Grafton Base Hospital

174 Arthur St, Grafton NSW 2460 Phone: Web: about/hospitals/grafton-base-hospital/

Grafton Base Hospital is a level 3/4 base hospital within the Northern New South Wales Local Health District, providing care to over 15,000 patients each year. The hospital undertakes more than 5,600 surgical procedures and sees around 28,000 Emergency presentations annually.

We provide round the clock cover for the following medical services: Emergency Medicine, Adult Internal Medicine, Paediatrics, General Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, Intensive care and Anaesthetics.

Core Values

Collaboration, Openness and Respect are encouraged to create a sense of empowerment. We inspire positive interactions in the workplace, encouraging people to use their knowledge, skills and experience to provide the best possible care to patients and their families and carers.

Emergency Department Shift Information

Main Department:

- 10 acute beds
- Dedicated paediatrics room
- 2 resuscitation beds
- 3 consultation rooms for rapid track patients





Short Stay Unit – SSU – (Commences – 27 July 2026):

- 6 beds for ED short stay patients

Shift times:

- Specialist in‑charge shifts: 0700 – 1730, 1400 – 2400, 0800‑1830 (SSU)
- Night CMO: 2215 – 0815
- JMO shifts: 0700 – 1530, 1200 – 2030, 1500 – 2330, 0000 – 0800 (shared with Gen Med)
- Fast Track shifts: 0730 – 1600; 1400 – 2230
- JMO SSU: 1300‑2130

Staffing levels for each shift time:

- 4 staff minimum with crossover in afternoon and evening shift.
- Day shift and evening shift: 1 FACEM, 1 GP and 2 JMOs.
- 1 JMO midday cover.
- 1 CMO on evening shift.
- 1 Night JMO (shared with Gen Med) and SSU staffing has 1 FACEM and 1 JMO per day.

Support provided: Senior staff on each shift. Afternoon FACEM is on call from 0000‑0700 daily.

Additional Information: Following handover at midnight, there is only one ED in‑charge doctor until 0700; JMO support shared with Gen Med 0000‑0800.

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