Ipswich Hospital
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    Ipswich Hospital is a major acute hospital with 351 beds&icon The Ipswich Hospital offers services in all major health specialities, including anaesthetics, emergency, medicine, surgery, intensive and coronary care, orthopaedics, obstetrics, paediatrics, palliative care, rehabilitation and mental health along with a full range of allied health services.icon The Ipswich Hospital has a major teaching role, providing both undergraduate and postgraduate clinical education and training.icon The Ipswich Hospital expansion is due for completion in 2014. It includes expansion to the emergency department, operating theatres, birthing suite and the intensive care unit. In addition, health services will be improved for children in the emergency department and facilities will be enhanced for people accessing ear nose and throat services in the outpatients department.icon The Ipswich Hospital can provide financial assistance through the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme to eligible patients who need to travel away to other health services for procedure and tests not available locally.icon Telehealth services are available for linking with other facilities via video-conference for patients.Ipswich Hospital is a major acute hospital with 351 beds&icon The Ipswich Hospital offers services in all major health specialities, including anaesthetics, emergency, medicine, surgery, intensive and coronary care, orthopaedics, obstetrics, paediatrics, palliative care, rehabilitation and mental health along with a full range of allied health services.The Ipswich Hospital has a major teaching role, providing both undergraduate and postgraduate clinical education and training.The Ipswich Hospital expansion is due for completion in 2014. It includes expansion to the emergency department, operating theatres, birthing suite and the intensive care unit. In addition, health services will be improved for children in the emergency department and facilities will be enhanced for people accessing ear nose and throat services in the outpatients department.The Ipswich Hospital can provide financial assistance through the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme to eligible patients who need to travel away to other health services for procedure and tests not available locally.Telehealth services are available for linking with other facilities via video-conference for patientsIpswich Hospital is a major acute hospital with 341 beds and situated 40 kilometres west of Brisbane. The hospital offers services in all major health specialities, including anaesthetics, emergency medicine, medicine, surgery, intensive and coronary care, orthopaedics, obstetrics, paediatrics, palliative care and rehabilitation along with a full range of allied health services.Ipswich Hospital has a major teaching role, providing both undergraduate and postgraduate clinical education and training.Ipswich Hospital ExpansionThe Ipswich Hospital Expansion Project will transform the existing hospital into a new, expanded facility, offering quality and timely health services to the region. The Queensland Government have committed capital funds totalling $122 million to accommodate an additional 84 beds and associated facilities / services at the Ipswich Hospital from 2011 to 2014.State and Commonwealth Governments have also committed $6.7 million of capital funding to Ipswich Hospital to enhance its existing services for children, including 12 emergency treatment spaces, six short stay beds and a separate child-friendly waiting area for families that will be supported by a team of staff with specialist skills in childrens health.Source: this is an extract from the company’s own website.

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    Employees at Ipswich Hospital appreciate the nice, caring, hardworking, supportive, and friendly staff, as well as finding the work to be challenging and rewarding. They value the excellent support provided by Nurse Unit Managers and describe the facilities as great. However, some potential challenges include perceived ageism from management favouring graduate nurses, a lack of opportunities to socialise with colleagues, on-the-job training challenges in specialised areas like paediatrics, and limited parking at the hospital.

    Recent reviews

    2.0
    Registered Nurse
    Jul 2019
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    I worked very hard but was not recognised or rewarded in any way
    The good thingsNice people who care about what they do
    The challengesManagement overtly practices ageism in the guise of giving graduate nurses opportunities
    4.0
    Pharmacist
    Nov 2017
    9 to 10 years in the role, former employee
    Be prepared to work hard to reap wonderful rewards
    The good thingsWonderful hardworking supportive staff. Challenging and rewarding.
    The challengesNeed more oppotunity to soecialize.
    5.0
    Registered Nurse Division 1
    Feb 2016
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Paediatric registered nurse
    The good thingsGreat staff, excellent support from NUrse unit managers.
    The challengesWorking with casuals and training as we go - being paediatric specialised l.
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