Lithgow Hospital welcomes four new registered nurses

Nepean Blue Mountains residents will benefit from 77 new nurses and midwives joining local hospitals this year.

One of the four new graduate nurses joining Lithgow Hospital is Kaitlyn McLauglin who grew up within the Hartley area and went to school in Lithgow.

"I am so grateful to be able to work in the area I grew up in and help people in my local community," she said.

One of the things Kaitlyn pointed out, was how lovely and willing to teach the staff were.

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"I am very excited, after having student placements at Lithgow I have grown to love the whole dynamic of the hospital," she said.

Kaitlyn would love to specialise in operating theatres.

"After having two student placements in theatres my interest grew significantly, I find it very intriguing," she said.

One of the other nurses joining Lithgow Hospital is Benita Ribaux-Dolbel who outlined how excited she is about the opportunities available at the hospital.

"I want to go into rural and remote nursing, the complexities and the different issues are interesting," she said.

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The nurses and midwives will join Nepean, Blue Mountains and Lithgow hospitals as part of the NSW Government's record $2.8 billion investment to boost frontline health workers by 8300 over four years.

Julie Williams, Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery at NBMLHD, said the new graduates will work in all clinical areas including medical, surgical, aged and critical care, drugs and alcohol, women and children's health and mental health.

"We welcome these nurses and midwives to our District and wish them all the best as they embark on their new careers," Ms Williams said.

"I'm certain they will find nursing to be an incredibly rewarding vocation."

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Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District graduate numbers:

NSW has boosted its nursing and midwifery graduate positions by 58 per cent since 2011, with about 2600 graduates to launch their careers at 130 public hospitals and health services this year.

The NSW Government has committed to the largest Australian healthcare workforce boost of an extra 5000 nurses and midwives across regional and metropolitan areas over four years.