International clinician orientation checklist

After completing the difficult task of attracting an International Medical Graduate (IMG) applicant, and then successfully appointing them, it is heart breaking to have them only stay for a few months before moving on. 

Settling someone into a new workplace, a new health system, and their family into a new town and a new culture takes deliberate effort and time, but it is essential to give you the best chance to retain new staff. 

Orientation is a process that goes beyond an initial induction to the workplace and may take several weeks or months.

Pinnacle's focus is on thriving general practice. Based on resources available through the Medical Council of New Zealand, this resource is designed to help you cover the bases.

There is no one way to induct and orientate new staff. Orientation should be adapted to fit your practice's culture and the needs of the individual clinician.

This checklist, if you wish to use it, intends to give practices ideas on what could be provided in orientation sessions and manuals.

The process you choose to use to orientate a clinician joining your practice for one month is likely to differ from that of someone joining you for three months or 12+ months. Not all ideas will be relevant to every situation, so we encourage you to adapt this checklist for your own purposes. That might include offering a modified copy for the new staff member so they can drive their own orientation and induction programme and tailor it to their needs. 

Pinnacle practice membership benefit

Pinnacle has partnered with NZ Shores to offer a streamlined recruitment and immigration service for general practices across our network.

Locum websites

Below are locum websites we're aware of. If there are others you can recommend, please contact Veronique Gibbons so we can add these to this list.

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