72 medical interns have joined the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District workforce, with the graduates taking up position in local public hospitals.

The interns will work with and learn from the local health district’s experienced and highly skilled medical staff in one of the world's best health systems.

The new doctors starting their internship will be entering a training program with networked hospitals throughout the local health district, providing formal and on-the-job training.

Interns are medical graduates who have completed their medical degree and are required to complete a supervised year of practice in order to become independent practitioners.

They receive two-year contracts to rotate between metropolitan, regional, rural, and remote hospitals to ensure the diversity of their experience.

They also rotate across different specialties during the intern year, including surgery, medicine, and emergency medicine.

Quotes attributable to Minister for Health Ryan Park:

“I am so pleased and grateful that more than 1,000 junior medical officers have joined the country’s largest and one of the world’s best health systems.

“These junior doctors undertake vital functions in our hospitals and health facilities. 

Karen McKeown OAM MP, Member for Penrith said:

“I welcome our medical interns to our health workforce here in Penrith and wish them the very best as they start on what will be an incredibly rewarding career in the NSW public health system.”