Glen Williams
DON, Mt Isa Hospital
"I love the diversity of the role and of many things throughout the health service district in the outback. Not one day is the same".
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Location: 1,633km north west of Brisbane, 260km east of Mt Isa, 650km west of Townsville, 140km east of Cloncurry
Julia Creek is traditionally a cattle and sheep grazing area, however the town also supports the BHP Cannington mine, the world's largest producer of silver from a single mine. The mine also extracts lead and zinc. The town is the home to the rare and endangered "Julia Creek Dunnart", a small nocturnal hunter found only in the Julia Creek region. Julia Creek offers a classic outback lifestyle in a friendly and family oriented community where community spirit overlooks the hardships of drought and isolation.
As an employee of the Julia Creek Hospital you will be providing the community with primary, emergency and some inpatient services.
Visiting services include dietetics, women's health, psychology, social work, paediatrics, child health, mental health, oral health, hearing health, podiatry, pharmacy, aged care assessment and palliative care services as well as flying surgeon visits monthly and flying obstetrician and gynaecologist every three months.
Allied health services also offer physiotherapy to the area.
Julia Creek is one of the many Queensland towns to sit above the Great Artesian Basin. The Basin is a vast natural resource of flowing heated water. Julia Creek’s flowing bore, located in the centre of town, is the result of natural pressure forcing the water to the surface. At a temperature of 400 degrees C, the water is too hot
to touch making the town’s Water Tower as much of a necessity as an attraction.
The Water Tower is shaped like a 30m wine glass. With the capacity to hold over 375,000 litres of water, the Water Tower allows the artesian water to cool before being pumped into the town. At night, a blue light illuminates the Water Tower to create a captivating visual.
Julia Creek is home to the rare and endangered Julia Creek Dunnart. Spotting them in the wild is virtually impossible but you can learn more about them at the At The Creek centre.
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