Northern NSW Local Health District

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StateNSW
TypepublicNSW Health LHD (rural/regional)
Platformtaleo
Modified MonashMM 3regional
Intern accreditedyes
Hospitals10Lismore Base Hospital, Tweed Valley Hospital, Grafton Base Hospital…
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Lismore Base Hospital · Tweed Valley Hospital · Grafton Base Hospital · Murwillumbah District Hospital · Byron Central Hospital · Ballina District Hospital · Casino & District Memorial Hospital · Maclean District Hospital · Kyogle MPS · Bonalbo Health Service

33 intern positions (+2 on the prior year). Lismore Base sits in HETI Network 9 (with POW); Tweed Valley in Network 4 (with Liverpool/Fairfield). Tweed Valley replaced The Tweed Hospital in 2024.

Open doctor jobs 3

Senior RegistrarNorthern NSW Local Health District · Tweed Valley Hospital, Cudgen, NSWAccredited regAnaesthetics2 daysSenior RegistrarNorthern NSW Local Health District · Tweed Valley Hospital, Cudgen, NSWAccredited regPalliative medicine2 daysTrainee - Unaccredited PositionNorthern NSW Local Health District · Tweed Valley Hospital, Cudgen, NSWUnaccredited regPhysician training (BPT / general medicine)23 Sept

Matched by employer and hospital name (10 terms), hospital town and platform tenant within NSW; ads printed under a parent body may be missing and similar-named neighbours may leak in. Interns hidden.

What r/ausjdocs says about Northern NSW Local Health District

36 substantive mentions from 30 authors, 2022–2026, hand-read by theme. Community view, not policy; stance splits only at n ≥ 30; a claim under three authors is a single report, not a verdict. Retrieved 12 Sept 2026.

Feeder jobs and streams: 9 authors; 9 tagged sentences; no tally under 30

No claim reached the three-author bar.

I'm a registrar based in a regional centre (like Lismore), where we have traditionally had a lot of what I'd call traditional alternative healthcare types: anti-vax, colon cleanses, olive oil and lemon juice drinks, CBD/THC++++ and so forth.

u/uncannyvagrant · self:registrar,self:reg,flair:reg · Mar 2025 · NSW · comment

I have seen first-hand a registrar shoot themselves in the foot going to regional hospitals (much smaller the SCUH or tweed) and struggle to get accreditated training positions back at the major training hospitals which broke my heart for them (admittedly O and G), however, they were unaware before making the move…

u/Formal_Ant5367 · fellowship:FANZCA,fellowship:FRACGP,self:current final year med student,flair:new user · Apr 2025 · NSW · read full
How they recruit: 9 authors; 11 tagged sentences; no tally under 30

No claim reached the three-author bar.

2nd preference - Tweed heads in NSW which I think I will have a good chance of getting, but makes me want to cry knowing those just about the border have better pay/conditions and QLD health doesn't take 50% of their salary packaging benefit.

u/Formal_Ant5367 · fellowship:FANZCA,fellowship:FRACGP,self:current final year med student,flair:new user · Apr 2025 · NSW · comment

my mate got an offer for tweed gensurg UAT last year when they were pgy2!

u/throwaway318998 · July 2025 · NSW · comment
Accommodation and rural conditions: 5 authors; 5 tagged sentences; no tally under 30

No claim reached the three-author bar.

Overtime and pay-claim culture: 3 authors; 3 tagged sentences; no tally under 30

No claim reached the three-author bar.

LNP was in power from 2011 until last year and was absolutely the reason why an intern in Tweed Heads potentially makes less in base salary than a receptionist in GCUH.

u/dearcossete · Jan 2025 · NSW · comment
Term quality and supervision: 3 authors; 3 tagged sentences; no tally under 30

No claim reached the three-author bar.

Senior doctors lead psychiatry training in major teaching hospitals, including the Prince of Wales, Royal Prince Alfred, St George, Northern Beaches, Macquarie and Campbelltown hospitals in Sydney, and Lismore Base and Wyong hospitals in regional NSW.

u/ausclinpsychologist · Feb 2025 · NSW · comment

Tweed on the hand will require you to move for a term if you get allocated to it through network 4.

u/Western_Monk7147 · flair:reg · July 2025 · NSW · comment
When you usually hear: 1 author; 1 tagged sentence; no tally under 30

No claim reached the three-author bar.

If you’re up for moving - Tweed, Lismore, Byron - they take PGY2 and often are still looking once applications close.

u/Glorious-One-101 · Aug 2023 · NSW · comment
Exam pass-rate claims (hearsay): 1 author; 1 tagged sentence; no tally under 30

No claim reached the three-author bar.

colleagues doing 12 months at Gosford and 6 months Lismore then return for Exam).

u/BackgroundNo2481 · flair:med reg · Feb 2025 · NSW · comment

When you usually hear

Comments that said this employer opened, interviewed, offered or rejected on a date (the date the poster gave, or when they posted).

In their words thin data (3 quotes; no tally under 30)

I'm a registrar based in a regional centre (like Lismore), where we have traditionally had a lot of what I'd call traditional alternative healthcare types: anti-vax, colon cleanses, olive oil and lemon juice drinks, CBD/THC++++ and so forth.

u/uncannyvagrant · registrar · Mar 2025 · NSW · comment

If you’re up for moving - Tweed, Lismore, Byron - they take PGY2 and often are still looking once applications close.

u/Glorious-One-101 · Aug 2023 · NSW · comment

my mate got an offer for tweed gensurg UAT last year when they were pgy2!

u/throwaway318998 · July 2025 · NSW · comment

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