Sale
Monash Rural Health Sale is co-located with the Central Gippsland Health Service. Sale offers the best of both worlds, being located close to beaches and mountains, only 215 kilometres east of Melbourne. The Ninety Mile Beach is nearby, and Mount Bawbaw and Mount Hotham are close enough to take a weekend trip to the snow.
Coming to Monash Rural Health at Sale, you will find the site is well equipped, and conveniently located on site next to the Sale Hospital run by Central Gippsland Health Service. There is everything you need including a clinical simulation centre, conference rooms, student lounge area and kitchen, resource area and student accommodation. There is the Clayton Willington Library that provides additional space to study and learn. As Sale Hospital services most of Central Gippsland you will see a lot of interesting cases before they are transferred to Melbourne. The medical and nursing staff are very friendly and love to teach students, so there will be lots of opportunities to learn and practise your skills.
Our Community Advisory Committee, made up of representatives from across the community, ensures our teaching and research meets local healthcare needs.
Central Gippsland Health Service
We are co-located with Central Gippsland Health Service. CGHS in Sale is the major provider of health services and residential aged care services in the Wellington Shire, covering virtually the entire municipality. The organisation has more than 70 acute beds, close to 180 high and low care residential aged care beds, as well as 15 independent living units. Its acute services include a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week Emergency Department, operating theatres, day procedure unit, oncology and dialysis services.
Contact us
Guthridge Parade
Sale Victoria 3850
Our reception hours are
8.45am - 4.30pm Monday to Friday
Phone: + 61 3 9905 3737
Email: mrh-sale@monash.edu
Postal address
PO Box 9159
Sale Victoria 3850
A range of student placements are available in Sale for medical, nursing and allied health students
Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine (MD)
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Nursing, pharmacy and allied health
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Research degrees
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Accommodation
Subsidised furnished accommodation in Sale is available for Years 3B, 4C and 5D medical students, nursing and allied health students. All accommodation is a short distance to Monash Rural Health Sale and Central Gippsland Health Service. Wireless internet, all utilities and outdoor maintenance are included in the weekly accommodation rental fee.
Student wellbeing supports
We have a team of support staff at Monash Rural Health who are able to support you with your mental health and wellbeing, accomodation issues or academic related issues. Contact our team below to see how they can support you.
Gippsland Regional Training Hub
The Monash Gippsland Regional Training Hub works to improve career opportunities for regional medical students and junior doctors and support specialist post graduate pathways and staff retention for healthcare providers in Gippsland. They offer career counselling and support, mentoring, research development opportunities as well as networking to help junior doctors and medical students in the early stages of their career.
Explore Sale
Sale is a city of approximately 15,000 people and is located in Gippsland, 215 kilometres east of Melbourne.
Sale has a lot to offer with the nearby Gippsland Lakes, beaches, forests and mountains to explore. If you love eating out, there are options such as Wild Honey and Raymond Café for brunch or Viet Kitchen, the Criterion and the Star Hotel for dinner. On weekends try popular local winery Blue Gables, The Vines on Avon or Tinamba Hotel. The monthly Sale Producers Market will keep you stocked with produce.
If you like to keep fit, there are a few options, such as Aqua Energy Leisure Centre (Pool/Gym), Anytime Fitness, F45 and Sale Parkrun every Saturday. Connecting Traralgon to Stratford is the Gippsland Plains Rail Trail.
Visit Gippsland Art Gallery for art exhibitions and for theatre and entertainment and The Wedge Performing Arts Centre with live music at Live at the Bundy.
If you are looking for a day trip, the Blue Pool Briagolong and the Ninety Mile Beach is a great way to cool off in summer over a hot weekend. Other options for day trips include street art & murals in Yarram and the nearby Tarra Bulga National Park, the Den of Nargun and historic gold mining towns of Walhalla and Dargo.
Explore some of what Sale has to offer:
What's on in central Gippsland
Getting here
Getting to Sale is easy: board a train, or drive yourself.
Acknowledgement
Monash Rural Health Sale acknowledges that it is situated on and incorporates the traditional lands of the Gunaikurnai people, who have been custodians of this land for thousands of years. We recognise and value their continuing cultural heritage, beliefs and deep connection with the land and waters. Monash Rural Health pays its respect to the traditional owners and Elders past and present.