Internships and Junior Medical Staff Positions

Experience comprehensive rotations in a wide range of clinical areas, across our acute hospitals, specialist units, and our geriatric and rehabilitation facilities, in a supportive teaching environment.

Career Pathway Streams

Peninsula Health offers a number of career pathway streams for junior doctors. Our pathways include:

Internship (PGY1)

Internship encompasses five rotations, rotations offered at Peninsula Health include:

  • Emergency (Frankston, Rosebud and Warragul)
  • Aged Care
  • General Medicine (Frankston & Rosebud)
  • General Surgery
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Psychiatry
  • Rehabilitation
  • Acute Care of Elderly
  • Hospital In the Home

Postgraduate year two (PGY2)

PGY2 is part of the New National Framework from 2025, a two-year training program for prevocational doctors following on from PGY1.

Prevocational training allows medical graduates to consolidate and apply clinical knowledge and skills while taking increasing responsibility for providing safe, high-quality patient care. All terms include quality supervision with feedback, and a range of clinical experiences and learning opportunities.

General stream rotations (see below) as well as opportunities for a rotation in ICU, Cardiology or Anaesthetics whilst meeting the requirements of Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria (PMCV);

  • Clinical Experience A: Undifferentiated Illness
  • Clinical Experience B: Chronic Illness
  • Clinical Experience C: Acute and Critical Illness

Postgraduate year three (PGY3)

  • Dip Obs (1 post with two 6/12 O&G allocation)
  • O&G
  • Surgery
  • Critical Care
  • Emergency (opportunity to complete your Emergency Medicine Certificate)
  • Psychiatry

General Stream rotations

  • Emergency (Frankston and Rosebud)
  • Paediatrics
  • Aged Care (various sites)
  • Rehabilitation (various sites)
  • Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • General Medicine (Frankston and Rosebud)
  • Surgical Specialties
  • Psychiatry
  • Clinical Governance*
  • General Stream reliever
  • Medicine reliever
  • Surgical reliever
  • Surgical nights
    *subject to confirmation and accreditation by the PMCV

Contact

Medical Recruitment
8:30am – 5:00pm
(03) 9784 7325
medicalrecruitment@phcn.vic.gov.au

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