About the Yorke and Northern Local Health Network
The Yorke and Northern Training Network encompasses the Yorke Peninsula, significant areas of Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent, Southern Flinders Ranges, and the Mid North.
The Major urban centres are:
- Port Pirie Regional Health Service
- Clare Hospital and Health Service
- Northern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Wallaroo)
with smaller urban centres:
- Balaklava Soldiers’ Memorial District Hospital
- Booleroo Centre District Hospital ans Health Service
- Burra Hospital
- Central Yorke Peninsula Hospital (Maitland)
- Crystal Brook and District Hospital
- Jamestown Hospital and Health Service
- Laura and District Hospital
- Minlaton Health Centre
- Orroroo and District Health Service
- Peterborough Soldiers Memorial Hospital
- Port Broughton and District Hospital
- Riverton District Soldiers Memorial Hospital
- Snowtown Hospital and Health Service
- Southern Yorke Peninsula Health Service (Yorketown)
Yorke and Northern Rural Doctor Program (YNRDP)
The YNRDP will provide both PGY1 and PGY2 positions across the region from 2025, allowing you access to a continual training pathway on your journey to becoming a rural generalist, or just gaining rural experience to enhance your clinical knowledge and skills.
The YNRDP provides a broad range of unique clinical experiences in both hospital and primary care settings across the region. YNRDP will work with you to tailor an educational experience that suits your individual learning needs and objectives. Trainees work in small clinical teams providing you with the opportunity to develop close working relationships with colleagues and receive invaluable hands-on clinical experience in an environment of support and a focus on individual learning.
For trainees wishing to pursue a career as a rural generalist or as a general practitioner, the YNRDP enables medical training from internship to advanced skills training through to Fellowship with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and/or Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM). With a comprehensive teaching program that ensures regular procedural skills and simulation training through workshops and continuing education through clinical tutorials, case discussions and local educational meetings.
Additional educational opportunities will be offered including neonatal life support, ALS2, Rural Emergency Skills Training (or equivalent), Regional X ray License and more.
YNLHN are offering remuneration packages in line with the SA Salaried Medical Officers Award with additional benefits including relocation and travel allowances. Accommodation and utilities will be provided at no cost to the intern for the first 6 months.
A career in the Yorke and Northern Local Health Network offers many great lifestyle benefits, including diverse job prospects and the opportunity to fast track your skills and career, not to mention your choice of scenery from farm, ocean, vineyards and the Southern Flinders ranges.
View the Yorke and Northern video – July 2021
Positions
Training Stage | Rotation | Location |
Internship | General practice / Emergency medicine Road to Rural (R2R) rotations from Metro |
Clare Medical Centre and Clare Hospital and Health Service Crystal Brook Medical Centre Jamestown Medical Centre |
Emergency Medicine | TBA | |
General Practice / Women’s Health | TBA | |
General Practice / Aged Care | TBA | |
General Practice / Emergency / Anaesthetics | TBA | |
General Practice / Emergency / Procedural | TBA | |
PGY2+ | Emergency Medicine | TBA |
Emergency Medicine / Inpatients | TBA | |
Obstetrics | TBA | |
General Practice / Obstetrics | TBA | |
General Practice / Women’s Health | TBA | |
General Practice / Emergency / Anaesthetics | TBA | |
General Practice / Emergency / Procedural | TBA | |
General Practice / Medical Inpatients | TBA | |
General Practice / Royal Flying Doctor Service (elective option) |
TBA | |
Surgery (elective option) | TBA | |
Paediatrics (elective option) | TBA | |
Advanced Skills Training | Palliative Care | Lyell McEwin Hospital and Port Pirie and surrounds |
Health facilities
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