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CONTENTS
CONTENTS
3 Welcome & congratulations
4 Doctors-in-Training Committee
5 Hospital Health Check
6 Workplace advice and support
7 Your key entitlements
8 Medical Records
9 Your pay explained
10 Careers Service
11 Member benefits & events
WELCOME
Entitlements
Welcome &
congratulations
Dr Danielle McMullen WHO COULD HAVE PREDICTED five or six We can assist you in so many ways.
years ago that by the time you graduated Got a question about your payslip?
President, AMA (NSW)
you would join a profession that is at the Call us. Need help prepping for your
centre of fighting a global pandemic? training interview? Call us. Looking for
What a baptism by fire! accident journey insurance, discounts
Despite the current challenges we face, on educational products and learning
There are no shortcuts to there has never been a more exciting time resources, or accounting and financial
to be a doctor. advice? Call us.
becoming a good doctor, The growth and development of new We can get things done for you, so you
but being a member of medical technologies and treatments can get back to the business of learning.
the AMA (NSW) makes means we are able to keep people healthier And not only do we work to make your
and living longer than ever before. professional life better, we work to make
everything else about your This is both a blessing and a challenge. the system better.
professional life easier. It means that while you have graduated AMA (NSW) is a professional
medical school, you never truly stop being association that provides individual
a student. You have merely reached one assistance to members, as well as being
milestone in a lifetime of learning. a powerful voice on behalf of doctors.
But the good news is – and this is Over the years, we have battled on
important – no one expects you to know behalf of doctors and in the best interest
everything. of healthcare. We are recognised by
So, take this opportunity to soak Governments as being a legitimate
up what you can. Every time you ask representative organisation of medical
a question, every time you watch and professionals. Part of that legitimacy
learn something new, every time you get comes from the breadth and depth of our
something right, and even every time you membership. By joining AMA (NSW) you
get something wrong – you get better. will make our organisation stronger and
There are no shortcuts to becoming a become part of wider system change that
good doctor, but if you are looking for a benefits doctors today and into the future.
professional life-hack my suggestion is to
join AMA (NSW).
AMA (NSW) exists to help make
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doctors’ professional lives easier. We are
an important partner – not only to doctors-
in-training – but to medical professionals
throughout their careers.
DITC
Doctors-in
-Training
Committee
Dr James Lawler & WE’RE NOT GOING to waste your time with We ask that you do two things:
platitudes about being a junior doctor. You
Dr Sanjay Hettige
will have heard about the long hours, the 1. Put this number in your phone:
Co-chairs, AMA (NSW) stress, the conditions and even the higher
Doctors-in-Training Committee rates of suicidality amongst junior doctors.
You will have witnessed it amongst your Doctors’ Health Advisory
colleagues, and you may have experienced Service NSW 02 9437 6552
it yourself. And if you haven’t already, you
will find a single truth in this area – talk
The AMA (NSW) Doctors- is cheap. You will waste countless hours
in-Training Committee reading and hearing statements about how There will be many times when you talk
advocates for better “passionate” people or organisations are to a colleague and might be worried
about your wellbeing, and although that is about how they are doing. The AMA
working conditions for you often the case, you will also find yourself fully funds this 24/7 line and can get
and your colleagues. disappointed in how that “passion” often you or your colleague to the right
translates into no practical change to the support quickly. The service is totally
challenges you face. independent of employers and Colleges,
This is where AMA (NSW)’s Doctors- and accessible to any doctor.
in-Training Committee comes in. There
is no group more passionate about junior 2. Sign up to AMA (NSW) and tell us what
doctors – because we are junior doctors. your priorities are. You can always
And when it comes to action we deliver. email us and tell us what AMA (NSW)
In 2017, the NSW Government committed can do better. Better yet, come to our
to a multimillion-dollar commitment regular meetings and get involved –
for junior doctor wellbeing due to the your contributions make our advocacy
advocacy of the AMA (NSW). In 2018, we stronger.
brought about changes to the unfair but
longstanding Bonded Medical Places
and Medical Rural Bonded Scholarship For more information on
Schemes. In 2019, we brought about policy how to get involved with
change on unrostered overtime in NSW
the DITC contact
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hospitals. And in February 2020 we saw
the launch of the online claiming process ditc@amansw.com.au
for unrostered overtime and callbacks for
doctors-in-training, which made it even
easier to claim. We are constantly striving
to make working conditions better for
doctors-in-training.
ADVOCACY
Hospital
Health
Check
Dr Jessica Sandy ‘yes’ but there is clearly a gap in experience
between men and women; while 78 per
cent of men answered ‘yes’ to this question,
only two thirds of women did.
The positive results of the As a result of the HHC, AMA (NSW) has Forty-four per cent of respondents said
successfully lobbied NSW Health to: they had felt their personal safety was
fourth annual Hospital ✔ Limit rostered shifts to a maximum 14 at risk due to fatigue from work in 2020,
Health Check reflect the hours down from 56 per cent in 2019.
power of this advocacy tool ✔ Provide minimum 10-hour breaks These changes are an ongoing process
between rostered shifts and the 2020 results are not the peak
in creating change. ✔R eview rosters, unsafe working hours of our campaigns for better payment of
and barriers to claiming overtime overtime for doctors-in-training, lower
✔ Work harder to eliminate discrimination rates of bullying in our hospitals, or the
✔ Review parental leave policies reduction of fatigue.
✔ Expand the list of reasons unrostered However, the results, even when you
YEAR ON YEAR, the Hospital Health overtime may be claimed without prior compare them with 2018, are significant
Check provides a good barometer approval improvements in many hospitals and in
of improvements made at individual many of the areas being measured.
hospitals and stressors that continue to WHAT’S NEW IN 2020? To read the full report go to: www.
plague the system. A major development in the 2020 HHC amansw.com.au/hospital-health-
For the first time since the Hospital was an eight-point drop to 32 per cent check-2020/
Health Check survey began in 2017, more of doctors-in-training who said they We will continue campaigning on the
than half of hospitals rated were awarded have experienced being bullied in their issues that have been raised in the HHC
a B or better and three hospitals received hospital. This is the first time the needle through meetings with hospital executives
overall As: Dubbo, Hornsby, and Wagga has moved significantly on bullying. and NSW Health to ensure that beneficial
Wagga. There was less of a decrease in the changes continue to be made.
This is a marked change from the first percentage of doctors who reported Keep an eye out for the 2021 HHC
year, when fewer than one in five hospitals feeling unsafe due to intimidation at work. to become a part of this hospital
received an overall B rating or even 2018 Thirty per cent of respondents said this improvement process.
and 2019, when the proportion was closer was the case in 2020, compared with 35
to one in three. per cent in 2019.
The shift speaks to the importance of A new follow up question about the
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this survey. Each year, AMA (NSW) uses source of that intimidation was asked
the results of the HHC to discuss working this year and, by a wide margin, the most
conditions with hospital chief executives likely origin is from patients.
and NSW Health. Another new question in the 2020
Since the survey began, we’ve helped survey asked if hospitals have a system
create improvements not only within in place to report behaviour that doesn’t
individual hospitals, but on a statewide rise to the level of serious misconduct. It
basis. found that 71 per cent of respondents said
SUPPORT
Workplace advice & support
Have you been paid WHAT WE DO
incorrectly? Need help Our experienced advisors can provide
recovering payment
advice and support in relation to:
✔ terms and conditions of employment
for overtime? Involved ✔ rates of pay
in a training dispute? ✔ underpayment of overtime advice
AMA (NSW)’s Workplace
✔ safe hours and rostering
✔ unfair dismissal
Relations Team can ✔ performance management meetings
provide assistance when ✔ bullying and harassment matters
you need it most.
✔ workplace investigations
✔ training disputes
✔ registration requirements
THE TRANSITION you are about to ✔ medico-legal advice
undergo from medical school to internship
will be one of the biggest in your career. Over the past year we have assisted
Dominique Egan While you are focused on settling in and DIT members with a variety of matters
adapting to your new role, we want you to including helping them to secure:
Director, Workplace Relations know that the AMA (NSW) is on your side. ✔ payment for mandatory training
AMA (NSW) Our Workplace Relations Team is available ✔ paid maternity leave entitlements
to assist you with workplace matters and ✔ study leave entitlements
can guide you through tricky situations. ✔ annual leave entitlements
We equip members with knowledge ✔ registration with AHPRA
and resources and provide advice and
assistance in relation to a number of
areas. Your career in medicine isn’t going
to be easy. Your hours are going to be long
and you will be challenged physically and
emotionally, but having us in your corner,
to assist you with workplace matters and
advocate on your behalf, will let you focus Please contact us if you need help
on being a doctor. Being an AMA (NSW) Email: workplace@amansw.com.au
member means you don’t need to face
Phone: 02 9439 8822
difficult situations alone.
I was having difficulty with my health service and a pay dispute.
I had gone through several channels at work and kept coming
up against a wall. The health service kept running me in
circles and not providing me with any answers or solutions.
Finally, I contacted the AMA and within a few days not only
was it handled, but I had my money in my bank account. The
significance of the AMA cannot be overstated! The extra voice
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and knowledge they bring to the table is invaluable. I am so
grateful to be a member and anyone practicing medicine in
Australia should also be. Melissa C, Resident.
ENTITLEMENTS
Your key entitlements
There is a lot to learn as a new intern. To take some of the load off, we’ve prepared
a summary of your key entitlements below.
AS AN INTERN in New South Wales your UNROSTERED OVERTIME 2 days will generally require a medical
Award is the Public Hospital Medical Prior approval to work unrostered certificate.
Officers (State) Award 2019. overtime is not required under the You must notify appropriate staff of your
following circumstances: absence as soon as possible.
HOURS OF WORK ✔ Medical emergency ** Due to the COVID-19 Health
Full time employees will be paid 38 hours ✔ Transfer of a patient Agencies have been encouraged to
per week but will be rostered to work 40. ✔ Extended shift in theatre allow access to paid sick leave from
The 2 additional hours accrue for your ✔ Patient admission / discharge commencement for eligible employees.
Allocated Day Off (ADO). ✔ Completion of outstanding patient
You may be rostered 40 hours in any transfer/discharge summaries STUDY LEAVE
period of 7 days or 80 hours in any period ✔ Late ward rounds You are not entitled to study leave as
of 14 consecutive days ✔ Mandatory Training an intern. From the following year you
✔ Clinical Handover can apply for up to 7 days study leave.
ALLOCATED DAYS OFF (ADO) ✔ Hospital-based Outpatient Clinics Currently each health district has its own
You will accrue one ADO per month. Your Check out our video on how to claim approvals process, so you should check
ADO should be rostered and taken monthly unrostered overtime online at www. with your JMO Unit in the first instance.
and you can’t take half ADOs. Any accrued amansw.com.au.
ADOs will be paid out when you leave NSW MATERNITY LEAVE
Health or change to a different health PAY Full time and part time employees
district. You will be paid fortnightly into your are entitled to a period of 14 weeks
nominated bank account and will receive a paid maternity leave after 40 weeks of
ROSTERS payslip each fortnight. continuous service. This leave can be
Your roster should be released with a We recommend checking your payslip taken at full or half pay.
minimum of 2 weeks’ notice; however, in against your timesheet when you receive If you are entitled to paid maternity
an emergency the employer can change it to ensure that you have been paid leave, you are entitled to a further period
the roster with less notice. correctly. If you think an error has been of unpaid maternity leave of not more than
Your maximum rostered shift length is made, speak with your JMO manager in 12 months after the actual date of birth.
14 hours and there must be a period of at the first instance. If this does not resolve If you are not entitled to paid maternity
least 10 hours between rostered shifts. it, contact the AMA (NSW) for advice. leave, you are entitled to unpaid maternity
leave of not more than 12 months.
MEAL BREAKS ANNUAL LEAVE
During day shifts on Monday to Friday you Full time employees will accrue four
are entitled to a 30-minute unpaid meal weeks of annual leave per calendar year.
break. During evening shifts, night shifts You will accrue additional leave for
and weekend shifts 30-minute meal working public holidays, or where a public
breaks are paid. holiday falls on a rostered day off.
For further information about these
OVERTIME SICK LEAVE entitlements, check out our range of
You will be required to work reasonable Full time employees are entitled to 76
‘What you need to know’ resources,
overtime. The first two hours of overtime hours paid sick leave per year which will
is paid at time and a half (1.5x), anything accumulate. available to download by members on
after that is paid at double time (2x). All You become eligible for a full year’s our website www.amansw.com.au.
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overtime worked on Sunday is paid at entitlement of paid sick leave on the first
double time. Any time worked in excess of day of the fourth month of employment.
10 hours during one shift will be paid at You are not entitled to paid sick leave
overtime rates. Time worked in excess of before this time but are able to access
80 hours in a fortnight will also be paid at unpaid sick leave. **
overtime rates. Periods of sick leave of more than
MEDICAL RECORDS
Dr Ashna Basu
Medical
Records notes should be made at the time the
information is given (or observed) or as
soon as possible thereafter. If you are
adding notes after the fact, you need to
distinguish between the time of writing
Complete, up-to-date and for good patient care and are important
and the time of the event or observation.
when it comes to patient handover, as they
accurate medical records ensure the person working the next shift I am worried that some things I
are essential components is aware of what has happened during wrote about a patient may be seen as
of high quality care. your shift and will flag required follow up inflammatory or even rude. Can the
including investigations and test results. patient gain access to their notes and
The FAQs below have been taken from read what I wrote?
AS DOCTORS, you have a professional our “What You Need to Know: Health Care Yes. Patients have a right to access
and legal duty to maintain accurate Records” resource. You can download the information contained in their medical
records about your patients. In the busy full version of the FAQ on the Doctors-in- record. Your records must show respect
hospital setting, medical records are a key Training page on the AMA (NSW) website to your patients and must not include any
part of your work and you have specific www.amansw.com.au. demeaning or derogatory remarks.
obligations under the Health Practitioner
Regulation National Law 2009 (NSW), I have made some notes in a patient’s Who has ownership of a patient’s health
the Medical Board of Australia’s “Good health care record but after talking with care record?
medical practice: a code of conduct for a colleague I have changed my thinking; In the public hospital setting, the health
doctors in Australia” and the NSW Health can I go back in and change my notes? care record is the property of the public
Policy Directive – “Health Care Records – You must not delete any information you health organisation providing care to the
Documentation and Management”. have already recorded for your patient. patient. The record is not the property of
You must make clear, contemporaneous You can ‘strikethrough’ any incorrect individual medical practitioners or the
and accurate medical records. Well information although it must still be patient.
documented medical records are essential legible. It is better to flag your original
note as “written in error” and make a I make notes on patients for my own
contemporaneous note that reflects the learning/study and keep them, is that ok?
change in your thought process and/or Beware of keeping your own notes on
subsequent care plan. specific patients. You must completely
de-identify any information kept about
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I have just finished my shift and patients. If your notebook was picked up in
remembered that I didn’t make any notes the street could someone figure out who
on a patient I saw earlier. Can I just wait your patient was? Remember it’s a small
and write them when I am next in the world and a rare disease or symptom
hospital? could be identified by a family member or
As you know, a lot can happen to a friend.
patient’s health status in a very short
period of time. Ideally all patientPAY
Your pay explained
Navigating your payslip is not always an easy task, particularly when overtime
and loadings are involved. AMA (NSW) recommends checking your payslip each
fortnight when you receive it.
PAYSLIP AREA DESCRIPTION
1 Employee and payslip • Employee Name • Pay Period End
details • Employee Number • Pay Date
• Salary Level • Printed payslip delivery point
• Pay Period Start • Employer and organisation
2 Summary of earnings this How much you have been paid, taking into account:
pay • Pre-tax income • Tax
• Pre & Post tax deductions • Net Pay
3 Year to date balances How much you have earned this financial year
Distribution Centre Parramatta SC
Mail Room NH Mailroom NrthL1 000000
4 Superannuation
Mail Stop Your super
NH RMOPiallaUn account
GFPiallaUnit details and how much has been deposited
357854
Delivery Location
Distribution Centre Parramatta SC
5 Leave Balances
Mail Room
Assignment
Distribution Number TheSC
NH Mailroom
60069954-2 amount of leave you are entitled to –
NrthL1 000000
Mail Stop Centre Parramatta
NH RMOPiallaUn GFPiallaUnit 357854
Mail Room
Delivery Location NOTE:
NH Mailroom Extra
NrthL1 Leave and Public Holiday leave is included in your annual leave
000000
Mail Stop NH RMOPiallaUn GFPiallaUnit 357854
Employee Name John D Citizen
6 Earnings
Delivery
Address
and Allowances60069954-2
Location
Assignment Number A breakdown of earnings including allowances for the pay period with calculation details
John D Citizen
Assignment Number
NOTE:
20 Pennant
60069954-2
St “ADJ NORMAL HOURS” Refers to a back pay or an adjustment in your pay
Orchard Hills
7 Employee
Pre Name
tax deductions John
NSWDShows
Citizen pre-tax deductions such as salary packaging, and any salary sacrifice into superannuation funds
Address John
2044 D Citizen
Employee Name John
20 D Citizen
Pennant St
Address John D Citizen
Orchard Hills
8 Post tax deductions Shows
20 Pennant
NSW St post-tax deductions such as charity deductions, union fees, regular payments (mortgage, rent)
Orchard
2044 Hills SASS contributions
and
NSW
2044
9 Disbursements The amount paid into your account, and thePeriod account
End details 12 Jan 2020 Page 1/2
Employee Name John D Citizen Period Start 30 Dec 2019
10 Employer
Assignment Number Message
600669954-2 Messages of interest to staff Period End
Period End 12 Jan
12 Jan 2020
2020 Page 1/2
Classification Resident Medical Off Year 2 Pay Date 16 Jan 2020
Period End 12 Jan 2020 Page 1/2
Employee
Weekly BaseNameRate John D Citizen
$1877.93 Period
PayslipStart
Number 30
1 Dec 2019 Page 1/2
Assignment Number 600669954-2 Period End 12 Jan 2020
Employee Name
Classification John D Citizen
Resident Medical Off Year 2 Period
Pay Start
Date 30 Dec 2019
16 Jan 2020 TOP TIP: Checking
Employer Number
Assignment NSW Health Service – Western Sydne
600669954-2 1
ABN 90064943572 Organisation
Period End NBM
12 JanMHLT
2020 RMP Pialla Unit 357854
Classification
Weekly Base Rate Resident Medical Off Year 2
$1877.93 Pay DateNumber
Payslip 16 Jan 2020
1 Page 1/2 your payslip against
SUMMARY OF EARNINGS THIS PAY YEAR TO DATE BALANCES
Weekly Base Rate
Total Gross
Employer
Earnings $1877.93 3912.54
NSW Health Service
Deductions Before Tax
– Western Sydne ABN 90064943572
419.01 Payslip Number
Organisation
1
NBM MHLT
LE YTD
RMP Pialla Unit 357854
Page
YTD 1/2 your roster &
Taxable Income 3567.50 Deductions After Tax 0.00 Gross 66543.63 66543.63
Tax
Employer
1206 Nett 2283.67 Taxable 52471.27 52471.27 timesheet is a good
NSW Health Service – Western
SUMMARY OF EARNINGS THIS PAYABN
Sydne 90064943572 Organisation
Tax
NBM MHLT
YEAR TO DATE RMP Pialla
BALANCES
19568.00
Unit 357854
19568.00
Total Gross Earnings
SUMMARY
3912.54
OF
Deductions Before Tax
EARNINGS
419.01 Nett
YEAR TO DATE
LE YTD
35472.29
BALANCES
YTD
35472.29 way to understand
Taxable Income
Total Other Payments 3567.50
0.00 STSL THIS PAY
Deductions After Tax 0.00Y Gross
Other Payments 66543.63
0.00 66543.63
0.00
Total Gross Earnings
Tax 3912.54
1206 Deductions Before Tax
Nett 2 419.01
2283.67 Taxable 3 LE YTD
52471.27 YTD
52471.27 what loadings have
Taxable Income 3567.50 Deductions After Tax 0.00 Gross
Tax 66543.63
19568.00 66543.63
19568.00
EMPLOYER SUPERANNUATION LEAVE BALANCES
Tax
Employer
1206 Nett 2283.67 Taxable
Nett 52471.27
35472.29 52471.27
35472.29 been applied and why.
Total OtherSuperannuation
Payments Member0.00No STSL This Pay LE YTD YTDY Tax Payments
Other Units 19568.00
Entitlement
0.00 Pro-rata
19568.00
0.00
SGC Host Plus 672328937 348.65 5077.27 5077.27 Nett
Annual Leave Hours 35472.29 220.400 35472.29
147.836
Total Other Payments
Superannuation:5391:HOS0100AU 0.00 STSL
EMPLOYER SUPERANNUATION Y Other Payments LEAVE
Sick Leave 0.00 152.000
HoursBALANCES 0.00
Employer Superannuation Member No This Pay LE YTD YTD Units Entitlement Pro-rata
EMPLOYER SUPERANNUATION LEAVE BALANCES
SGC Host and
Plus Allowances 672328937 348.65 5077.27 5077.27 Annual
Earnings
Employer Superannuation Factor
Member No This Rate
Pay LEUnits
YTD Amount
YTD Pre TaxLeave
Deductions Hours
Units
220.400
Entitlement
147.836
Amount
Pro-rata
Superannuation:5391:HOS0100AU Sick Leave Hours 152.000
Normal
SGC Hours
Host Plus 672328937 45.28629
348.65 64.000
5077.27 2898.36
5077.27 Admin Fees
Annual Leave Hours 220.400 2.43
147.836
Overtime x Double Time
Superannuation:5391:HOS0100AU 2.00 45.28629 1.000 90.57 Employer
Sick LeaveShare Hours 152.000 70.05
Overtime x Time and Half 1.50 45.28629 2.000 135.86
Earnings and Allowances
Penalty 12.5% Factor
0.12 Rate
45.28629 Units
2.000 4
Amount
11.32
SP Benefits Deduction
Pre Tax Deductions
346.53
Amount5
Normal
PenaltyHours
Saturday 50% 0.50 45.28629
45.28629 64.000
6.000 2898.36
135.86 Admin Fees 2.43
Earnings xand
Overtime Allowances
Double Time Factor
2.00 Rate
45.28629 Units
1.000 Amount
90.57 Pre Tax Deductions Amount
Pub Hol Penalty 50% 0.50 45.28629 4.000 90.57 Employer Share 70.05
Normal
OvertimeHours
x Time and Half
Public Holiday 1.50 45.28629
45.28629
45.28629 64.000
2.000
12.000 2898.36
135.86
543.44 Admin
SP Fees Deduction
Benefits 2.43
346.53
Overtime12.5%
Penalty x Double Time 2.00
0.12 45.28629 1.000
2.000 90.57
11.32 Employer Share 70.05
OvertimeSaturday
Penalty x Time and
50%Half 1.50
0.50 45.28629 2.000
6.000 135.86 SP Benefits Deduction 346.53
Penalty
Pub Hol 12.5%
Penalty 50% 0.12
0.50 45.28629
45.28629 2.000
4.000 11.32
90.57
PenaltyHoliday
Saturday 50% 0.50 45.28629 6.000 135.86 Post Tax Deductions Amount
Public 45.28629 12.000 543.44
Pub Hol Penalty 50% 0.50 45.28629 4.000 90.57
Public Holiday 45.28629 12.000 543.44
Other Payments Factor Rate Units Amount
7
Post Tax Deductions Amount
Post Tax Deductions Amount
6
Other Payments Factor Rate Units Amount
Other Payments Factor Rate Units Amount
09
Disbursements Bank Account Amount
Method 935-150 8
XXX7382 2281.97
EFT
Disbursements Bank Account Amount
Method
Disbursements
EFT
9 935-150
Bank
XXX7382
Account
2281.97
Amount
Method 935-150 XXX7382 2281.97
EFT
Employer Message For pay queries, contact your Manager in the first instance. Leave balances can be viewed within Employee Self Service.
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Employer Message For pay queries, contact your Manager in the first instance. Leave balances can be viewed within Employee Self Service.
Employer Message For pay queries, contact your Manager in the first instance. Leave balances can be viewed within Employee Self Service.CAREERS SERVICE
Careers Service
AS INTERNS, you might think you have conducted thousands of interviews with
plenty of time to finesse your CV or brush a broad range of candidates. During my
up on your interview skills, but I don’t years at the AMA, I have provided advice
think it’s ever too early to start. Take some and assistance to doctors at all stages of
time to consider what ‘extras’ a health their career and love hearing feedback
employer might be looking for in a CV or from members about how our service has
might ask you during an interview. Do helped them secure an interview or land
you need to consider more research or their dream role. I see doctors-in-training
getting involved in teaching opportunities as the emerging leaders of our health
or committees within the hospital? Have care system and believe that providing
you started to think about cultivating continued support to DITs will strengthen
relationships with key staff who you would the medical profession and improve care
vouch for you in the future as referees? for patients.
What professional development have you You can access AMA (NSW)’s Careers
planned for yourself? These are not things Service free of charge as part of your
that will happen overnight! You have membership. We offer ongoing support
worked so hard to make it to this point, throughout your career, including CV
Jess Rankin don’t let this step trip you up. A well- review and development, assistance
Senior Workplace Relations Advisor structured CV and a polished interview with selection criteria and application
AMA (NSW) performance are vital to success. responses, as well as interview skills and
With a background in human resources preparation. Online or phone meetings can
across health and government, I have be arranged depending on your availability.
AMA (NSW)’s Careers
Service gives you the
edge you need to succeed
in medicine.
WE OFFER CREATE A RESUME DISCUSS YOUR NEEDS
ONGOING SUPPORT THAT HIGHLIGHTS IN A FACE TO FACE,
THROUGHOUT YOUR CLINICAL SKILLS OR PHONE MEETING
YOUR CAREER & ACHIEVEMENTS
PROFESSIONAL, ENHANCE YOUR ACCESS THE
PERSONALISED COMMUNICATION SPECIALTY TRAINING
SERVICE FOR SKILLS PATHWAYS GUIDE
INDIVIDUALS & FOR APPLICATIONS
GROUPS & INTERVIEWS
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or call us on 02 9902 8139
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