Emergency Consultant
Shifts
| Date | Date (sort) | Times | Pay | Last advertised | Last advertised (sort) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat Apr 18 | 2026-04-18T07:00:00.000Z | 0700-1730 | $2250 per day | 2 days ago | 2026-02-10T01:28:07.405Z |
Description
Grafton Base Hospital is a rural community hospital providing a wide range of accessible healthcare services to the public.
"At the heart of the Northern Rivers region lies Grafton, an historic town lined with glorious Victorian and Edwardian architecture, on the banks of the Clarence River. With the arrival of spring, this pocket of North Coast NSW becomes the most Instagrammable destination in the state as the more than 2,000 jacaranda trees that line streets turning the town an eye-popping shade of purple." ~ VisitNSW
Grafton Base Hospital includes:
- Emergency Department
- Medical Ward
- Surgical Ward
- Maternity Unit
- Children & Adolescent Ward
- Intensive Care Unit and Coronary Care Unit
- Surgical Services Unit (including Day Surgery Unit)
- Oncology (Cancer) Unit
- Renal Unit
- Medical Imaging / X-ray Department
- Pathology Department
- Community & Allied Health Services
Grafton is known for:
- Being the Jacaranda Capital of Australia
- Beautifully-preserved heritage buildings
- Vibrant arts scene
- Nearby national parks & the Clarence River
Location
Reviews
2025
I worked a weekend in Grafton ED and it was great! I was well supported on my two day shifts and was rostered to acute. If you are on for a fast track shift that is more of a registrar independent role. Grafton ED is surprisingly busy with quite unwell patients coming through the door. Overall a great experience and awesome rates - I’d definitely go back :)
2022
Great emergency department with the best staff, good pace and a wide variety of presentations.
2022
Locumed as gen med rmo. Two teams as of 2022. Shared between 4 consultants - 2 local and 2 locum consultants. The local smos are great. Locum smos vary in efficiency and competency. Nursing staff super supportive, however it is important to draw lines - focus on treating your patient not treating the nursing issues.
2022
ED functioned well, SMOs were great to work with. The nurses there were highly skilled too. Can't fault the department. The onsite accommodation (nursing quarters) was absolutely foul. Bedroom was tiny and unclean, bed very uncomfortable, kitchen was disgusting and bathrooms were shared and dated. After about 3-4 nights, I moved to a nearby motel on my own dollar as I couldn't get any rest there. I wish I negotiated for motel accommodation like the other locums did.
2026
Awesome job. I did the ICU reg job overnight. I’ve previously worked as the only ICU PHO at a 10 bed hospital, and this was a dream. 4 bed ICU, there’s a CCU attached but that’s not even your job, there’s a different doctor on call for it. They give you a mobile that’s a rapid response pager, but they don’t seem to call a rapid unless someone is seriously unwell cause I didn’t have a single one in 3 night shifts. They do tubes and pressors, but no inpatient ICU CRRT as of Feb 2026 (they may get it back in their new build I’ve heard, not sure when that’s due). The nursing staff were split of agency and locals, and the consultant was on call at night and very keen to be called for anything. They are super used to locums for both medical and nursing, so even though it was my first time in a NSW system, everyone was super helpful and it was easy to figure things out. I genuinely loved working here and would come back whenever I have free time! I didn’t stay at the accommodation so I can’t comment on that.
2025
I had a great time at Grafton hospital in ED. It's a fairly busy secondary country ED that takes referrals from multiple peripheral sites but still doesn't have all the subspeciality services of a tertiary centre. There's a strong FACEM presence in ED who are used to having locums come through, and as a result I found them very welcoming and prepared to onboard me. There's about 10 acute beds, 1-2 resus bays, approx 6 consult rooms and a few chairs that operate as a makeshift "fast-track" area. The workload was moderately busy but that would be in keeping with a public ED of its size. Awesome medical admin team who were a lot more organised and proactive than others I've worked with. Would recommend.
Emergency Consultant
Grafton, 2 days ago
Apr 18 to Apr 18