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Medical professionals

Medical professionals

If you are looking to start your career or further your career in medicine then look no further than SA Health. You can combine a challenging and rewarding career in your chosen field with wonderful lifestyle opportunities.

Become part of a first class health service

  • Enjoy varied and interesting clinical work, excellent support from colleagues, superior working conditions and dedicated non-clinical time
  • Work with on-site specialists in areas as diverse as emergency medicine, cardiothoracic, neurosurgery, anaesthetics, internal medicine, orthopaedics, burns, spinal and hyperbaric medicine
  • Combine clinical work with teaching, research and special project work
  • Have access to professorial colleagues in association with the University of Adelaide and Flinders University, where there is a strong academic focus and active research programs.

Helping clinicians to work together

SA Health has developed a series of Statewide Clinical Networks to increase the level of clinicians’ involvement in the planning of health services, to find ways to better coordinate the delivery of those services, to ensure better health outcomes for all South Australians and to ensure a strong, sustainable health workforce. These networks will link doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, GPs and community representatives to better work together to assist in fully integrating service provision across hospital sites and GP Plus Health Care Services.

Internships in SA Health

As an intern in SA Health you will enjoy working with professional teams that are acknowledged throughout Australia and the world. Equally impressive, SA Health leads the nation in providing intern exposure to rotations in accredited General Practice sites.

Trainee medical officers in SA Health

SA Health provides excellent pre-vocational and vocational training, which means you can expect:

  • a well organised and facilitated career path from intern to specialist
  • medical practice in hospitals and community health settings that focuses on safety and quality
  • continuing medical education and career opportunities.

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