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EMERGENCY

In an emergency, always call triple zero (000) for an ambulance. Ambulances are the safest way to be assessed, treated and transported to the right hospital for the care you need.

Triple zero (000) is a free call from any phone, mobile or phone box.

For less severe but still urgent situations, go to an Emergency Department.

There are 12 public hospital Emergency Departments in Northern NSW Local Health District and they are all available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Emergency departments are located at:

Welcome Intern class of 2022
Published: 28 Jan 2022

NSW Health this week welcomed more than 1,000 interns to the system - a record number of new starters and the most of any state or territory in Australia.

This year, Northern NSW Local Health District has 33 intern positions, an increase of two positions compared with the previous year.

“We owe a debt of gratitude to the intern class of 2022, many of whom have already worked as Assistants in Medicine as part of the COVID-19 workforce response across NSW,” said Dr Tim Williams, Northern NSW Local Health District Executive Director Medical Services.

“Many of the new doctors starting at The Tweed Hospital and Lismore Base Hospitals are familiar with the Northern Rivers, having completed student placements in our region, and it’s great to see them now returning or staying on to begin their careers.”

“Our interns are a core component of our medical care teams across many departments within our hospitals, and will continue to play a vital role as we navigate the challenges of this unprecedented, world-wide pandemic.”

The new doctors starting their internship this week will be entering a training program with networked hospitals throughout the state, providing formal and on the job training.

They receive two-year contracts that enable them to choose to move between metropolitan, regional and rural hospitals to obtain diversity of experience. They also rotate through different units in each hospital, including medicine, surgery and emergency medicine.

Interns are medical graduates who have completed their medical degree and are required to complete a supervised year of practice in order to become fully registered medical practitioners.

More information on the recruitment of Junior Medical Officers can be found here: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/jmo/Pages/default.aspx

Interns 2022 Tweed

Above, Interns at The Tweed Hospital. Top image, Lismore Base Hospital interns.