HEALTH professionals in the Northern Territory are an amazing breed – it’s tough work and long hours but also challenging and rewarding.
Working in the Northern Territory provides health professionals with a vast and varied range of skills and experiences and is a great stepping stone for overseas work – if you ever leave!
Most health professionals come for a short time but end up staying for years and years – they simply fall in love with the place and its people.
The Northern Territory health service is innovative and vibrant and the staff are some of the most skilled and passionate people in Australia. The Territory boasts a high population of indigenous Aboriginals, a much younger population than most Australian states and the most isolated health clinics in Australia. It is this rich cultural, social and geographical mix that makes for an unforgettable career in the ‘Top End’.
In the following pages we profile just some of these amazing professionals who would not swap their jobs for quids.



