Latitudes Group International - Important Information for F2 New Zealand

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New Zealand

At this early stage in your career, we recognise how important your postgraduate training is to you.

In the vast majority of cases, completion of your F1 or F2 year will enable you to obtain a House Officer, or SHO level position in New Zealand. Below is a simple table that demonstrates the equivalency across the systems.

Years	United Kingdom	Australia	New Zealand
PGY 1	F1	Intern	Intern/House Officer
PGY 2	F2	Junior House Officer	House Officer
PGY 3	ST1	Senior House Officer	SHO / Specialty Training
PGY 4	ST2	Registrar / Specialty Training	Registrar / Specialty Training

Accessing Training Positions

Training positions can be commenced on obtaining full General Registration.

Initially your professional registration is in the "Provisional General" category. As a general rule, you can expect (subject to performance) that you will progress to full General Registration as follows:

Recognised Primary Quals - 12 months
Alternate (36 of last 48 months in a health system similar to NZ) - 12-24 months

It is receommended that you commence applying for training posts approximately 6-7 months prior to your expected grant of full General Registration.

Summary

To begin with, the best position to be aiming for is a HO or SHO position that is accredited for postgraduate training, but not part of a specialty training scheme.

In general, these positions will require that you undertake a number of terms in different disciplines:- Emergency, Surgery, General Medicine, etc. and the terms number between four and five per year.

In most cases, this additional training undertaken in New Zealand can be credited towards your training careers back in the United Kingdom.

In some situations, we can secure SHO level positions that will be particularly focused towards a specialty: - General Medicine, Haematology, Endocrinology, etc. which have a distinct lean towards general physician training.

If you are seeking to move for a longer term or permanently, then you will have to complete 12 - 24 months or more under provisional general registration and obtain general registration prior to be able to commence specialty training positions.