About our Hospitals
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Just over half (54%) of all Territorians live in the capital city Darwin, its suburbs or the thriving communities of Palmerston and Litchfield located just down 'the track'. The central Australian city of Alice Springs is home to 30% of Territorians and 5% live in Katherine. The rest live in Tennant Creek in the Barkly region, the coastal town of Nhulunbuy or in other communities across the Territory.
The Department of Health and Community Services (DHCS) offers challenging and dynamic work opportunities for nurses across the depth and breadth of the Northern Territory. From working in sophisticated hospitals to remote community health centres, the opportunities are as vast as the landscape.
There are five public hospitals located in:
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In total there are 620 public hospital beds in the Territory. Future scope for acute care services is not limited to the parameters of the public hospital environment and partnerships are currently being developed with private service providers.
Largely due to the remoteness, scattered population and the absence of alternative health care providers, some Northern Territory public hospitals may also provide numerous non-acute services to their communities
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