Placement locations
Placement opportunities
Nursing and Allied Health students
There are many placement opportunities in the Darwin area in both private organisations and with the health department. Placements should be arranged between your University and the placement supervisor.
Once this is done, Flinders NT are able to assist in making the most of your placement opportunities. We are also happy to help with any questions you may have or suggestions for possible placement contacts.
Medical students
You will experience a diverse clinical experience in Darwin, including exposure to tropical, Indigenous and cross-cultural issues.
The Northern Territory Medical Program teachesa cross three main sites:
- Charles Darwin University
- Royal Darwin Hospital
- Community Based Medical Education (CMBE) Program
Student accommodation
Flinders NT has six fully self-contained student accommodation units in Darwin. Rooms are usually on a same gender share basis.
The unit complex has its own pool and gymnasium and is ideally situated across the road from Casuarina Shopping Square (Coles, Woolworths, Big W, Kmart, a movie theatre, restaurants and other specialty stores) and the Casuarina Bus Interchange.
The units are an approximate 20 to 30 minute walk from the Royal Darwin Hospital and public transport is available.
What staff and students love
- Mindil Beach Sunset Markets
- Day trips to Litchfield National Park: Buley Rockholes and Florence Falls offer great swimming and gorgeous walking tracks
- Smells and sounds of Parap Markets on Saturday mornings (perfect for a coffee and laksa)
- 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, uncrowded and a café with views of the sea.
- Kakadu National Park
Useful links
Primary Health Networks (PHN) community profiles
Starrh: The Students’ Association for Rural and Remote Health
Darwin Bus Timetables and Maps
Bus Route 88 - Map and Timetable Effective from Mon 27 Aug 2018 (PDF 453KB)
Placement opportunities
Flinders Clinical Education Training Facility sits on the Gove Peninsula in the remote North Eastern Arnhem region of the Northern Territory. Flinders NT would be your host whilst undertaking placement in the region.
This is a spectacularly beautiful area of Australia with a fascinating history. Nhulunbuy is a 40 year old mining town, whose primary reason for existence is bauxite mining, but also services the surrounding smaller communities and homelands. It is a very friendly community with a multicultural mix of people with a wide variety of interests and offers a wide range of recreational pursuits. It is our hope and aim that you will take advantage of both the great clinical opportunities while you are here working and studying in preparation for your completion of your degree and the opportunity to involve yourself in other community activities.
The sporting facilities are fantastic, including an Olympic sized pool, gym, dance, sailing, fishing, golfing, football (all kinds), running, shooting, speedway and motor cross.
Nhulunbuy also boasts an amateur theatre company and friendly bunch of musicians.
Many of the Yolngu people of this region retain a very traditional lifestyle with history, language and culture that they will proudly share with you when you spend time with them. This aspect of your placement alone is an extraordinary opportunity to gain a greater understanding of Australia’s oldest living culture. It will hopefully help better inform your worldview.
- Gove District Hospital is a 30 bed hospital offering a wide range of services including emergency, obstetrics, minor surgery and visiting specialist clinics. Medical, nursing, midwifery, pharmacy, physiotherapy, nutrition and dietetics placement opportunities.
- Miwatji Health Aboriginal Corporation - servicing larger Aboriginal communities throughout East Arnhem Land. Medical and nursing placement opportunities.
- Top End Health Outreach Team – service Groote Eylandt and Numbulwar. Current shared nursing, nutrition and dietetics.
- Laynhapuy Homelands Aboriginal Corporation – remote health service for some 30 smaller homeland communities across North East Arnhem Land. Shared medical and nursing experience opportunities.
- East Arnhem Shire at Gapuwiyak – Occupational therapy (screening required as highly limited placements within a remote community – 4 hours’ drive from Nhulunbuy)
- Gove Amcal Chemist – Pharmacy
- Everybodies Journey – Physiotherapy
Placements are varied and offer rich opportunities within a unique setting in the world. Not all placements are available throughout the year.
Student accommodation
Flinders NT student accommodation features:
- 2 x two-bedroom units – fully furnished share accommodation, each bedroom with either a double or queen sized bed. Outdoor entertaining area included. Air conditioned, louvres and ceiling fans. Wifi. Carparking & bicycles
- 1 x three-bedroom house – fully furnished share accommodation, each bedroom with either a double or queen sized bed. Outdoor entertaining area included. Air conditioned, louvres and ceiling fans. Wifi. Carparking & bicycles
What staff and students love
- Dhimurru’s spectacular camping sites
- The truly picturesque town beaches on the Peninsula
- The Garma Festival: 4 days of culture, politics, music and workshops run by the Yothu Yindi Foundation across the long weekend in August
- The gentle sea breezes even on the most humid of days and nights
- Gove FM and Yolngu Radio run by ARDS
- The collaborative feel of health within the region regardless of where you fit
- The monthly Town Hall markets
- The huge plated servings of food at the Boat Club later in the week
- Friday night at the Surfie
- Great local music
- Sport, sport and more sport
- Yirrakala Buku-Larrnggay Mulka arts centre – not just a favourite of ours but known around the world for its extraordinary artists and their works on bark.
- Yolngu people
- The colours of the landscape, the contrast between the rich red of the bauxite shelf, the brilliant green of the ocean and the bright blue sky
Placement opportunities
Nursing and allied health
Allied health, nursing and midwifery student placements are supported through the Remote and Rural Interprofessional Placement Learning NT (RIPPL NT) and can be completed in many public and private health centres.
Medicine
The Katherine campus offers medical student placements in the following sites:
- Katherine District Hospital
- Wurli Wurlinjang Health Service (Wurli)
- Kintore Clinic
- Binjari Health Centre
Allied health, nursing and midwifery student placements are supported through the Remote and Rural Interprofessional Placement Learning NT (RIPPL NT) and can be completed in many public and private health centres.
What staff and students love
- Katherine Hot Springs (5 minutes from work)
- Day trips to Nitmiluk: gorges, kayaking, bushwalks and swimming holes
- Barunga Festival in June
- Cutta Cutta Caves
Useful links
Placement opportunities
Nursing and allied health
Nursing and Allied Health Professional Experience Placements and Remote Health Practice Placement opportunties in Tennant Creek are run through the Centre for Remote Health (CRH).
Medicine
Medical care in Tennant Creeek is delivered through three services:
- Tennant Creek Hospital
- Tennant Creek General Practice
- Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporate
Student accommodation
Flinders NT has the following fully self contained, student share accommodation in Tennant Creek.
- 1 x three-bedroom house - all single rooms with queen beds and built in cupboards. Wi-Fi, shared bathroom, lounge, kitchen, TV, desks, laundry, BBQ, 2 pushbikes.
- 1 x four-bedroom house – all single rooms. 1 with queen bed and ensuite. 3 with king single beds. Wi-Fi, second shared bathroom, TV, lounge, kitchen, laundry and a pushbike.
What staff and students love
- Desert Harmony Festival: 5 days in August of music, dance, art, film, food, theatre, workshops, adventure tours, sports and cultural activities.
- Sunset at Battery Hill: without high rises and city lights, you see big skies, beautiful colours and millions of stars.
- Devils Marbles: 100km south of town and the star of many tourist journeys.
- Local markets
- Five minutes’ drive to everywhere in town.
Useful links
Placement opportunities
Nursing and allied health
The Centre for Remote Health offers assistance in arranging professional experience placements for Nursing and Allied Health students in Central Australia.
Possible placement opportunities include: Nursing, Midwifery, Physiotherapy, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Optometry, Podiatry, Disability Care, Radiography, Audiology, Nutrition and Dietetics.
Placement locations include:
- Alice Springs Hospital
- Health clinics in remote communities
- Private clinics
- Public health departments
Medicine
- Alice Springs Hospital
- Central Australia Aboriginal Congress
- Amoonguna Health Service
- Central Clinic
- Poche Centre for Indigenous Health
- Western Aranda Health Aboriginal Corporation (WAHAC) Hermannsburg
Student accommodation
Subsidised accommodation is available for students undertaking placements and study in Central Australia. Student accommodation includes single and shared rooms in furnished apartments and houses.
Accommodation Features
- Convenient location
- Utilities included (electricity, gas, water)
- Linen and towels provided
- Free WIFI access
- Communal kitchen, laundry and living area
- Most with outdoor courtyard
What staff and students love
- Beanie Festival
- Old Timers Fete
- Henley on Todd Regatta
- Camel Cup
- Todd Mall Markets
- Simpsons Gap
- Ormiston Gorge
- Climbing Mount Gillen
- Montey's
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