Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service
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Prevocational Training Hospital Guide
Graduating medical students who aspire to a career in rural medicine can access high quality foundation training delivered by Rural Generalist training hospitals to ensure they are well equipped to develop the diverse and valued skills needed to care for remote, rural and regional Queenslanders. QRGP trainees have the opportunity to explore a wide variety of clinical training and are guaranteed access to term experience in paediatrics, obstetrics and anaesthetics in addition to mandatory core terms. Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway (QRGP) Interns and Junior House Officers (JHOs) can undertake their prevocational training at one of the following Rural Generalist training hospitals: Rural Generalist Prevocational training hospital
Bundaberg Hospital Logan Hospital Rockhampton Hospital
Caboolture Hospital Mackay Base Hospital Sunshine Coast University Hospital
Cairns Hospital Mount Isa Hospital Toowoomba Hospital
Hervey Bay Hospital Redcliffe Hospital Townsville University Hospital
Ipswich Hospital Redland Hospital
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Bundaberg Hospital
Hospital profile Community QRGP Prevocational training experience
Bundaberg Hospital is a 249 bed Primary Bundaberg lies within the Coral Coast region, four Orientation includes Recognising and Responding Allocation Centre for Interns within the Wide Bay hours’ drive and 50 minutes by air, north of to Clinical Deterioration (RRCD), Basic Life Hospital and Health Service. Brisbane. Located on the sub-tropical central Support and shadowing current interns. coast of Queensland, the region’s position The Hospital provides medical staff with broad provides a year-round temperate. Guaranteed term experience during PGY 1 & 2: clinical exposure, hands-on experience and great access to procedural skills. Interns have direct Bundaberg serves a population of over 100,000 • Anaesthetics – 10 weeks contact with senior clinicians and are actively people and is a vital regional business hub • O&G – 10 weeks involved with patient care and have opportunities boasting shopping, sporting, cultural and tourism for clinical research. facilities. • Paediatrics – 10 weeks Intern recruitment FAQs Rural experience: Bundaberg Hospital • PGY 1 & 2 – Rural General Practice placements available.
• PGY 2 Rural relieving available at Childers, Gin Gin, Biggenden, Gayndah, Mundubbera,
Monto and Mt Perry.
Contacts:
Medical Education: P (07) 4150 2234 E [email protected]
Recruitment: P (07) 4150 2862 E [email protected]
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Caboolture Hospital
Hospital profile Community Prevocational training
Caboolture Hospital is a 265-bed facility located Caboolture is a mere thirty minutes’ drive from Orientation to your internship will include in the Metro North Hospital and Health Service. Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, located in an welcoming you to the team, mandatory training, area growing both in demographics and Caboolture’s size as an accredited training facility prescribing skills workshops, ALSi skills stations infrastructure. places it in perfect stead to build your clinical and MET scenarios and the opportunity to shadow competence and assist your professional Caboolture offers a range of entertainment, a previous year’s Intern, allowing them to impart advancement through the diverse range of clinical natural attractions and markets! the knowledge they have gained during their exposure and hands on experience you will gain in Intern year whilst establishing your peer network. our friendly and supportive environment. MEU offers two hours of protected education time Caboolture Hospital is committed to changing the weekly and you will have access to each units way health care is delivered. Our promise is to specific learning program which includes, for put people first, providing safe, effective, person example, bedside teaching, department centered care. We strive to ensure our patients education, case presentations, meetings in have equity of access, outcomes and experience, addition to the learning experience you will gain whilst nurturing a culture of teamwork, learning, from your day-to-day clinical services such as improvement and being part of a community that handover and ward rounds given the supportive provides connected healthcare. nature of the supervisors at Caboolture Hospital. Intern recruitment FAQs Guaranteed term experience during PGY 1 & 2: • Anaesthetics – 10 weeks Caboolture Hospital • O&G – 10 weeks • Paediatrics – 5 weeks Rural experience: • Nil
Contacts:
Medical Education: P (07) 5433 8243 E [email protected] Recruitment: P (07) 5433 8876 E [email protected]
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Cairns Hospital
Hospital profile Community Prevocational training
Cairns Hospital is the largest major hospital in Far Cairns is the second largest city outside of the The orientation experience will include time North Queensland and is renowned for south-east corner of the state with a population spent in the same area that you will be working in contributing to innovation and excellence in of approximately 220,000. Cairns is often during Term 1. patient care. referred to as "where the rainforest meets the reef" and is an extremely popular tourist Guaranteed term experience during PGY 1 & 2: The hospital services a population of 253,000 from destination. Cairns and surrounding areas. • Anaesthetics – 10 weeks In addition to being the gateway for the world Intern recruitment FAQs • O&G – 10 weeks heritage listed Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Cairns Hospital Rainforest, Cairns is also only a stone's throw • Paediatrics – 10 weeks away from beautiful Port Douglas, Mission Beach, Rural experience: the Tablelands and Cape Tribulation. • There are opportunities to do term rotations at Atherton Hospital, Mareeba Hospital, Babinda Multi-Purpose Health Service and
RFDS.
Contacts:
Medical Education: P (07) 4426 7453 E [email protected]
Recruitment: P (07) 4226 6252 E [email protected]
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Hervey Bay Hospital
Hospital profile Community Prevocational training
Hervey Bay Hospital is a 142-bed facility and Hervey Bay is in the Fraser Coast Region of South Orientation includes great access to consultants provides medical staff with broad clinical East Queensland. Hervey Bay is just over three and senior staff with fantastic teaching and exposure, hands-on experience and great access hours’ drive or a 45-minute flight from Brisbane. training opportunities. to procedural skills. Its abundance of natural assets includes the Great Sandy Strait, the World Heritage listed Fraser Career guidance and mentoring from the Director A new $40 million three storey facility – housing Island, the Bay and the wetlands, and it boasts a of Clinical Training and Medical Education Officer. an expanded Emergency Department, education quality of life that balances work and pleasure. facilities and future inpatient wards, has recently A wide range of locally run educational activities opened in February 2019. for junior doctors, including simulation training in
a dedicated simulation centre. Intern recruitment FAQs
Hervey Bay Hospital Guaranteed term experience during PGY 1 & 2:
• Anaesthetics – 5 weeks
• O&G – 10 weeks
• Paediatrics – 10 weeks
Rural experience:
• Rural rotations available in PGY2.
Contacts: Medical Education: P (07) 4325 6946 E [email protected] Recruitment: P (07) 4325 6208 E [email protected]
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Hospital profile Community Prevocational training
West Moreton Health is comprised of four local government Located just 40 kilometres west of the Orientation includes providing both areas (LGAs) - Scenic Rim Regional Council, Lockyer Valley Queensland capital of Brisbane, an hour from undergraduate and postgraduate clinical Regional Council, Somerset Regional Council and Ipswich City the Gold Coast, and an hour from Toowoomba, education and training. Ipswich Hospital Council. Ipswich is the major city in the hospital and health Ipswich combines rich heritage with the energy provides a strong training platform for doctors service, with the townships of Esk, Laidley, Gatton, Boonah of being the hub of south east Queensland pursuing either a generalist or specialist and Wacol spread throughout the area. growth region. Ipswich presents a blend of career pathway. heritage charm, metropolitan sophistication West Moreton Health provides public services for residents and expansive green spaces. Clinical competence and professional across the continuum of health care including preventative and advancement are promoted through the primary health care services, ambulatory services, acute care, Ipswich boasts the best of the country with city diverse range of clinical exposure and hands- sub-acute care, oral health, and mental health and specialised convenience in a unique natural environment. on experience in a friendly and supportive services (inc offender health & alcohol & other drugs). The city of Ipswich offers fine dining at an environment. extensive range of restaurants and cafes; a Ipswich Hospital is a major acute hospital with 360 beds, and wide variety of cultural activities including Guaranteed term experience during PGY 1 & 2: offers services in all major health specialities, including museums, art galleries and markets; family anaesthetics, emergency medicine, medicine, surgery, • Anaesthetics – 10 weeks orientated community activities; and an intensive and coronary care, orthopaedics, obstetrics, excellent shopping precinct. Ipswich is a • O&G – 10 weeks paediatrics, palliative care and rehabilitation, along with a full vibrant city that offers an affordable lifestyle, range of allied health services. • Paediatrics – 10 weeks with an impressive array of experiences and Ipswich Hospital has a major teaching role, providing both attractions. Rural experience: undergraduate and postgraduate clinical education and • Nil training. It provides a strong training platform for doctors pursuing either a generalist or specialist career pathway. Intern recruitment FAQs Clinical competence and professional advancement are Ipswich Hospital promoted through the diverse range of clinical exposure and hands-on experience in a friendly and supportive environment.
Contacts: Medical Education: P (07) 3810 1307 E [email protected] Recruitment: P (07) 3413 7686 E [email protected]
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Logan Hospital
Hospital profile Community Prevocational training
Logan Hospital is the major health centre for one Logan is situated in South East Queensland, just Orientation includes providing personal and of the fastest growing regions in the state. Logan 25 minutes from Brisbane City and 35 minutes professional support for Junior Doctors from the Hospital has grown from a 48-bed community from the Gold Coast. Director of Clinical Training, Medical Education hospital in 1990 to a 436-bed hospital today, South East Queensland is an ideal place to live Officers and Administration Officers. mirroring the rapid growth in population in the and work. Our sub-tropical climate means the Logan region. Coordinating education programs in accordance region can be enjoyed year-round and there’s with the Australian Curriculum Framework for Logan Hospital provides acute medical, surgical, something to suit all tastes from dining, arts and Junior Doctors and the Australian Medical Council rehabilitation, maternity, cardiology, culture to bushwalking, camping and horseback Intern training national standards program. orthopaedics, renal and other specialty services riding. for children and adults. Developing new educational opportunities e.g.
medical simulation training Logan Hospital is a ‘digital hospital’ with a fully integrated electronic medical record, supporting Guaranteed term experience during PGY 1 & 2: improvements to the quality and efficiency of healthcare services for patients and the • Anaesthetics – 5 weeks community. We also operate the second busiest • O&G – 5 - 10 weeks emergency department in the state. • Paediatrics – 10 weeks
Intern recruitment FAQs Rural experience:
Logan Hospital • Beaudesert Hospital
Contacts: Medical Education: P (07) 3299 8930 E [email protected] Recruitment: P (07) 3299 9139 E [email protected]
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Mackay Base Hospital
H Hospital profile Community Prevocational training
The Mackay Hospital and Health Service delivers Mackay is a vibrant and exciting tropical city close Orientation includes rostered one on one public hospital and health services to a population to the Great Barrier reef, Whitsunday islands and interviews which offer personal and professional of around 182,000 people residing in a some of the world’s most beautiful rainforests and advice, career counselling and a chance to geographical area from Bowen in the north to St only a 1 hour 20-minute flight from Brisbane. feedback work and training issues which need Lawrence in the south and from the coast inland Mackay is known for its Harbour Beach, marina review. to Clermont in the west, and Collinsville in the and Bluewater Lagoon, a city water park. Inland north-west. The Whitsunday Islands in the east Development and delivery of innovative from Mackay, Eungella National Park is a habitat are also included in this region and include educational programs and formalised feedback of for rare frogs and platypus. Lindeman, Hamilton and Brampton Islands. profession performance. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia To reflect the growing demand for health care in Guaranteed term experience during PGY 1 & 2: because its region produces more than a third of the region, the Mackay Base Hospital has been Australia’s sugar. • Anaesthetics – 10 weeks redeveloped, at a cost of $408 million with a current bed capacity of 236 beds. • O&G – 10 weeks Intern recruitment FAQs • Paediatrics – 10 weeks
Mackay Base Hospital Rural experience: • Interns can rotate to Proserpine or Bowen hospitals. • JHOs can rotate to Proserpine, Bowen and Sarina hospitals.
Contacts: Medical Education: P (07) 4885 7080 E [email protected] Recruitment: P (07) 4885 7516 E [email protected]
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Mount Isa Hospital
H Hospital profile Community Prevocational training
Mount Isa is a CSCF Level 4 Specialist Service Base Mount Isa is a remote but robust community with Orientation includes administrative and Hospital with a total of 80 beds. It is the referral friendly residents and a beautiful landscape. professional support to all medical staff and the hospital for the North West region, with remote There are great schools including private schools, Medical Education Officer and Director of Clinical country/community hospitals at Doomadgee, day care centres and many sporting clubs. Training provides medical staff with career Normanton, Mornington Island, Cloncurry, Julia Restaurants and clubs offer good opportunities for guidance and support. Creek and health centres at Dajarra, Camooweal, leisure and socialising. Karumba and Burketown. Guaranteed term experience during PGY 1 & 2: The hospital community offers an opportunity to Mount Isa also has a Royal Flying Doctor Service make new friends for life. The rugged countryside • Anaesthetics – 10 weeks inc 5 weeks ICU base providing rural retrievals, transfers and offers ample opportunity for day and weekend • O&G – 10 weeks numerous primary health care activities including trips, no matter whether you are interested in clinics at the health centres mentioned above. 4WD, camping or enjoy luxury hotels or motel • Paediatrics – 10 weeks Mount Isa Hospital has undergone a accommodation. Lake Moondarra is a popular spot Rural experience: redevelopment which included a new Emergency for water sports and fishing and a weekend trip to
Department, new Outpatients Department, Mental Adel’s Grove and canoe through Lawn Hill Gorge is • Mount Isa is a rural facility. Health (Outpatient) Unit, a Cancer Care Centre a must! and a Paediatrics Unit.
Intern recruitment FAQs
Mount Isa Hospital
Contacts: Medical Education: P (07) 4744 7164 E [email protected] Recruitment: P (07) 4744 7141 E [email protected]
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Redcliffe Hospital
H Hospital profile Community Prevocational training
Redcliffe Hospital a 260-bed facility offers a range Redcliffe is a growing seaside city and home to A comprehensive orientation is delivered to all of free public healthcare services supported by approximately 60,000 people. The busy provincial junior medical staff on commencement of highly trained and specialised staff. Hospital is just 35 minutes north of Brisbane and employment. An extensive formal education only a ten-minute walk from the seafront. The Redcliffe Hospital is in the centre of program and regular meetings with the Director of Redcliffe. Services provided to the community Settlement Cove Lagoon located in front of Clinical Training and Medical Education Officer include general medical, general surgical Redcliffe Parade at the east end of Anzac Avenue, are also afforded to Junior Doctors training at including day procedures, emergency medicine, is paradise beside the sea, it’s the perfect place Redcliffe Hospital. oncology, urology, orthopaedics, obstetrics, to have a fun day out. It’s also opened all year Term Supervisors, the Director of Clinical paediatrics, rehabilitation, intensive care and round; the facilities include a swimming lagoon, Training, the Director of Research & Medical specialist outpatient clinics. Supporting allied wading pools, BBQ areas, bikeways, picnic Education and the Medical Education Officer health services include physiotherapy, dietetics, shelters, playgrounds, amenities and beach operate an “Open door policy” for all Junior speech pathology, social work, occupational showers. Doctors at Redcliffe Hospital. therapy, medical imaging, pharmacy and clinical measurement. Guaranteed term experience during PGY 1 & 2:
Intern recruitment FAQs • Anaesthetics – 10 weeks Redcliffe Hospital • O&G – 10 weeks • Paediatrics – 10 weeks
Rural experience:
• Rotation to Central West HHS available. • Rural Medicine term available in PGY2.
Contacts:
Medical Education: Christina Kapitsalas P (07) 3883 7194 E [email protected]
Recruitment: Kirsten Mitchell P (07) 3883 7287 E [email protected]
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Redland Hospital
H Hospital profile Community Prevocational training
Redland Hospital – Bayside Health, hosts 13 interns; 5 Redlands Coast, only 40 minutes from Brisbane Our Small community offers a friendly, cohesive and interns on the Rural Generalist pathway, and an CBD. With both mainland and island villages supportive environment in a fully integrated digital additional 8-10 rotating interns from our Primary to explore there is everything from the bush to hospital. We are committed to deliver high quality, Allocation Centre, the Princess Alexandra Hospital. the beach. patient-centred care through excellence in medical education, with active Departmental and Facility Redland Hospital is the major health centre for The villages are the perfect place to relax and Redlands City and Brisbane’s southern bayside education programs. unwind. You can fish off jetties, enjoy a suburbs (including North Stradbroke Island), located picnic in picturesque waterside parks, explore Executive support ensures a 100% attendance at Intern just thirty minutes’ drive from Brisbane, and 5 cafes, restaurants, galleries and boutiques or Formal Education Program. minutes to the beautiful Moreton Bay islands’ a variety of weekend markets. gateway. A good work life balance; no rostered overtime and Mainland suburbs: Alexandra Hills Capalaba, easy access to bay islands. As a 172-bed acute secondary teaching hospital we Mount Cotton, Redland Bay, Thorneside, are committed to delivering quality care and services Peer mentorship program and active RMO society. Victoria Point, Birkdale, Cleveland, Ormiston, though a number of specialities including; general Sheldon, Thornlands, Wellington Point. Participation in Research and quality improvement medicine, palliative care, surgery, anaesthesia, projects. mental health, cardiology, emergency medicine, Island suburbs: Amity Point, Dunwich, Lamb obstetrics and gynaecology, orthopaedics, renal Island, North Stradbroke, Point Lookout, Guaranteed term experience during PGY 1 & 2: dialysis and paediatrics. Coochiemudlo Island, Karragarra Island, • Anaesthetics – 5 weeks Macleay Island, Peel Island, Russell Island. Affiliated with the University of Queensland medical • O&G – 10 weeks school, accredited for numerous specialist vocational • Paediatrics – 10 weeks training programs and a simulation pocket of the • PGY3 Advanced Skills Terms available in Paediatrics, Clinical Skills Development Service, Brisbane. Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Anaesthesia. Intern recruitment FAQs Rural experience: Redland Hospital | Bayside Health • Nil
Contacts: Medical Education: P (07) 3488 3356 E [email protected] Recruitment: P (07) 3488 3505 E [email protected]
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Rockhampton Hospital
H Hospital profile Community Prevocational training
Rockhampton Hospital is the largest major Rockhampton has one of the best tropical Orientation includes personalised medical teams hospital in Central Queensland and the main climates in the country, summer averages providing interns with hands on experience for referral hub for the region. Operated by between 22 and 34 degrees and winter averages clinical procedures. Queensland Health as a public hospital, the are between 9 to 23 degrees. Rockhampton is hospital offers a wide range of medical services to centrally located for trains and air networks with A week long orientation to the service and a population of about 230,000 throughout the only a one hour flight to Brisbane for weekend protected teaching session each week.
Rockhampton, Gladstone, the Capricorn Coast and city trips. Career guidance and mentoring from Director of Emerald communities. Rockhampton has numerous dive sites and Clinical Training and Medical Education Officers. Intern recruitment FAQs stunning Australian scenery. Dive reefs from Gladstone or Yeppoon, see the whales migrate or Guaranteed term experience during PGY 1 & 2: Rockhampton Hospital hike the mountain range or Central Queensland • Anaesthetics – 10 weeks bush. • O&G – 10 weeks
• Paediatrics – 10 weeks
Rural experience:
• Interns rotate to Gladstone Hospital,
Capricorn Coast Hospital, Emerald Medical Group and Theodore Medical Centre
Contacts:
Medical Education: P (07) 4920 6332 E [email protected]
Recruitment: P (07) 4920 6764 E [email protected]
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Sunshine Coast University Hospital
H Hospital profile Community Prevocational training
Sunshine Coast University Hospital (SCUH) is a The Sunshine Coast is approximately 100km, or 1 Orientation includes a comprehensive six-day tertiary-level hospital with a catchment of over hour’s drive north of Brisbane. It offers a fantastic Intern Orientation program with sponsored 340,000 people. Currently offering, 602 beds with mix of: welcome dinner. a planned expansion to 738 beds in the next few • Urban living (restaurants, night-life zones years. Intern-specific education every week including and a busy café culture in many coastal lectures, SIMs and many small group teaching SCUH is also the home of the Sunshine Coast suburbs) sessions. Health Institute (SCHI), a Research, Education and
Training Hub. SCHI partners include UQ, Griffith, • Major retailers and shopping centres Helpful, approachable Medical Education Unit. USC and TAFE QLD. Griffith’s Sunshine Coast • Domestic airport Quality clinical unit level education. Focus on School of Medicine opened onsite in 2019. intern wellbeing, and a mentorship program. • Pristine surf beaches and calm waterways Intern recruitment FAQs Guaranteed term experience during PGY 1 & 2: Rainforest national parks, waterfalls and Sunshine Coast University Hospital • swimming holes • Anaesthetics – 10 weeks • O&G – 10 weeks • Hiking, rock-climbing and camping • Paediatrics – 10 weeks • Quaint rural and hinterland townships Rural experience: • PGY2s have the opportunity for placements at Maleny Hospital and Country Relieving at
Emerald.
Contacts:
Medical Education: P (07) 5202 2995 E [email protected]
Recruitment: P (07) 5202 2996 or (07) 5202 3003 E [email protected]
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Toowoomba Hospital
H Hospital profile Community Prevocational training
Toowoomba Hospital is the largest reporting Just 90 minutes from Brisbane, Toowoomba Orientation includes a rich learning environment hospital in Darling Downs Health. It is a 320-bed crowns the edge of the Great Dividing Range 700 with potential for hands-on experience in hospital that provides a wide array of services: metres above sea level, overlooking the Lockyer birthing, emergency care, surgical assisting, and primarily ambulatory care including specialist Valley. The seasons in Toowoomba are unlike anaesthesia supported by the UQ Rural Clinical medical and surgical outpatient services, and anything you will see elsewhere in Queensland. School. acute inpatient care. The hospital also has a With clear summer days, beautiful autumn leaves, large, 59-bed acute Mental Health Unit. crisp winters and spectacular spring flowers. Our consultants and Medical Education unit assist our junior doctors in refining and realising their The University of Queensland’s rural Clinical Known as Queensland’s Garden City, Toowoomba career aspirations. School is also based at the hospital, with 36 third has more than 150 public parks and gardens to and 32 fourth year students on campus for their enjoy year-round. The region truly comes alive in The MEU provides an education program matched current academic year. Spring for the ‘Carnival of Flowers’. to the ACFJD.
Intern recruitment FAQs Toowoomba has a wonderful café and pub Guaranteed term experience during PGY 1 & 2: culture, and alleyway artwork to rival Melbourne. Toowoomba Hospital • Anaesthetics – 5 weeks With the Granite Belt and Stanthorpe only two
hours’ drive away, Toowoomba has easy access to • O&G – 5 weeks some of the best wine in the country. Throughout • Paediatrics – 5 weeks the region there are countless bushwalks, waterfalls and mountains for adventure and Rural experience: camping. Toowoomba has a local airport with • Rural hospital terms at Stanthorpe and direct services to Sydney, Melbourne, Townsville Warwick (PGY 1) and Goondiwindi (PGY 2). and Western Queensland. • Rural GP terms at Goondiwindi and Clifton.
Contacts: Medical Education: P (07) 4616 6154 E [email protected] Recruitment: P (07) 4616 6350 E [email protected]
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Townsville University Hospital
H Hospital profile Community Prevocational training
Townsville University Hospital (TUH) is a modern Townsville provides a laid-back tropical lifestyle Orientation includes a unique opportunity to tertiary referral hospital with 779 beds, catering that is complemented by capital city comforts, no deliver tertiary-level patient care and specialty for a broad variety of presentations with a full other Australian city boasts the resilience, career advancement, in a regional setting. range of specialty services and of outpatient diversity, lifestyle and economic potential that The Townsville Hospital and Health Service prides services. Townsville HHS is still growing, with the Townsville North Queensland Region enjoys. itself on its intern doctor program, offering major development activities partially completed Known as the Second Capital of Queensland and support and mentoring to the next generation of and ongoing to 2021. with a population of approximately 190,000 doctors.
TUH has one of only 2 Hyperbaric Medicine units people, Townsville offers a dynamic lifestyle The health service has a dedicated research in Queensland and the busiest. coupled with strong economic prosperity. support unit and several internal grants available Transfers & emergency retrievals by helicopter Townsville is a thriving precinct with access to a for research and education. and fixed wing. variety of world class education facilities, leading
edge health care, affordable housing, unique Guaranteed term experience during PGY 1 & 2: Intern recruitment FAQs retailing, spectacular events and entertainment, • Anaesthetics – 10 weeks Townsville University Hospital dining precincts and a wide range of outdoor • O&G – 10 weeks recreation options. With over 300 days of sunshine • Paediatrics – 5 weeks - Balance of 5 weeks each year. Paediatric experience gained through Emergency Rural experience: • Rotations to Ingham Hospital, Joyce Palmer Medical Centre on Palm Island, Charters Towers and Ingham Family Practice.
Contacts: Medical Education: P (07) 4433 2268 E [email protected] Recruitment: P (07) 4433 4733 E [email protected]
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