Townsville Hospital offers range of career options

9 May 2008

AS Queensland’s largest hospital north of Brisbane, the Townsville Hospital offers a vast array of job opportunities from specialist clinical roles to support service and administrative roles.

Townsville Hospital also serves as a major hub for providing outreach and relief health services to many north Queensland towns and communities. Queensland Health (QH) also offers excellent employment benefits, with many clinical areas receiving recent boosts in pay and conditions.

QH also supports its staff through professional development and training opportunities. Working in a health care environment is a rewarding career choice where health workers can really see the results of their work benefiting people and communities.

With easy access to the beach, rainforest and the outback, the Townsville Health Service District (THSD) offers excellent opportunities for professional development, research and career advancement within both clinical and non-clinical facets of health.

The Townsville Hospital is a great place to grow your career. It is the only Queensland tertiary hospital north of Brisbane, and provides many opportunities for people looking to advance their careers. Some of these include physician training opportunities, emergency rescue and forensic medicine.

Townsville Health Service District staff provide care to more than 600,000 residents between Papua New Guinea, Mount Isa and Sarina.

The district incorporates a state-of-the-art tertiary referral hospital, mental health service, remote and indigenous health on Palm Island, rural health care in Ingham and a comprehensive community-based service including aged care.

More than 3000 people work in variety of disciplines within the district.

The Townsville Health Service District has more than 160,000 residents. The Townsville region has a population that is younger than the Queensland average – 63% of Townsville’s population is below the age of 40, and it is a culturally-diverse society.

The district provides a comprehensive range of services including acute medical, surgical, cardio-thoracic surgery, neurosurgery, hyperbaric medicine as well as obstetrics, high risk pregnancy, general gynaecology, oncology services including gynaecological oncology, radiation oncology, medical oncology, haematology and bone marrow transplant, palliative care, urogynaecology, level III intensive care services, rehabilitation, allied health and paediatric services.

There is a comprehensive mental health service in Townsville which includes an acute mental health unit and a secure mental health unit.

The new Townsville Hospital was built in 2002 on a 29-hectare greenfield site adjacent to the James Cook University, just 13km from the Townsville city centre.

The new hospital was the largest redevelopment project outside the major Australian cities and now provides the region’s residents with access to specialised medical services which were previously only available in Brisbane.

The Townsville Hospital provides a comprehensive healthcare environment that has been designed with a patient-friendly approach to layout and location of services.

The clustering of services from the same disciplines as well as a new model of care promotes familiarity with staff and easy access for patients and their families.

This new hospital of 460 beds is the major tertiary referral hospital of the Northern Area and has been designed to cater for continuing developments in medical technology and patient care.

It is the major teaching hospital of the James Cook University School of Medicine and is closely affiliated with the University of Queensland and James Cook University
 

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