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Becoming a health consumer with Townsville Hospital and Health Service can be extremely rewarding. This opportunity allows regular community members - just like you - to step into the health system and make important changes across a multitude of areas that will allow us to continue to provide great care.

Current vacancies

Expression of Interest – Design Working Group – Crisis Support Space

We are seeking people from the community to help us design a new support space at the Townsville University Hospital for people who are experiencing crisis, distress and/or suicidal thoughts. This will provide a calm, warm and comfortable environment as an alternative to the emergency department.

• It may require 1 – 2 hours per month, between September and October 2021
• If you are interested in helping us to design what this calm, warm and comfortable space looks and feel like please contact
• Remuneration will follow the standard rate for consumer engagement

To express your interest, please send through a response on how you think you can contribute to the design working group to this email.

Community Partner Program

Community Partners are members of the community who have an interest in healthcare, personal experience of, or a background in, healthcare services. Anyone over the age of 16 can be a Community Partner.

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Stakeholder Engagement Unit
Ph: (07) 4433 2963
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Useful Resources

Consumer Advisory Council (CAC)

Community Partner Program

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Advisory Council (ATSICAC)

Townsville Hospital and Health Service Consumer and Community Engagement Strategy 2018 – 2022

Townsville Hospital and Health Board

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