AN ACTIVE approach is being taken to help Leeton's hospital recruit more staff.
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A new video has been collaboratively put together by the Murrumbidgee Local Health District, with assistance from current Leeton hospital staff members and Leeton Shire Council.
As part of the video, staff are interviewed about their experiences working at the hospital, while snippets of Leeton are also shown in a bid to try and entice more health professionals to town.
Council has also come on board with a designated staff member who will show any new health professionals around town, connect them with groups such as sporting organisations, arts, culture, schools that they may be interested and so on.
MLHD cluster manager Karen Absolom said the video was an ideal to spread the work about employment opportunities currently available at the hospital.
"We've got lots of vacancies right across the board ... emergency, general nursing, midwifery, aged care, we've got the lot," she said.
"We'd welcome anyone who wants to put their hat in the ring."
Filming for the video took some months, with four nursing staff from the hospital putting their hand up to take part and promote the town and why they feel working at the facility is a good fit for them and their families.
"The video is hopefully going to help recruit people from further afield, from across the country," Leeton hospital's facility manager Susan Andrusiow said.
"We wanted to show Leeton off as a town, not just the hospital. I think by promoting the community we are showing why it's a great place to live and work."
Attracting health professionals to rural areas is routinely difficult and over the past 18 months with COVID-19 border closures and travel restrictions it has been made even more so.
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"I think it's great to think we have been able to work together on this to showcase our community to hopefully attract staff here," emeritus mayor Paul Maytom said.
"Council will do whatever we can to work hand-in-hand to attract staff and retain them."
Council's general manager Jackie Kruger agreed, saying the hospital was the community's "number-one priority".
"With our welcoming community, we can help settle the staff member and their whole family," she said.
