioner of Declarations.
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 linked above.
Applicants fall under 1 of 6 priority categories that determine the order of
internship offers. Category 1 (NSW university graduates and Australian permanent
residents) 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.