Omeo District Health Annual Report 2005/06

Support Services
Support Services encompasses the following
services:
• Public & Private Community Dental
• Visiting Medical / Specialist
• Catering
• Domestic Cleaning
• Administration
• Finance / Human Resources
• Maintenance / Facilities / Grounds
• Information Technology &
Management
In 2005-2006, many of the support services
have undergone significant change through
relocation of services to the completed Stage 2
building, Primary Care Wing. Omeo Medical
Centre, Community Services, Administration,
and Management have all adapted well to
new facilities.
Public & Private Dental Services
The community dental program continues to
grow as demand continues to increase for
public and private Dental Services. Omeo is
serving the needs of not just local clients but
also many clients from further afield.
DHSV has again significantly contributed to
their investment in dental health with the
provision of new X-Ray developing
equipment to compliment the new X-Ray that
was supplied and installed last year.
Heightened demand and improved service
efficiency has resulted in more clients
receiving oral health at Omeo than in
previous years.
Omeo Medical Centre
The resignation of the sole General
Practitioner from the Omeo Medical Centre at
the end of January 2006 saw an innovative
General Practice Model introduced at ODH.
In an era of chronic Doctor shortages in rural
areas, with the support from Rural Workforce
Agency Victoria (RWAV) and the East
Gippsland Division of General Practice, a
marketing strategy was employed to target
semi-retired, experienced GP’s who wished to
remain active in the GP workforce but not be
exposed to a rigorous full time workload.
The program involves employment of five
GP’s working on a rotational roster of
anywhere between one to four week stints at
the Omeo Medical Centre, together making
up one effective full-time employee.
The idea stemmed from the difficulties faced
by GP’s, often sole GP’s, taking on work
commitments of long hours with limited
opportunities for peer support and regular
breaks.
The flexibility of this program means that the
Doctors can pursue other interests whilst
maintaining a level of professional
involvement.
Omeo Medical Centre staff should be proud
of their involvement in this unique program.
Congratulations were certainly in order on
achieving their AGPAL accreditation within a
short time frame since commencement and
when combined with a recently relocated
Medical Centre adding to the difficulty in
achieving timelines in this process, their
dedication was certainly appreciated.
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