Practice Profile:
Korumburra Medical Centre is a rural general practice established in 1967. It operates out of fully air-conditioned purpose built rooms in Radovick Street, Korumburra, approximately 120 kms south of Melbourne. The practice has six consulting rooms and a well equipped procedure room. The practice provides a wide ranging general practice service to a diverse population. It provides medical cover for the local rural hospital both in patient and out patient care.
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In 2000 the practice gained full accreditation and was reaccredited in January 2003. Also in January 2003 we opened a branch clinic at 21 Clarence Street, Loch.
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After HoursA doctor is on call whenever the clinic is closed, and if urgent medical attention is required after hours during the week or on weekends please phone the "on call" doctor on 0407 846 870
Clinic WorkThe Clinic currently consists of four partners, one assistant and three getGP Registrar. All medical practitioners are vocationally registered and currently includes one female doctor. The clinic has a practice manager, four reception staff members on at any one time and three practice nurses.Appointments are every 15 minutes (however, registrars are booked 3 per hour initially). A wide range of patient ages and conditions gives a refreshing variation to the medical problems encountered. Registrars are encouraged to establish their own patient base and to handover to a subsequent registrar. Supervision is always available and regular clinical meetings are held. Rep lunches are held on a Monday and doctors' meetings on a monthly basis.
The practice encourages the ongoing medical education via attending educational meetings run by GPA South Gippsland, satellite broadcasting meetings and a variety of local Continuing Professional Development meetings. Being close to Melbourne there are an endless variety of programs and short courses available as well as the expanding role of distance education.
Hours / After HoursThere is a great deal of flexibility with the working hours of the medical centre. Currently the partners work approximately 8 sessions per week with one full day off and the associate works 6 to 8 sessions per week. On call is 1:8 first on call weekend days (weekends are split between 2 doctors) and on average one on call evening per week. Our doctors have six to eight weeks’ holidays at a time convenient to the practice and with our current numbers we are able to cover days off without the need for looking for locum coverage.
Hospital WorkThe practice attends Gippsland Southern Health Services, Korumburra Campus as Visiting Medical Officers on a fee for service basis. The hospital underwent a 6 million-dollar upgrade. The hospital now has 16 acute beds and 20 residential care beds. There is a modern well-equipped theatre and the accident and emergency department able to deal with a wide range of emergencies. The hospital has X-ray and CT facilities and Pathology department based at Leongatha Campus. The closest referral hospital is West Gippsland Hospital at Warragul or Latrobe Regional Hospital at Traralgon, otherwise Melbourne tertiary hospital for specialised problems.
The Town
Korumburra is a small rural town of approximately 4,500 people situated in the hills of South Gippsland. The main industry of the area is dairy farming and the town largely exists to support the farming community. The town's industry sector has recently gained a boost with Gippsland Group Training (apprentices & traineeships) building premises for training of apprentices within the area and Burra foods (a dairy product company) receiving large grants to increase production and export which will see employment numbers increase in the area, which should have a flow on effect. Tourism in the area is based around the Coal Creek Historical Park, which is a re-creation of the coal-mining era that gave Korumburra it’s origin and more recently a tourist railway development and historical walk have been added to the tourist armory.
Facilities for ChildrenA well established, registered childcare centre called Birralee is situated in the town. There are also play groups for 0- 5year olds, Three year old kinder for 3 to 4 year olds and Pre school. There are two Primary Schools – State Primary school and St Joseph’s Catholic School, and the option of four secondary schools, Korumburra Secondary College, Newhaven College on Phillip Island, Mary Mackillop Catholic College in Leongatha (Catholic) and South Coast Christian College Leongatha campus (bus services runs from Korumburra to the schools).With the help of the Apex Club and their volunteers there are well maintained play grounds and parks located around the town.
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