Address About the Role
Applications are invited from eligible final year medical students and candidates to join our team at Western Health as 'Medical' Interns in 2025.
These are twelve (12) month positions commencing on 6 January 2025, starting with one week of orientation. The year is broken into five terms of roughly equal duration.
Please ensure that your application consists of a cover letter and curriculum vitae (see PMCV standardised CV template).
(NB: Intern positions are offered through the PMCV Computer Matching Service. Please refer to 2024 Intern Match - PMCV (2024 Intern Match - PMCV) for eligibility criteria and application requirements).
Applicants not eligible for the PMCV Matching Process will not be considered as part of the Recruitment and Selection process.
Reasons to Apply
Western Health is an organisation that is expanding to meet the needs of a growing, diverse community. This means plenty of great opportunities now and into the future. We are a major healthcare provider to one of the fastest growing and most diverse regions of Australia, with communities that are culturally rich, with members speaking more than 150 different languages and dialects.
Western Health places great value on postgraduate medical education. Daily education sessions are offered, including professional meetings, Grand Rounds, seminars and tutorials.
Western Health is dedicated to providing ongoing training and career opportunities. At Western Health, interns can pursue many different specialty areas as a PGY2 and beyond, including Critical Care (Anaesthetics/ ICU/Emergency Medicine), General Practice, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Surgery and Medicine/Physician Training.
Further information is available via Interns - Western Doctors (https://westerndoctors.wh.org.au/careers/interns/)
About Us
Our workforce of over 13,000 employees are driven by our values of ‘Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Safety’ (CARES). We value our people and provide them the opportunity to grow and develop. Our teams are friendly and supportive, ensuring we deliver a safe, person-centred and connected patient experience.
Western Health is in a period of rapid growth. Our services comprise of four acute public hospitals: Footscray Hospital, Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women's and Children's), Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh & Melton Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Day Hospital, Hazeldean, Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care, as well as community health centres in Melton, Caroline Springs and Bacchus Marsh and a range of community-based services. We care for a diverse community of more than 1 million people with complex care needs ranging from Neonates to Geriatrics.
Our employees enjoy a wide range of benefits such as:
- Professional development support
- Career advancement opportunities
- Salary packaging including novated vehicle leasing
- Work-life balance
Western Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining diversity in our workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations. We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Record Check, an Immunisation status clearance (including evidence of COVID 19 vaccination) and (if applicable) a Working with Children’s Check.
Western Health is implementing a new recruitment system, launching on Monday, 27th May 2024.
There will be a period from the 27th - 29th May which you might not be able to apply for this role. However, the position will be available for you to apply from the 30th May until the stipulated closing date.
Western Health do not accept unsolicited resumes/applications from Recruitment Agencies.
Closing Date: 6th June 2024
