Gove District Hospital
Category:
Student and GPR
Location:
Matthew Flinders Way Nhulunbuy NT 0881
Description:
Gove District Hospital is located in the town of Nhulunbuy andservices the East Arnhem District. Stretching from Milingimbi inthe west to Groote Eylandt in the southeast, the East Arnhem District covers an area of 6400 sq km with a population inexcess of 15,000. The hospital is an authorised 30-bed hospital with staff specialists from Royal Darwin Hospital and visiting medical officer from both Darwin and interstate providing abroad range of specialist services. Services are provided by the following disciplines: general surgery, medicine, paediatrics, cardiology, orthopaedics, obstetrics and gynaecology, ear, nose and throat, ophthalmology and psychiatry.
Gove District Hospital provides Air Med retrevials to communities and a 24 hour District Medical office (DMO) service twice weekly to communities in the region.
Training Details:
Composite post with Endeavour Square Medical Centre, Nhulunbuy.
Air:
Regular passenger flights approximately 1.5 hrs flying time
Seasonal Access:
Road closed during the wet season. Subject to severe weather events during the Wet Season and during the Cyclone season from October – May.
Links:
NT Government Gove Hospital Recruitment
RRMEO Profile for Gove Hospital
