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Careers
International Medical Graduates
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As Singapore's population ages and we actively push healthcare as a key engine of growth, demand for medical services, teaching and research will all increase. Career opportunities will not only grow in number but also become more diverse for doctors.
In Singapore, we are building on the existing career paths for clinicians to provide greater diversity in choice. Besides the typical pathways for specialists and non-specialists, we are encouraging doctors to consider careers in medical research as clinician scientists and in primary care as family physicians. Here's a snapshot of the career paths for you to consider.
As the healthcare sector grows in vibrancy, there are a growing number of public and private healthcare players in Singapore. Click the links below to find out more about the various providers.
If you are a non-Singapore looking to work in Singapore, you must apply to the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) for an Employment Pass before commencing work. Typically, this can be arranged through your prospective employer in Singapore.
There are 3 categories of Employment Pass - P1, P2 and Q1 pass. More details on employment passes can be found here.
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Employment Pass Eligibility (EPE) Certificate
To help in your job search, you could consider applying for an EPEC. The EPEC informs prospective employers that you will be issued with an Employment Pass (EP) upon securing a job in Singapore. With an EPEC, you will also be granted a 12-month Social Visit Pass (SVP) to give you time to look for a job in Singapore.
Applications for EPEC can be submitted via mail to MOM or at any of the Contact Singapore offices near you. For details on EPEC, do visit the following links:
If you are interested to consider coming to work in Singapore, simply click here to submit your curriculum vitae (CV). We will then help to route your CV to your institutions of interest.
Alternatively, you can also consider contacting the public healthcare groups directly through the following ways.
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| | | med_career@singhealth.com.sg | medcare@nhg.com.sg | Director, Medical Manpower
SingHealth Services
7 Hospital Drive Blk B
# 02- 15
Singapore 169611 | Director, Clinical Manpower
National Healthcare Group
6 Commonwealth Lane
#06-01, GMTI Building
Singapore 149547 | | (65) 6362 8677 | (65) 6496 6819/20/21/24/25 | | (65) 6226 4935 | (65) 6496 6871 |  |  | |
Overseas medical students are welcome to do their electives/attachments in Singapore to familiarise yourself with our healthcare system. To facilitate this, the National University of Singapore and the public hospitals have various programmes. Specifically,
- Medical students in their clinical years can approach the NUS, which helps to organize special elective/clinical student programme with public hospitals.
- Students in their pre-clinical years or who do not require endorsement from a local university for their attachments can approach the public hospitals directly.
"You never really know what a heart murmur is until you hear one. Or what an aortic aneurysm is until you feel the throbbing pulsation under your hands. And when you hear a heart murmur, or feel an aortic aneurysm, you never forget. You also never forget the face of the patient. My attachment at SGH A&E Department thought me more than I had hoped for. Being a year 2 student, I lacked the clinical experience to perform procedures on some of the patients. Thus, I was instead proffered the role of an observer. My job was, simply put, to watch. The phrase 'watch and learn' then took a whole new meaning. I observed the other doctors perform a wide variety of procedures on patients and was impressed with the precision and dexterity they had. Through simply watching them, I learned the systematic approach required for many of the procedures practiced, such as taking blood and performing the rectal examination. Following my supervisor, Dr Fatimah, around was already a learning experience by itself. All notions of the A&E department being the epicentre of drama, no thanks to E.R the TV series, were thrown out of the window from the get-go. Though busy it may be, there was no sensational drama as the doctors tended to their patients with patience and efficiency. After eons of studying disease after disease, it is only right that one garners some clinical experience. Because, as the SGH experience has shown me, true learning only happens in the hospital setting."
- Rima Rai
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