Gold Coast Hospital maintains good relations between the various Departments within the hospital. The following brief summaries will give you an idea of what goes on and how to contact the Directors of the Departments...

• 740 Beds
• 44 Interns
• 66 House Officers
• 130 Registrars
• 90+ Consultants
• 2 Campuses
• Medical School next door

• 14 acute beds (9 monitored)
• 4 cubicles
• 10 observation beds
• 1 resuscitation bay
• 1 minor ops bed
• 2 psychiatric rooms
• Australia's busiest ED ~65,000 presentations/year!
• High acuity. Interesting & broad casemix.
• 10 Staff Specialists
• 12 Registrars in the ED. Others rotated to ICU, Paediatrics, Neonatal ICU, Helicopter Retrieval
• Education program Tuesdays & Thursdays (daily from July 2006)
• Teaching website for ED staff

Australasian College of Emergency Medicine

FOR MORE INFORMATION

• New Employees Handbook
• Medical Officers Handbook 2006

• 112 beds + Day Surgery Unit
• 4 General Surgical Units
• 4 Visiting & Staff Neurosurgeons
• 6 Visiting Urologists
• 6 Visiting ENT Surgeons
• 10 Visiting & Staff General Surgeons
• 2 Visiting Maxillofacial Surgeons
• 2 Vascular Surgeons
• 7 Visiting & Staff Ophthalmologists
• 1 Plastic Surgeon
• 2 Visiting Paediatric Surgeons
• Currently the Surgical Division has:
  • 4 General Trainees
  • 1 ENT Trainee & 1 PHO
  • Plastics + Maxillofacial 1 PHO
  • 1 Urology Trainee & 1 PHO
  • 1 Neurosurgical Trainee
  • 1 Research Fellow
• Education program Mondays & Wednesdays

• 3 Orthopaedic Units
• 12 Visiting & Staff Orthopaedic Surgeons
• 3 Orthopaedic Trainees
   

• 3 Teams + Urogynaecology Unit
• 10 Visiting & Staff Specialists
• Education program Mondays & Fridays

• 4 Staff Specialists
• One of Australia's most efficient and professional Departments
• Modern CT scanner, MR and interventional radiology

• 8 Visiting & Staff Specialists
• Access to most paediatric sub-specialities via VMOs

• 25 Locum, Visiting & Staff Psychiatrists

• 1 Aged care Physician
• 4 Alcohol & Drug Physicians
• 5 Visiting & Staff Cardiologists
• 8 Visiting & Staff Gastroenterologists
• 8 Staff General Physicians
• 2 Endocrinologists
• 1 Dermatologist
• 2 Haematologists
• 1 Infectious Disease Specialist
• 3 Visiting Nephrologists
• 2 Neurologists
• 2 Visiting Oncologists
• 3 Palliative Care Physicians
• 1 Rehabilitation Specialist
• 2 Respiratory Physicians
• 2 Rheumatologists
• 2 Sexual Health Physicians

Royal Australasian College of Physicians

• 11 bed unit
• 5 ICU Specialists
• 3 Senior Registrars
• 4 Registrars
• 1 Resident Medical Officer