ATF Scheme Applications
Applications for the ATF Scheme are open. If you are a trainee and would like to apply you will find all the information you need here. Applications are batched and submitted to a panel for consideration approximately two or three times each year.
We are seeking candidates in the following specialties:
- Anaesthesia
- Dentistry
- ENT
- General Practice particularly Rural General Practice
- General Surgery
- Health Leadership
- Maori Workforce Development
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedic
- Paediatric Oncology
- Paediatric Rheumatology
- Pathology
- Psychiatry
- Renal Medicine
- Rehabilitation Medicine
- Rural Hospital Medicine
Please submit the completed application form (Word, 360KB) and required documentation (listed below) to:
ATF Scheme Applications
Health Workforce New Zealand
PO Box 5013
Wellington 6145
Email: planning@healthworkforce.govt.nz
Required Documentation
Trainees interested in applying to the ATF Scheme will need to submit:
- A full CV, which should detail education and employment history; specialty training, professional interests, and achievements to date, including publications and awards.
- A Medical Council registration number and a Certificate of Good Standing from the Medical Council.
- Letters of reference from two professional referees.
- A career plan (Word, 352KB) detailing planned training and courses, which must lead to a postgraduate qualification and eligibility for vocational registration. Course details should cover the length, location, cost of courses, and their benefit to you and to the wider New Zealand workforce.
- A letter of confirmation from the relevant Specialist College that the planned training and career plan will be accepted by the College and lead to vocational registration.
- A letter of support from the potential employer that they support the career plan and will guarantee an offer of employment in a Senior Medical Officer position on return of the trainee to New Zealand.
- A letter from a Senior Medical Officer (or Clinical Director) confirming that they support your career plan.
- A budget for planned travel and accommodation and showing any salary contribution requested.
Updated February 2012