Where does the wind take us?

[~TT40~]

Hi!
DH and I are currently living in Canberra, where my family is, and where i only came back to to finish my study.
But now we are ready to move on.
I am a RN and midwife, with an interest in rural and emerency work. I want to work in a place where i can do everything, where i can work as in antenatal, labour and birth, and postnatal, in hope to give my women some continuinty of care, but i dont want to let go of my nursing either, so along with that throw in a little bit of A&E and general care and i'll be in heaven!!
The smaller the hosptial the better, ideally 35 beds...but i only know of 1 35 bed hosptial with maternity which is in Narrandera - where DH is from and we arent sure we want to move back there.. the next smallest hospital ive been about to find with maternity is 48 beds at Inverell. why did they get rid of all these small maternity departments...
so far i have only limited my search to nsw, just cause i think it would be easier to start...but thats not to say we have ruled out other states.
DH is a jack of all trades, is willing to give everything ago and isnt afraid to try. He does like driving trucks though (although doesnt want to be a truck driver away on the road for days).
basically what i'm asking, is any suggestions?? anyone know of a hosptail that fits my description?? any really nice little towns??
another thing on our list is the local pub has to have a decent counter meal. and calton and pure blonde on tap =P although hopefully the blonde on tap wont be needed if i get UTD
please throw any suggestions our way, before we move there we will obviously suss out the place and spend some time there. but i dont seem to really be getting far with just internet searches.

THANKYOU!!!!!!!!!

[feeb]

Kyabram in counrty Vic has a great little hospital!!

Good luck

[~TT40~]

Thanks Feeb,
I'll check Kyabram out =)

[BrightSparkles]

Not sure about Tamworth but I like it there... wish I could move back (near all my familY)

[~TT40~]

Tamworth is nice...but might be a bit big for me..i'm so fussy =P
i'm not really sure i want to work at a base hosptial....more keen on a district....but in saying that, if we live out of town a little bit i might be able to comprimes =)
thanks for the suggestion Sunshine, i will check it out though!

[BrightSparkles]

Tamworth is nice...but might be a bit big for me..i'm so fussy =P
i'm not really sure i want to work at a base hosptial....more keen on a district....but in saying that, if we live out of town a little bit i might be able to comprimes =)
thanks for the suggestion Sunshine, i will check it out though!

my family live about 20mins out of tamworth...nice food, small and quiet. Ahhh the memories...

[~TT40~]

Hi everyone!
Just bumping this as the universe has decided its time for us to go. DH left his current job and it's time for us to settle somewhere else.

so please people help me narrow down our search!!!

i'm not as fussy now =P simply the smaller the town the better, has to have a pub with a counter meal and a pool table. and a hospital i can work as a midwife in.

Please help us!!!

[krisp]

Hi Teirae, if you google Rural Maternity Services in Victoria it has a report with a list of all rural hospitals with maternity services. Sorry can't help much with NSW other than Bega or Pambula? Might be too big????

[jaspen]

I had my second bub at Mudgee hospital (2hrs west of Sydney) - hospital is probably a bit bigger than you like but I no a lot of the maternity staff who worked on the other wards when births were slow (mainly was geriatrics, kids in the wards and A&E I believe). It was an 11 bed maternity (at capacity) so they got you from hello to good buy although I think the antenatal was done through the local GPs (certainly mine was). On the skirts of the hunter valley area so hubby might be able to pick up a mining style job if he was interested.

[deletedit]

Jamestown South Australia. Too easy!

Only gets 50 odd babies a year though, and most of the hospital work seems to be with oldies.

Lovely town.

[Kel001]

Mount Barker, SA!

[Arimeh]

Anywhere in tassie

[Inertia]

Stanthorpe QLD. Gorgeous little country town. Wonderful people, even when they have left Stannie. Really cheap shrink free beef and pork too! Rural area with a heap of jobs for someone not worried about getting their hands dirty too. Not a 35bed but it is soooo cute and small.

Stanthorpe Health Services - Stanthorpe Public Hospital is located in Stanthorpe the hospital has 50 beds avaliable. Stanthorpe Health Services - Stanthorpe Public Hospital is a Public hospital and offers the following services Accident/emergency, Dental care, Geriatric, Gynaecology, Aged care, Home care, Maternity, Medical, Anaesthetics, Obstetrics, Outpatients, Paediatric, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Radiology, Social work, Surgical, Womens health , please check directly with the hospital as services may change.

Alternatively you can be my new neighbour! LOL. I have fallen deeply in love with my new town! Casino NSW

Casino & District Memorial Hospital

A regional hospital servicing the town of Casino and surrounding communities. Services offered include General Medical, Obstetrics, Paediatric, Surgery and Day Surgery. The General medical department offers 'high dependency' service.

Number of Beds : 35 beds

[Little Chicken]

If you want to go somewhere really different, have you looked into Alice Springs or tennant creek in the NT? If DH is interested in getting a passenger endorsement thingy on his licence there is truck driving and bus driving work available generally. Alice also has a midwifery group practice set up as well.

Just some info about hospitals in the territory:

http://nursing.nt.gov.au/-I-m-an-Outback-Midwife-.html

http://nursing.nt.gov.au/-Factsheets-.html all the hospitals have a factsheet

[mrsmac]

Lithgow ? Might be too big though.
SIL works at Shoalhaven hospital in Nowra but in ICU, not sure what mat they have.

[Ilithyia]

Ayr, North Queensland.

Facility Services:

Hospital General Medical, Surgical, Aged Care and Obstetric/Gynaecology services to the entire Burdekin district and some obstetric patients from the Bowen Shire are treated in Ayr.

Specialist Services Visiting Services: Weekly - Surgeon; Fortnightly - Psychiatric Services, Paediatrician; 3 monthly - Chest Physician

Clinics Available .

Allied Health Services Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Radiography, Dental, Speech Therapy, Pharmacy

Other Aged Services 22 bed Aged Care Unit for nursing home type inpatients

Visiting Services Mental Health, Surgeon, Paediatrician, Chest Physician, Gastroenterology

Community Services Indigenous Health - an Indigenous health worker provides health education and promotion and liaises between the Indigenous community and the health services. This service is provided for Home Hill also. A registered nurse and social worker provide information, education, liaison and counselling for the community. Child Health - a child and school health service (screening, information, education and referral) is provided. This service covers Home Hill also. These community services are supported by visiting services from: Aged Care Assessment Team; Hearing Team; Health Promotion. Integrated Mental Health Service provides mental health services to the Ayr community.

[mrsmac]

The Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital provides general, surgical, maternity and children's health services to the Shoalhaven District.
Shoalhaven District Memorial Maternity Unit

The Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital Maternity Unit provides an antenatal clinic for young pregnant women every Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning. The clinic is staffed by the midwives from the maternity ward. Women may choose to have Shared Care with their General Practitioner and the midwives or see an Obstetrician.

[HotI]

Kilmore & District Hospital

The Kilmore & District Hospital and Nursing Home provides comprehensive acute and aged care services to our rapidly increasing catchment population of 25,000 that extends to Broadford and Pyalong in the North, Wallan and Craigieburn in the South and Lancefield and Romsey to the West of Kilmore, Victoria, Australia. 191 staff are employed to cover our three venues:

The Hospital has 30 Acute beds, an operating theatre, four-bay emergency and radiology department and a district nursing service.

Our Aged Care facilities include Caladenia Nursing Home with 30 high care beds and Dianella Hostel with 30 low care beds.
Respite is available.

Acute Services

* General Medical
* Surgical
o Orthopaedic
o Ear Nose & Throat
o General
o Paediatric
o Gynaecology
o Urology
* Maternity Care
* Cancer Services
* Palliative Care

Community Care Packages with Mitchell Shire Council
Outpatient Services

* Accident & Emergency Oncology
* Antenatal Care
* Radiology
* Pathology
* Endoscopy