Intern

Your intern year is 12 months of supervised clinical work in a limited registration capacity after you have completed your medical degree.  It is a prerequisite to full registration.

Royal Adelaide Hospital provides you with accredited continuing medical education and vocational training combined with clinical and service responsibilities under supervision. Interns have the opportunity to participate in formal tutorials and teaching sessions which include simulation training. Royal Adelaide Hospital has an excellent reputation for teaching and intern support.

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Intern Rotations

• Cardiology
• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Emergency Medicine
• ENT
• General Medicine
• General Practice
  • Metropolitan
  • Rural
• General Surgery
• Geriatric & Rehabilitation Medicine
• Obstetrics (by arrangement with the Women’s and Children’s Hospital)
• Oncology
• Orthopaedic Surgery
• Orthopaedic & Amputee Rehabilitation Unit
• Paediatrics  (by arrangement with the Women’s and Children’s Hospital)
• Plastic Surgery
• Psychiatry
• Radiotherapy
• Stroke Unit
• Thoracic Medicine
• Urology
• Vascular Surgery

Term Dates

Term 1 – 9th January 2008 – 25th March 2008
Term 2 – 26th March 2008 – 3rd June 2008
Term 3 – 4th June 2008 – 19th August 2008
Term 4 – 20th August 2008 – 28th October 2008
Term 5 – 29th October 2008 – 13th January 2009

How to apply

Further information and application forms can be downloaded form  www.health.sa.gov.au/medicalofficer.

All applications are to be sent directly to the Department of Health, not Royal Adelaide Hospital. 

Applications close on the 22nd June 2007.

Rotations

Term rotations are assigned by the Director of Medical Administration in consultation with the Director of Clinical Training. 

Rotations for interns throughout the year take into account the following:

• Stated preferences
• Service needs of the Hospital
• Mandatory requirements prescribed by the Medical Board of SA for full registration
• Overall balance of each individual roster throughout the year
• Provision of a suitably diverse training experience
• The needs of newcomers to Royal Adelaide Hospital
• The needs of interns starting out the year on a “nights” rotation
• Accommodation of annual leave requests within individual rosters

Annual Leave

Annual leave planning is carried out at the beginning of each year.  Each intern will be invited to submit preferred dates for annual leave throughout 2008.

Interns at Royal Adelaide Hospital are allocated 3 weeks annual leave during their intern year.  Stated leave preferences are taken into account when assigning annual leave in a manner which ensures the year’s rotations remain balanced.  Mandatory rotations are also considered when assigning annual leave.  

Request for Leave at short notice

Requests may be made for leave at short notice.  If leave at short notice is requested due to a matter that is urgent and unanticipated, every effort will be made to assist you in taking leave.

Continuity of Service for Interns

For those interns who take a contract at Royal Adelaide Hospital in the year immediately following their intern year, Royal Adelaide Hospital will maintain continuity of service so that some entitlements, which would otherwise be lost, may continue to accrue such as long service leave, professional development leave, and sick leave. 

Timesheets and Overtime

Intern timesheets are signed off centrally by Medical Administration.  Patterns of overtime are regularly reviewed by Medical Administration and by Clinical Units.

2% Bonus

During 2008 an incentive bonus of 2% of gross annual intern salary will be offered for signing an intern contract. 

The payment / conditions of this bonus will be as follows:

• Interns must accept the offer of employment and commence work in accordance with the contract
• The payment of the bonus will be made via payroll
• Payment will be made with the intern’s 1st pay upon receipt of their initial timesheet
• The bonus is 2% of the gross intern salary as a 1st January 2008.  It can not be pro-rated based on length of service nor rostered hours
• The bonus is a once off payment for interns commencing at the beginning of the 2008 year
• The bonus payment is subject to income tax but will not attract FBT
• The bonus will be included as earning for the purposes of employer superannuation contributions
• The bonus will be excluded as earning for the purpose of salary sacrifice

Assistance with relocation expenses

Interstate Medical Graduates who take up an intern position at Royal Adelaide Hospital will be offered assistance for relocation expenses.

Intern Representative

Interns are important to and included in decisions making processes within Royal Adelaide Hospital.  Each year interns are asked to elect representatives to the following Committees:

• Medical Education Committee
• Intern Panel
• Postgraduate medical Council of South Australia Junior Medical Officer Forum
• Intern Advocate Representatives

These are responsible roles and require representation of intern interests and concerns through the appropriate avenues to Medical Administration and to Senior Management of Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Specific Enquires

Specific enquiries should be directed to the Medical Education Officers.

Ms Helen Yates
Ph: 61 8 8222 4126
Email: 

Ms Angela Chatterton
Ph: 61 8 8222 2185
Email: