Issue 06 - December 2011 - Health Recruitment PLUS Tasmania

December 2011
Health Recruitment
PLUS staff
Peter Barns
Chief Executive Officer
The Positive Workplace
So, this is Christmas, and what have we done? Another year older (except for those of us in mid-life denial)
and a new one just about to begin.
But, before we launch off into another year busily recruiting and retaining doctors and allied health
professionals, we thought we’d take a moment and look at what we leave behind us over the last 12
months. And if I don’t catch up with you at the end of the journey, a happy Christmas and a merry New
Year to you and yours.
Louise Mason
Recruitment Manager
Caroline Khong
GP Recruitment - Statewide
Sarah Spencer
GP Recruitment - Launceston & Hobart
Jason Manson
GP Recruitment - North West
Peter Barns, CEO
JANUARY FEBRUARY
Fran Robinson (nee Austin)
Nursing & Allied Health Recruitment
GP Locum Placements
Danica Foy
Nursing & Allied Health Recruitment
GP Locum Placements
Kath Hinde
Practice Support
Jodie Jacobs
Professional Development & Training
Amelia Holloway
Communications & Marketing
Mary Britton
Office Manager
Deb Fitzpatrick
Administration Officer
Dianne Scentrine
Administration Officer
A big month for recruitment, with
the following doctors commencing work in
Tasmania:
Dr Roger Skierka - Scottsdale Doctors Surgery
Dr Ravi Tiwari - St Helens General Practice
Dr Ali Kidmas - Esk Family Medical Centre,
Launceston
Dr Rodney Sebastian - Lonford Medical
services
Dr Tawhid Wahab - Kings Meadows Medical
Centre
Dr Subhasree Datta & Dr Chris Loubser -
East Devonport Medical Centre
Health
Recruitment PLUS hosts
a national Recruitment
Conference for all the Rural
Workforce Agencies
The first of the monthly
GPTT Small Group Learning
meetings is held at HR+
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MARCH
APRIL
AAPM
Educational
Webinar and
Networking lunch
held on the topic of
Challenging Staff
Dr Imran
Aslam commenced
work at Anne Street
Medical Services,
George Town
HR+
CPD Weekend
held at Swansea,
entitled ‘Positive Risk
Management in common
GP Presentations
Dr Who
Knows Where We’ll
Be In Twenty Years Time
Weekend, involving 12 allied
health students and 10
multidisciplinary health
professionals held at White
Sands Resort on the east
coast
MAY
JUNE
JULY
Practice
Managers Annual
Workshop was held at
Grindelwald and attended by
45 delegates. Covered topics
such as leadership styles,
managing risk, the how, why
and what of delegation, and
recruitment of a doctor
Congratulations!
Dr Chidinma Esomeju, Dr
Eugene Mogbolu, Dr Boniface Ochayi
and Dr Victoria Ludeke pass the
FRACGP exam
Dr Akila Samarakkody was
recruited to Victoria Street Clinic,
Ulverstone
Commencement of monthly
IMG videoconferences
AAPM Educational
Webinar and Networking
lunch held on the topic of Using
Excel
14 participants undertaking
Wave 2 of the Univeristy of New
England Partnerships Certificate
IV in Professional Practice
Management commenced their
course
Louise
Mason and Dr
Andrew Croft traverse
the UK looking for
candidates to relocate
down under
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AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
10 schools
submitted videos
for our ‘It takes a
village... to recruit a
doctor’ video project
HR+
assisted practices
to develop their
practice CVs
Dr
Thushara
Wijayasinghe &
Dr Vaishali Bhalerao
start working at City
Medical Practice,
Burnie
Wave 1
of UNEP Certificate
IV in Professional
Practice Management
graduated
Dr
Radu Serban
commences work at
Sheffield Medical
Centre
See, Do, Show
Interpractice Visit Program
was launched. 11 Tassie
practices registered to visit 11
interstate practices to learn.
from them
AAPM Educational Webinar
and Networking lunch held
on the topic of OH&S
Changes
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
Inaugral
Practice
Manager Network
Meeting was held
in Launceston
HR+
second CPD
weekend, ‘Back to
Basics’ was held at
Tidal Waters, St Helens
and attended by 42
delegates
Geeveston
wins the ‘It
takes a village...
to recruit a doctor’
best video
Dr Neeliya
Fernando starts work at
Latrobe Family Medical Practice
and Dr Louise Sykes commences
at Bass House Surgery, Burnie
Dr Shaista Patel, Dr Lalith
Baduraliya, Dr Saman Perera,
Dr Thanuja Perera, Dr Akila
Samarakkody & Dr John Riley
all pass the FRACGP exam.
Congrats!!
HR+ hold
their first Go Rural
event, sponsoring the
GPRA Netowrking Dinner
in Launceston. 15 students
and resigtrars interested
in general practice
attended.
Wave 2 of UNEP
Certificat IV in Professional
Practice Management concludes
AAPM Educational Webinar
and Networking lunch held on
the topic of Finance Matters
First PM’s Network Meeting
was held in Hobart
Dr Hassan
Aleyasin and Dr
Nitishaq Nababsing begin
work at Richmond Medical
Centre. Dr Rhonda Gurney
starts at Geeveston
Medical Centre
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Coming in
DECEMBER
Danica
Foy joins the HR+
team to assist with
Recruitment of Nursing
and Allied Health
HR+ began Professionals
recruiting nurses
and allied health
professionals under
the Rural Health
Professionals Program
(RHPP).
Practice Managers
Workshop on ‘The New
General Practice Business
Model’ was held in Launceston
and attended by 60 delegates.
Gary Smith presented on topics
including Coordintaed Veteran’s
Care, PIP Indigenous Health
Incentive, Practice Nurse Incentive
Program and Chronic Disease
Management.
Practice Support
• Wave 3 UNEP IV in Professional Practice Management
• PM’s Network bi-monthly meetings will start again in February
• Annual Practice Manager’s Workshop on May 16th - 18th at Tamar Valley Resort
• APPM Educational Webinars and Networking Lunches will continue
• Tasmanian practices will share (Show) their quality improvement journey to other
Tassie practices after their visit to interstate practices
If you would like to know more about any of the Practice Support services mentioned
in this newsletter contact Kath Hinde on pmsupport@healthrecruitmentplus.com.au.
Nursing and Allied Health Recruitment
Health Recruitment PLUS along with the workforce agencies in other states has been
contracted by Health Workforce Australia International Recruitment Program to deliver
the Rural Health Professionals Program (RHPP). The objective of the program is to attract,
recruit and retain nursing and allied health professionals from city based and approved
overseas locations to work in the non-acute sector in rural and remote Australia.
While the final details of the program are still being finalised by our funders we are
pleased to report that we have already had significant success in matching allied
health and nursing candidates with prospective employers. These health professionals
will each attract retention support to be used to enhance their stay both professionally
and socially in rural practice.
We welcome Danica Foy to the Recruitment team, who will assist Fran Robinson (nee
Austin) to administer the program, so please feel free to contact either Danica or Fran
on nahp@healthrecruitmentplus.com.au to learn more about the program.
GP Recruitment
The time frame for recruiting a GP takes longer these days and AHPRA, AMC, ACRRM,
RACGP & DIAC have shared the journey with us and we thank them for the role they
play in assisting us to get doctors working in Tasmanian communities. There are times
when we could only just see the light at the end of the tunnel, but 2012 will see a steady
flow of doctors arriving to take up positions.
We will contintue to assist with practice advertising and promotion of vacancies,
undertake professional development in order to enhance our skills and resources to
better service our clients, and perhaps most importantly, assist GPs to take a break by
providing them with locum coverage.
Caroline, Sarah, Jason and Lou thank you for sharing the journey with us and hope you
have a safe and happy Christmas and New year break.
CPD and IMG Training
Hard to believe but we are already in the process of planning our next CPD Weekend,
which will be held in Stanley in April 2012. So as the saying goes, “watch this space”.
IMG Training - We have been privileged to host speakers across Tasmania for our monthly
videoconferences on a wide variety of clinical topics this year with presentations on
Ageing, Preparing for Exams, Rashes, Inflammatory joint disease to name a few. I am in
the process of locking in next years speakers and topics commencing from the 7th of
February on the third Tuesday of every month.
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