Griffith Base Hospital Welcomes Junior Doctors

Two junior doctors have started working at Griffith Base Hospital.

They are among a record intake of almost 1,100 medical graduate interns who have recently commenced working in NSW public hospitals.

Duty MLC for Murray, Wes Fang welcomed the new doctors.

“I extend a warm welcome to the new graduate doctors who will play a significant role in the health and wellbeing of the Griffith community,” Mr Fang said.

“These new graduate interns will also assist their dedicated colleagues who have done an incredible job keeping the community safe during a very difficult few years.

“I commend them for the work they do and wish them all the best on this next journey.”

Minister for Women, Regional Health and Mental Health, the Hon Bronnie Taylor said the new medical graduates would be welcomed with open arms to rural and regional communities, with almost one third, or 396, or all the positions in the bush.

“Interns seeking to complete their internship in our regions were able to apply through the Rural Preferred Recruitment pathway and, this year, 176 Rural Preferential intern positions were available - an increase 13 positions from 2022,” Mrs Taylor said.

Interns are medical graduates who have completed their medical degree 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 specialities during the intern year, including surgery, medicine and emergency medicine.

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