GENERAL PRACTICE EDUCATION & TRAINING (GPET)
The GPET Project Officer is responsible for encouraging and recruiting GP registrars to work in Aboriginal health. This position is part of a national project run by Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) under the Framework for GP Training in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.
ROLE OVERVIEW
The main role of this position is to increase the number of Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS) becoming General Practice training posts; this will allow ACCHSs to attract and recruit GP registrars. Also to increase ACCHS awareness regarding the GPET Framework for GP Training in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. The position will continue to develop and enhance partnerships between Regional Training Providers and local ACCHSs.
The main roles of the GPET Project Officer is to:
- Undertake an assessment of what support is need for ACCHS to become GP registrar training posts.
- Promote and implement the Framework for General Practice Training in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health among the ACCHSs in Victoria.
- Assist the ACCHS to develop their capacity to become registered training posts for GP Registrars.
- Establish cross-sectorial organisational relationships with relevant organisations including Regional Training Providers.
- In collaboration with relevant GP organisations, support ACCHSs with recruitment and retention of GPs.
- Identify what promotional resources are needed and produce new resources as required.
- Prepare and write various reports to funding bodies, VACCHO management and VACCHO members.
The Project Officer will be expected to have regular contact with each of the 26 ACCHSs in Victoria and key stakeholders (where required) including:
Useful Resources
Requirements and Responsibilities of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander General Practice Training Post
A Framework for General Practice Training in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Secure Aboriginal Medical Service Information System (SAMSIS)
SAMSIS is a national project initiated by the Aboriginal community controlled health sector after three years of development by Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS) and the Affiliates in Western Australia and NSW and discussion at meetings of Workforce Issues Policy Officers employed in Affiliates (2003-2006). The Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health’s (OATSIH) central office has funded Stage 1 of this national project (2006/2007), which is being managed by the NSW Affiliate, the Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council (AH&MRC), under a Service Agreement.
SAMSIS provides an information management framework to report on health services and activities provided by ACCHSs to their communities individually, on a regional basis, statewide and nationally. No patient data is used; all reports are de-identified unless generated by the ACCHS, which owns the data for their organisation. SAMSIS is made up of two Directories and two Profiles.
Within SAMSIS there is a:
- Health Services Directory, which consists of information provided by ACCHSs (on their Service Activity Reports) on their services to clients, families, groups and communities. This Directory can provide reports about health services (not about people) for the local ACCHS; for all ACCHSs in a region; for all ACCHSs in a state/territory; and for all ACCHSs nationwide.
- Workforce Directory, which consists of information about the categories of employees working in ACCHSs such as doctors, nurses, Aboriginal health Workers, and managers, and some useful information about their qualifications. This Workforce Directory can provide reports without naming people, which can be used for recruitment staff training, and workforce planning (Job Board being developed).
- Population Profile, which consists of publicly available information such as Census data that can be used by ACCHSs for submission writing.
- Community Profile, which consists of information from a range of different sources. A community provides useful information about the location of each ACCHS. This information is important for recruiting professional staff.
Benefits
Information provided is to be used by the ACCHS and their Peak Bodies (Affiliates) to:
Provide activity reports for use by ACCHSs’ managers and Boards of Directors to enhance service delivery, and by State/Territory Affiliates to advocate for better resorcin for Aboriginal health and better coordination by ‘mainstream’ health providers;
- Enhance the quality, consistency, security, access and use of Aboriginal health information
- Contribute to regional health planning, especially by identifying where there are special needs, and gaps in service availability or accessibility that Commonwealth and State/Territory Governments have to fix.
- Enhance applications for funding from ACCHSs individually and collectively
- Enhance the accuracy and timeliness of reporting to funding bodies
- Demonstrate the breadth and extent of health services delivered by ACCHSs
Useful Resources
|
