Working Here
Even if you're half a world a way, you’ll realise the fantastic opportunities offered here. South Canterbury – it’s where life works. Make it work for you too.
Hospitals
Timaru Hospital is a modern, 131-bed facility providing a range of inpatient, outpatient and community secondary services to the people of the South Canterbury region. The hospital provides 24/7 acute medical, surgical and maternity services, Assessment, Treatment & Rehabilitation (AT&R) services for older persons and a number of tertiary services through visiting clinicians. We’re small enough to have an informal and friendly working atmosphere, but big enough to provide the opportunity for a broad range of clinical work.
Talbot Park is a 78-bed hospital level long-stay aged residential care facility. Its nearly $1million dementia care unit was opened in 2005, bringing its total of D-6 dementia beds to 29. D-6 is the highest level of dementia care available and Talbot Park is the only facility in South Canterbury to provide this level of care.
Don't Just Take Our Word For It
Dr John Wallace is a USA Physician who worked with us for over 6 months until 1 March 2011 as a Locum General Physician and his wife Fayne Leventhal worked here also, as a Locum Psychiatrist.
Check out Dr Wallace’s blog about his experiences in South Canterbury. http://johnandfaynessabbatical.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-heart-timaruand-random-kiwiana.html
Dr Wallace is happy to speak to potential candidates about living and working here, contact him via ryarrall@scdhb.health.nz
