The John Hunter Hospital is one of the largest Public hospital in Australia, a key teaching hospital and a tertiary referral centre.

Opening in 1991, the John Hunter Hospital brought together the heritage and cultures of four hospitals: Royal Newcastle Hospital, Mater Hospital Waratah, Western Suburbs Hospital, Waratah and Wallsend District Hospital.  The John Hunter Hospital is the region’s major tertiary referral hospital for both paediatric and adult care. JHH ED sees approximately 67,500 presentations annually (18,700 are children) and is Australia’s only major trauma centre outside of a capital city. It is the busiest trauma service and ED in NSW. Opportunities exist in retrieval medicine with the expectation that this will soon encompass primary retrieval.

• HNE Imaging.
• Hunter Spinal Cord Injury Service.
• Mental Health.
• Multiple Sclerosis Clinic Newcastle.
• Pain.
• Population Health.
• Research.
• Telehealth

John Hunter Hospital is located off Lookout Road in the suburb of New Lambton in Newcastle. There are two entrances to the hospital building, both have you enter on Level

john Hunter Hospital operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Providing high quality, consistent and excellent care for our patients is the ultimate aim of John Hunter Hospital and at the core of our culture. Excellence is about doing the right thing for patients and their families, doing it consistently and with respect.

Our organisation's vision and goals are aligned to those of NSW Health. At the same time, our strategic direction supports the principle of Excellence

John Hunter Hospital, who was recognised by the Hospital’s Staff Appreciation and Recognition (STAR) Award last week. The STAR highlights Trudy’s outstanding performance and commitment to her role.

Trudy was nominated by Nurse Unit Manager Andrew Martin, who was full of praise for her work.

“Trudy takes such pride in her work and is as valuable a member of our team as anyone else,” said Andrew.

In his nomination, Andrew praised Trudy’s drive and commitment.

“Trudy approaches her role with passion and pride, consistently going above and beyond to assist both the nursing staff and patients to ensure their environment is clean, tidy and safe at all times.