Placement locations

Placement opportunities

Nursing and Allied Health students

There are many placement opportunities in the Darwin area for all nursing and allied health disciplines, in both private organisations and with the Department of Health.

Placement locations may include:

Royal Darwin Hospital
Darwin Private Hospital
Private clinics
Public health departments
Primary and Special Schools
Palliative Care facility
Aged-Care facilities

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Medical students

You will be exposed to a diverse clinical experience in Darwin, including exposure to tropical, Indigenous and cross-cultural issues.

Clinical placement opportunities occur at the following sites:

Royal Darwin Hospital
A variety of general practices, Aboriginal medical services and community clinics including Palmerston GP super clinic and Danila Dilba

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Student accommodation

To apply for accommodation, visit our accommodation portal

What staff and students love

Mindil Beach Sunset Markets
Litchfield National Park: Buley Rockholes and Florence Falls
Parap Markets on Saturday mornings
Nightcliff foreshore and jetty for sunsets
The Deckchair Cinema for movies and food under the stars
Museum and Art Gallery of the NT: free entry
Sunset cruises on the harbour
Jumping crocodiles on the Adelaide River

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Nhulunbuy

Placement opportunities

Nursing and Allied Health students

Students will have access to a diverse caseload with a strong cultural component. Placement opportunities may exist for nursing, midwifery, pharmacy, physiotherapy, medical imaging, nutrition and dietetics, exercise physiology and occupational therapy students.

Placement locations may include:

Gove District Hospital (30 beds)
Miwatji Health Aboriginal Corporation
Laynhapuy Homelands Aboriginal Corporation
Community-based student-assisted allied health service (Cardic rehab focus in 2023)
Other community organisations

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Medical students

Placements are varied offering rich opportunities within a unique setting in the areas of emergency, obstetrics, minor surgery, community based general medicine and assisting visiting specialists.

Placements locations may include:

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Student accommodation

To apply for accommodation, visit our accommodation portal

What staff and students love:

Dhimurru’s spectacular camping sites
The picturesque town beaches on the Peninsula
The Garma Festival
Gove FM and Yolŋu Radio
Town Hall markets
Great local music
Yirrkala Buku-Larrnggay Mulka arts centre
Yolŋu people, people and Culture

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About East Arnhem Land

Katherine

Placement opportunities

Nursing and Allied Health students

Katherine offers a diverse range of placement opportunities for allied health, nursing and midwifery students to experience rural and remote health practice.

Placement locations include many public and private health centres.

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Medical students

Katherine offers medical students a diverse range of opportunities to experience rural and remote health practice.

Placement locations may include:

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Student accommodation

To apply for accommodation, visit our accommodation portal

What staff and students love:

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Tennant Creek

Placement opportunities

Nursing and Allied Health students

Nursing and Allied Health students can experience a variety of opportunities including community nursing and social work.

Placement locations may include:

Tennant Creek Hospital
Department of Territory Families

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Medical students

Placements are varied and opportunities include general medicine, general practice, primary health and renal dialysis.

Placement locations may include:

Tennant Creek Hospital
Tennant Creek General Practice
Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation

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Student accommodation

To apply for accommodation, visit our accommodation portal

What staff and students love:

Desert Harmony Festival
Sunset at Battery Hill Mining Centre
Karlu Karlu (Devils Marbles)

Kunjarra the Pebbles

Local markets

Nyinka Nyunyu Art and Cultural Centre

History of the local Warumungu People

The Tennant Creek Telegraph Station

Five minutes’ drive to everywhere in town.

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Alice Springs

Placement opportunities

Nursing and Allied Health students

There are many placement opportunities in the Alice Springs area for all nursing and allied health disciplines, in both private organisations and with the Department of Health.

Placement locations may include:

Alice Springs Hospital
Remote community clinics
Private clinics
Public health departments
Royal Flying Doctor Service
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress
Primary and Special Schools
Palliative Care facility
Aged-Care facilities

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Medical students

Opportunities for medical students to complete clinical and elective placements in Alice Springs may include anaesthesia, emergency medicine, general medicine, general surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, paediatrics, psychiatry and renal medicine.

Placement locations in Central Australia may expose you to the following locations:

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Student accommodation

To apply for accommodation, visit our accommodation portal

What staff and students love

There are many great things to see and do in and around Alice Springs including festivals, national parks, markets, places to eat and drink and cultural places of interest.

These include: