A NEW director of nursing (DON) has been appointed at Stanthorpe Hospital.
Sue Thurbon started on 1 December 2014 and officially took over the full range of responsibilities of the DON role on 9 January 2015 when Mrs Lesley Shannon went on leave.
Ms Thurbon brings more than 25 years’ experience to her new position at Stanthorpe.
“I had been working in the private sector for 25 years, in private hospitals on the Gold Coast and Sunnybank in Brisbane,” she said.
“Then I started to work for immigration health a bit over three years ago and for the last two-and-a-half years, I’ve been working offshore as part of the medical team at the refugee processing facility at Nauru.
“I began to look for opportunities back here in Australia, then became aware of the position here at Stanthorpe, so I’m very happy to have been successful.“
