The recruitment process at Austin for Intern positions

in 2014…

Open Day at Hospital – May 25th Careers Expo – June 1st Apply online via PMCV Application for Austin open – April 30th Application submitted to hospital by

candidate along with resume and cover letter(see guidelines on the web)

Referee reports submitted to PMCV

What is the Process?

We short list the 1000 candidates down to the number of interview spots we have available (250)◦ Short listing process undertaken (12-15th June)◦ Email invitation for interview (15th June)◦ Selection of interview time by candidates◦ Interviews take place: 19-28 June 2013

We then evaluate the candidate based on their application to decide on the 54 positions

o Cover lettero CVo Markso Interview

What happens from there:

Short listing process for interview

Selection process for position

Marks (65%)CV (30%)Referee report marks (5%)

Marks (50%)CV (25%)Interview (20%)Special consideration (5%)

Weighting of assessment criteria:

Academic marks provide a good indication of academic ability

We wanted a process that considers this heavily but also considers other attributes of good doctors:◦ Team work◦ Social and Institutional citizenship◦ Interest in Research◦ Well developed communication skills◦ Community focus◦ Interests outside of Medicine

Resume: reasons for use

Will be a Resume requesting supporting evidence in a less formal and structured way for some components only

No evidence will be required from Universities: we can clarify information provided e.g. membership of a Committee can be verified directly with the University (if need be)

Changes for 2014

Guidelines for cover letter have been published

Guidelines for resume have been published Austin Doctors - Home

◦ Part time /full time work◦ Other qualifications◦ Volunteer or community work◦ Completed research activities: including

publications or a supporting letter from supervisor◦ Extra-curricular activitiesStatutory Declarations will be accepted

Format

Why apply at the Austin?

Friendly and supportive work environment Fantastic career opportunities Great rotations

◦ All core requirements (Emergency Medicine, General Medicine and General Surgery)

◦ ENT/Head and Neck Surgery◦ Orthopaedics◦ Cardiac Surgery◦ Urology◦ VIFM◦ Stroke◦ Endocrinology/Rheumatology◦ Liver Transplant Unit◦ Rural rotations (Mildura Regional HealthCare)

State of the art Clinical Education Unit◦ Weekly protected intern teaching times◦ Deteriorating Patient Assessment

Workshops◦ Professional Development Workshops◦ Research opportunities◦ Clinical Skills Workshops◦ Surgical Skills workshops at RACS◦ Integrating multidisciplinary learning and

teaching opportunities Supportive Medical Workforce Unit Very active HMO Society

Who do we want to work with us?

A good doctor Embody Austin Health values Work well within a team environment, particularly

within a multidisciplinary setting Have well developed communication skills Are interested in research and teaching Have interests and achievements outside of the

medical field Display a community focus through membership

of community or volunteer groups Are interested in a future career at Austin Health

Integrity◦ Work in the spirit of collaboration and honesty to build

effective working relationships across the whole organisation

Accountability◦ Transparent, responsible and build trust by fulfilling

promises and communicating effectively

Respect◦ We care about others and treat each other with consideration,

equality and fairness

Excellence◦ We continually strive to advance patient focused care

through innovation, research and effective stakeholder management

Austin Health Values

Marks◦ Good clinical skills◦ intelligence, medical aptitude, application

Resume – ◦ Gives us an insight into the complete person, not just the medical student◦ interest outside of study/work◦ ideas of career goals◦ interest in professional development◦ compassion

Referee – ◦ overall view, but obviously significant selection bias (is this a good

measure of picking who we want?) Interview

◦ many of the intangibles: good communicator, decision making ability, flexibility, self-awareness, teamwork, knowing role in a team, personality, intelligence, friendliness, self-awareness

How do we use the selection process to select these attributes?

Resume

In 2013, the process was very structured with very strict marking criteria. Overall worked very well, but feedback was that it caused a lot of stress to applicants

This year … still structured with marks rewarded for each category (not published this year, but much less strict)

Need to apply in the given format

What marks for what?

Additional Tertiary level Qualifications Work and Volunteer Employment Leadership roles and commitments

undertaken during the duration of your medical degree

Teaching, presentations, research, publications and presentations

Personal achievements

Why? Why such a proportion of ‘marks’? What to include? Personal achievements section?

Qs about the Resume

Structured interview 5 questions

◦ 4 general questions, ◦ 1 question from your CV

Interview

Twitter Facebook Email Information Session/Open Day 25th May Medical Careers Expo 1st June

Communication from you

In 2013, the process was very structured and publicised the exact marks for each component. This led to significant stress for applicants trying to achieve maximum marks rather than reporting actual facts in some cases.

We are not disclosing the marking plan as this created unnecessary stress and creative reporting of activities in the 2013 evidence based CV

What marks for what?

Questions???