Cape & Torres Strait

The Cape and Torres region includes Cooktown, Bamaga, Kowanyama, Thursday Island and Weipa, along with 274 islands off the tip of Cape York.

There are five main placement sites in the Cape & Torres Strait where you may be based during your GP training. These include: Bamaga, Cooktown, Injinoo, Thursday Island, Weipa. There are also a number of branch sites for Thursday Island, Cooktown and Weipa.

With a population of Melanesian and Indigenous Australian cultures, training opportunities and experiences include infectious diseases, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, diabetes, tuberculosis, women’s health and sexual health.

Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service includes four major hospitals, with visiting medical specialists attending to most locations. The Torres Strait region is a culturally unique location delivering a captivating work environment with opportunities for fly-in, fly-out clinics to remote outer island communities delivering a variety of work unparalleled in Australia.

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Current active Training Posts in the region for GPT/PRRT/ES terms

(This list does not indicate capacity in this region. Please contact jcugp.placements@jcu.edu.au for more information).

Name	Location	Type	College Accreditation
Bamaga Hospital	Bamaga	Hospital	RACGP/ACRRM
Cooktown Medical Centre	Cooktown	General Practice	RACGP/ACRRM
Cooktown Multipurpose Health Service	Cooktown	Hospital	RACGP/ACRRM
Thursday Island Hospital	Thursday Island	Hospital	RACGP/ACRRM
Thursday Island Primary Health Care Centre	Thursday Island	Primary Health Care Centre	RACGP/ACRRM
Weipa Integrated Health Service	Weipa	Hospital	RACGP/ACRRM

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A number of sites in the Cape and Torres region are branch sites, and are linked to a parent site which will be the primary placement.