PROFILE YARRAM MEDICAL CENTRE - GHA Central

Administrative Staff
Yarram Medical Centre has a Practice Manager and three reception staff. On any given day,
there are three reception staff on duty in the morning and two in the afternoon. The Practice
Manager is located at the Medical Centre.
Range of Practice Services
Yarram Medical Centre provides for the care needs of the Yarram community and as such is a
responsive family medicine practice. Procedures include (but not exclusive to): small surgical
procedures (lumps and bumps), pap smears, patient education, health promotion, lung clinic,
plasters and ECG.
Hospital Affiliations
Yarram Medical Centre has shared location with the Yarram and District Health Service
(YDHS) www.yarramhealth.org.au an innovative rural Health Service providing three streams
of care. YDHS has undergone extensive expansion and refurbishment (most recent 2004)
which accommodates a 50 bed facility consisting of 20 Acute beds, 15 high and 15 low Aged
Care beds. A new accident and emergency area provides a well-appointed, safe and pleasant
work environment.
In addition to bed-based services, Yarram & District Health Service provides a comprehensive
range of primary care services, many of which are located alongside the medical practice.
Yarram and District Health Service was awarded a four year Accreditation during 2006 under
the Evaluation and Quality Improvement Program (EQuIP) of the Australian Council on
Healthcare Standards. St. Elmo’s Nursing Home, the 30 bed residential facility, was awarded
a four-year accreditation in 2006 by the Aged Care Standards Agency. The Health Service
also manages an adjacent 30 bed low care aged care facility – Crossley House Hostel.
Referral patterns within Gippsland are to the Latrobe Regional Hospital, Traralgon West
www.lrh.com.au as the regional referral hospital and Central Gippsland Health Service, Sale.
www.gha.net.au/cghs
VMO Rights
VMO rights are awarded following recommendations from the credentialing committee.
Visiting Services
At the Medical Centre there is a visiting: surgeon, physician, paediatrician, psychologist,
female GP (Royal Flying Doctors, Commonwealth program of female GPs for women). The
surgeon, physician, psychologist, visit fortnightly, the optometrists monthly and the remainder
on a three month roster.
Many other services are delivered on site at YDHS.
YDHS has an Allied Health department with physio and occupational therapy and speech
pathology services and visiting dietician. Welfare, counselling, district nursing and maternal
and child care services are on site.
YDHS participates in a regional consortium of five Health Services across Gippsland that
employs a Director of Medical Services (DMS). The DMS meets with GPs on scheduled visits
to Yarram and delivers a program on emergency medicine, or areas of interest as determined
by the medical staff.