Location: Gosford (79km North of Sydney)
- Principle Hospital: Gosford
- Secondary Hospital: Wyong (25km north of Gosford)
- Doctors are usually required to work at both
- Offering training for general practice or basic training in other disciplines with a wide variety of general rotations.
- Gosford has 460 beds. Wyong has 360
- Teaching hospital for the University of Newcastle
- Emergency Department at Gosford is the third busiest in NSW

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful Rate it first! Learn to live with an unreliable car, Wednesday, 20 September 2006 Written by sarah miller who currently works at this hospital  - See all my reviews  - Top 10 Reviewer Hospital: Environment Hospital: Facilities Hospital: Admin Training Opportunities Time Off Lifestyle: General Lifestyle: Social Scene Lifestyle: Facilites Lifestyle: Cost of living I've been in the central coast fro nearly a year, and am planning to stay for an uncertain amount of time more! The hospital makes it very easy to stay, and I have fallen in love with the lifestyle completely. The beachside wee towns are very pretty. Although sophisticated nightlife there is a little lacking, there is an enormous amount of socialising to be done there, and always people to do it with. One slightly odd thing is that the Aussie doctors are to a certain extent socially separate from the Poms.  I see hospital admin has had a bit of a bashing, but I've found them mostly very charming and accomodating, and the whole hospital system much less hierarchical than the UK, much less working hours, much more senior support Was this review helpful to you?     Report as inappopriate  2 of 2 people found the following review helpful Rate it first! Gosford Hospital, Monday, 11 September 2006 Written by abby medniuk who currently works at this hospital  - See all my reviews  - Top 10 Reviewer Hospital: Environment Hospital: Facilities Hospital: Admin Training Opportunities Time Off Lifestyle: General Lifestyle: Social Scene Lifestyle: Facilites Lifestyle: Cost of living Bottom line - great, fun place to work with very friendly staff.    Emergency seems to be the most social department to work in, 8hr shifts and plenty of different people staffing it you get to meet loads of new playmates to go out and socialise with. The dept is very well supported from a seniors point of view so you're never left feeling uncomfortable about what to do.    Certain terms are v heavily subscribed and take a lot of bargaining/asking for in order to get to be able to do - eg. ICU, every man and his dog seems to want a stint in there so be prepared to bargain. Not been on the wards so don't know about them!    Rostering of shifts needs a little work, but by and large everyone eventually gets what thay want or an acceptable compromise.    The area has a top heavy age population which mean when winter sets in it gets massively more busy.    Living on the coast is great, but depending on what time of year you arrive it does get really quite cold and Terrigal (where everyone seems to migrate to) kinda closes down a bit in the winter on the social side. According to the night of the week, bars are closed by 9pm or trying to kick you out so they can close. It's a good job winter here's only a couple of months unlike home! That said, come holiday season...alive and kicking... Was this review helpful to you?     Report as inappopriate  1 of 1 people found the following review helpful Rate it first! Use this company- I am not an employee!!!!, Saturday, 19 August 2006 Written by jeremy rampling who currently works at this hospital  - See all my reviews  - Top 10 Reviewer Hospital: Environment Hospital: Facilities Hospital: Admin Training Opportunities Time Off Lifestyle: General Lifestyle: Social Scene Lifestyle: Facilites Lifestyle: Cost of living My name is Jeremy. Ive been in Gosford for a year- most of my time has been spent in ED but I had a term of Psychiatry and a term of Cardiology, both specifically requested. Unless you request ICU you are pretty much guarenteed a term of what you want if you spend enough time out here.   Working is Gosford is really easy. Iain's company, travelling doctors, has been really useful in getting all the crap sorted out- things like what bank account to get, where to get your car, which internet server to set up in your home. The hardest thing, when you get out here, is to find accomodation- the hospital lodgings are horrible and surprisingly cold. At the risk of sounding like an advert, travelling doctors is brilliant at helping with all that annoying stuff and can sort much of it out while you are still in the UK, so you can arrive here sorted. If you are coming to Gosford, get in touch with them ASAP, its a young company and is doing a brilliant job but needs your custom and will make your first month here much easier. Was this review helpful to you?     Report as inappopriate  Rate it first! Gosford, Monday, 10 July 2006 Written by Rona Kelly who currently works at this hospital  - See all my reviews  - Top 10 Reviewer Hospital: Environment Hospital: Facilities Hospital: Admin Training Opportunities Time Off Lifestyle: General Lifestyle: Social Scene Lifestyle: Facilites Lifestyle: Cost of living Don't be fooled by your first impressions of Gosford- it's an ace place to work and live. There are opportunities to work in most specialties and admin try and accommodate your plans if you give them enough warning. Life on the Central Coast takes some beating- sun, surf, cafe culture, beautiful scenery- you quickly learn that there's more to life than just your job. How it should be. Was this review helpful to you?     Report as inappopriate  Rate it first! Sunshine, surf and just occassionally work, Monday, 10 July 2006 Written by Nirooshan Rooban who currently works at this hospital  - See all my reviews  - Top 10 Reviewer Hospital: Environment Hospital: Facilities Hospital: Admin Training Opportunities Time Off Lifestyle: General Lifestyle: Social Scene Lifestyle: Facilites Lifestyle: Cost of living Third busiest emergency department in New South Wales.    Lots of learning opportunities, lots of support, lots of fun.    Great social scene, super lifestyle by the beach. Just over an hour from sydney, near the hunter valley wine region, not far from the blue mountains.    plenty of surfing, drunkedness, sunshine and more drinking. It's awesome. Was this review helpful to you?     Report as inappopriate  1 of 1 people found the following review helpful Rate it first! Gosford, Saturday, 08 July 2006 Written by Phil Janson who currently works at this hospital  - See all my reviews  - #1 Reviewer Hospital: Environment Hospital: Facilities Hospital: Admin Training Opportunities Time Off Lifestyle: General Lifestyle: Social Scene Lifestyle: Facilites Lifestyle: Cost of living Gosford is a great place to work and play; close enough to Sydney to pop down for a night out but far enough away to enjoy a slower pace of life and a bit of country/beach.    I first came here 9 years ago, and after a brief spell in Sydney now call it home... Was this review helpful to you?     Report as inappopriate  2 of 3 people found the following review helpful Rate it first! living and working at Gosford, Tuesday, 20 June 2006 Written by Kerrie McAllister who used to work at this hospital  - See all my reviews  - Top 10 Reviewer Hospital: Environment Hospital: Facilities Hospital: Admin Training Opportunities Time Off Lifestyle: General Lifestyle: Social Scene Lifestyle: Facilites Lifestyle: Cost of living very friendly working environment     training opportunites good for those just post JHO year as you can rotate through different areas    Lifestlye fantastic, live by the beach and great social scene amongst the doctors    holidays fantastic, having one week off after a week of nights is fantastic Was this review helpful to you?     Report as inappopriate

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