PROFILE YARRAM MEDICAL CENTRE - GHA Central

Facilities
Yarram Medical Centre was extensively remodelled, extended and refurbished in January
2001; it features seven consulting rooms, two modern procedure areas with purpose built
space for dentistry and optometry and a separate plaster room.
A dental surgery on the Medical Centre premises is sub-leased and occupied by Dr Adel
Abrahams who operates Yarram Family Dentist one day per week.
A fully computerised practice including recall systems pathology/radiology downloads, Yarram
Medical Centre strives to achieve a paperless system. Each office has computers, printers and
internet access. Access to the practice based software is available from the Yarram and
District Health Service Emergency Department. This facilitates electronic prescribing and
access to the medical records of clinic patients by clinic medical officers, as well as the
discharge prescribing for acute patients and residents of St Elmo’s Nursing Home.
In 2005 a digital radiology system was implemented at YDHS. Gippsland Diagnostic Services
are contracted to deliver radiology to patients in the Yarram community and this service is
delivered through Central Gippsland Health Service Radiology Department. X ray and
Ultrasound are available 5 half days per week. Pathology Services are also provided 5 days
per week from 8.00am to 2.30pm, with two courier services to the laboratory per day.
Yarram Medical Centre has access to ECG and point of care testing equipment, Spirometry,
CTG and Doppler to aid in diagnosis. A Practice Nurse is rostered daily to manage infection
control, patient education, ante-natal screenings, immunisations and the procedure rooms.
A central waiting area with controlled access to the consulting suites is observable from
reception. The clinic has excellent disabled access and a parent’s room. The practice has a
kitchen area for staff use and access to a separate meeting room onsite.
All consulting rooms have an office and separate examination room, with ample space to
facilitate good practice.
Yarram Medical Centre is accredited under the Australian General Practice Accreditation Ltd
and as a training practice for GP Registrars.
Consulting Hours
The practice is open from 9.00 am until 5.30 pm Monday to Friday. After hours care is
delivered from the YDHS Emergency Department. GPs participate in a 1:6 roster for after-hour
care of patients of YMC, the general public and inpatients of YDHS.
Personnel
Doctors
There are six (6) full-time and one part-time GP. Two full-time GP Registrars will commence in
August 2008.
Nurses
Three Practice Nurses job share at Yarram Medical Centre to provide 1.2 Effective Full Time
cover. The nurses have midwifery, intensive care, pap test and immunisation accreditation.
They co-ordinate patient care, procedures and the recall systems on instruction from the GPs
and procedures. They are responsible for overseeing the implementation of the infection
control procedures and work to maximise the efficiency of medical staff.