Our Procedural Training Program

The NSW Health Procedural Training program is administered under contract by CCCT in the same areas as we conduct our core business of GPR training. This means we cover two AHS, the SES/Illawarra and the Greater Southern Area Health Service.

The aim of the Procedural Training Program is mitigate the workforce issue in most parts of regional and rural NSW by training either existing GPs or GP Registrars in procedural skills. The areas in which training may be provided include:

• Obstetrics
• Anaesthetics
• Emergency Medicine
• Mental Health
• Surgery

Training may be for GPs already working in a centre which needs these skills or perhaps for GPs who would appreciate relocating for a rural/regional life style made richer by working as a procedural GP. Training can be offered on a full-time, part-time or flexible basis recognising individual circumstances and previous experience.

Training is offered at accredited training locations… usually at regional/district hospitals where there are appropriate specialists supervisors. Regional Training Providers like CCCT ensure that training posts are accredited. To be accredited with the appropriate College, training posts must meet a number of requirements including a required volume and variety of cases as well as providing specialist supervision.

In consultation with the Area Health Services and the Divisions of General Practice three locations have been identified as having the highest priority in terms of GP Proceduralists… Moruya on the South Coast, Young on the Southern Slopes and Tumut at the gateway to the Snowy Mountains. Opportunities to undertake procedural training and to then relocate to practices in these centres have been identified as follows:

This program allows participants to:

• Participate in a program leading our GP workforce into the future
• Maintain their marketability
• Enhance their procedural skills
• Practice the varied medicine encompassed in our rural communities
• Work in a training program tailored to their needs
• Customise their training – full-time (6 or 12 months) and flexible Training pathways are available
• Earn a salary while they train which also recognises their experience