How is life as a doctor in Singapore?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Not full consultant post. Refer to SAB website.
I know someone who only locum for a year and got a consultant post. Not AC.

oh that’s quite cool. So post CCT 1 year locum then full consultant

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Guys, between singhealth and NUHS, which is a better cluster to work at

I'd see what the departments are like rather than the cluster. I think a good department and supportive bosses is more important.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

oh that’s quite cool. So post CCT 1 year locum then full consultant

Yes.
You can try to apply when you are at that stage and see if you can get it. If not, just do as what SAB says lo. Bo pian. Grey area.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Yes.
You can try to apply when you are at that stage and see if you can get it. If not, just do as what SAB says lo. Bo pian. Grey area.

i intend to come as AC rather than C. Come back settle down in sg alr. Next year finish training then just come as AC. Would it be recommended to do that or wait a couple years then come as C? I can do additional work in the UK so pay will be decent

Originally Posted by Unregistered

i can vouch that this is true. a few malaysians i know of failed to get a consultant job in singapore after CCT, even after a few years of experience working as a consultant in the UK. the path has closed for few years now. there are of course, exceptions, like you have said.

No problem for foreigners to get a job as a HO or MO (provided they fulfil SMC criteria, etc)

hearsay SGP do not need to work three years as a consultant to get a consultant job.

U were a consultant in the UK?Ive also noticed barely any non singaporeans get hired post CCT. It’s easy to get hired at MO/HO but getting into residency is much harder. PR is requirement for residency as well

Originally Posted by Unregistered

i intend to come as AC rather than C. Come back settle down in sg alr. Next year finish training then just come as AC. Would it be recommended to do that or wait a couple years then come as C? I can do additional work in the UK so pay will be decent

i think the general advice is to return as a C. But if you are concerned of not getting a job, then I would think the best is to try both after CCT and failing that, work for a few years as a C in the UK and then return as a C.

I presume you are a SGP, so there should be no excuse not to hire you. You might not get the choice of your hospital though.
what specialty are you in?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

i think the general advice is to return as a C. But if you are concerned of not getting a job, then I would think the best is to try both after CCT and failing that, work for a few years as a C in the UK and then return as a C.

I presume you are a SGP, so there should be no excuse not to hire you. You might not get the choice of your hospital though.
what specialty are you in?

singaporean rad. Want to come to sg earlier to start the clock on the full reg

Originally Posted by Unregistered

singaporean rad. Want to come to sg earlier to start the clock on the full reg

ah clever. after that can go private.
i have not been watching out for rad job adverts because it is not my field. but i heard it is highly competitive these days.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

ah clever. after that can go private.
i have not been watching out for rad job adverts because it is not my field. but i heard it is highly competitive these days.

No matter what they are not reading at the intensity of a restructured hospital.
Most opening in private group is because people leave, die or retire and you need connections for it
Very hard to increase volume to justify another hire because the existing partners can easily tank the extra load because even with the extra load，it's chill.
Unless U are interventional.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

No matter what they are not reading at the intensity of a restructured hospital.
Most opening in private group is because people leave, die or retire and you need connections for it
Very hard to increase volume to justify another hire because the existing partners can easily tank the extra load because even with the extra load，it's chill.
Unless U are interventional.

yea i am internventional. but beyonf private practice id like to come home. Kid still very young but want him to be able to integrate into local system