The NDUTH is the only tertiary teaching hospital in Bayelsa state, the core of the Niger Delta Region in Nigeria. The NDUTH consists of all cadres of health professionals as well as administrative staff who through teamwork initiate, implement, coordinate and evaluate comprehensive patient care, postgraduate and undergraduate training of all health professionals as well as research, with emphasis on tertiary level of health service delivery.

Since its establishment as a teaching hospital in 2007, the NDUTH has remained a hub for training of all cadres of undergraduate health workers in Bayelsa state including doctors, nurses and other paramedical health workers.