Gippsland Southern Health Service webpage

Alcohol and Drug Services

• Rural Withdrawal – Detoxification in home and hospital setting
• Counselling ( A & D specific) inc. Family Therapy

Dual Diagnosis and Court referrals

• A & D rehabilitation and community development
• Pharmacotherapy

Social Work
-Outreach to three GSHS sites at Mirboo North, Loch and Tarwin Lower
-Counselling outpatients and inpatients
- Local Government Liaison
- Child Protection

Palliative Care.

District Nursing Services
- home visiting service

• inc. stomal care, continence wound

Community Health Nursing

• Restorative health
• Pap Test provision and adult immunisation with credentialled nurse.
• Walking program
• Health Promotion Activities as per organisational health promotion plan.
• Diabetes Education inc DAFNE and Type 2 group work.
• Cardiac Rehabilitation program

Allied Health Service inc outpatients, mobile home based service across South Gippsland and Bass Coast. Includes all allied health disciplines excluding podiatry.

Health Promotion Activities as outlined in the organisational Health Promotion Plan.

Planned Activity Groups ( HACC funded)
- Healthy Ageing and Prevention of Injury program. (HAPI)
- Disability Respite Program
- Aged Carers Respite Program

Please note that GSHS also provides acute based services and this has impact on how community based services function.

Placement Details

1. Explore and measure local GP referring patterns to GSHS community services, examine the barriers, how can GSHS better promote our service, do GPs understand the scope of practice of GSHS community based staff. (Develop an appreciation of how and why community organisations deliver services)

• Audit the GSHS health promotion plan against outlined outcomes contained in plan and the current DHS requirements. (Understand and participate in the basic HP process of program development, planning, implementation, and evaluation.)

1. Conduct and audit of GSHS pre-visit and environmental checklist proformas, for accuracy and relevance of data. Determine what are the barriers to the successful completion of the checklists for O & HS . (Develop an appreciation of how and why community organisations deliver services)

• Evaluate the consumer satisfaction of the newly created “multi-disciplinary clinic” based at Korumburra due to start 2008.( Understand the “whole person”, and in particular the social and economic context of health and illness.)
• Demographics of South Gippsland - Choose a GSHS program and capture the relative demographics. (Articulate the relationships between data, information, evidence, knowledge and informed care.)
• Local Health Services Directory for Clinician use – (Builds on existing GSHS Allied Health project) (Application of a range of knowledge based systems in clinical practice (bibliographic software, decision support systems.)
• Identifying barriers to access (non physical) by clients for GSHS programs. (Develop knowledge of barriers faced by people in accessing services, their relevance to medicine and individuals health.)
• Geriatric Evaluation Management (GEM) or Cardiac Rehabilitation or Community Rehabilitation Centre program– enhancing GP involvement and patient outcomes and maximizing referrals. (Articulate the relationships between data, information, evidence, knowledge and informed care.)
• GP attitudes to Alcohol and Drug and or Dual Diagnosis clients. (Develop knowledge of barriers faced by people in accessing services, their relevance to medicine and individuals health.)
• GPs understanding and referral patterns to physical activity programs.(Understand the application of a range of HP theories of change that are used in the development of HP interventions and what roles doctors can play in this.)

Placement Parameters
At GSHS it is intended that students will experience a range work structures from self directed opportunities through to active participation in team meetings etc.

• What are the hours of the placement?

Either 08.30 to 5 pm or 9.00 to 5.30 pm. Or by negotiation

Communication skills
Service Co-ordination principles and practices utilising databases and hard copy
Multi-disciplinary team work
Case Management principles
Rural practice issues
Discharge planning
Sole practitioner issues

Selection Criteria

Location: Koonwarra Rd, Leongatha
Contact Person: Tim Howard
Phone: 5667 5648
Places Filled: 0/2