Queensland Health has announced a project to deliver new staff accommodation at the Mungindi Multipurpose Health Service, on the border with NSW.
The project involves six individual ensuite rooms, with shared kitchen and laundry facilities, as well as six covered car-parking spaces, fences, landscaping, and security.
In a statement, the Queensland Health said the accommodation would be designed for both permanent nursing staff, as well as rotational student nursing placements.
“The work will be funded through our Priority Capital Works program, designed to fund health infrastructure upgrades and lifecycle replacements to improve services across Queensland’s health facilities,” the Department said.
“New health staff accommodation is also being provided for Camooweal, Normanton, Pormpuraaw, Bamaga, Blackall, Longreach, Barcaldine, Winton, Collinsville, Mount Isa, St George, Charleville, Morven, Hope Vale, Laura, Dajarra, Charters Towers, Biggenden, Gympie and Palm Island, as well as other options in rural and remote regions.”
Minister for Health and Ambulance Services, Shannon Fentiman said staff in the outer regions of Queensland did a wonderful job amid circumstances that were often challenging.
“We know that providing staff accommodation for healthcare workers choosing to move to rural and remote locations improves recruitment and retention, and the Mungindi project is just one in a pipeline of staff accommodation being delivered through QBuild,” Ms Fentiman said.
