Welcome to the Talking Country Health podcast brought to you by Rural Workforce Agency Victoria. Tune in to our latest episode for some exciting stories about working on snow fields, …
2023-24 Outreach Service Funding Round is open! RWAV welcomes applications for 2023-24 Outreach Service Funding Round! Closing date for application …
Since November 2018, the Australian Health Industry Group (AHIG) has operated the Boort Medical Clinic as part of an agreement with Boort District Health (BDH). The partnership between AHIG and …
RWAV’s 2018 photography competition came to a close last month. Influenced by the theme “This is Our Community”, we received entries from all around Victoria taken by health practitioners, individuals …
Sophie Griffiths is a physiotherapist and RWAV recently placed her in Central Highlands Health in Creswick. Sophie shares her insights with RWAV about the importance of allied health practitioners for …
Shelley Milverton is a generalist physiotherapist who works at North East Life Yarrawonga. In her role she treats and manages a lot of sporting injuries, musculoskeletal issues, some neurological conditions, …
After recently deciding to close his general practice, Dr Stuart Garrow wanted to continue practising medicine. He came upon RWAV on the Internet …
Brad Pickering works at Otway Health in Apollo Bay as a Clinical Nurse Manager. The role is a combination of the Nurse Unit Manager and the Nurse Practitioner roles. In …
From the rainforests of the Otways, the plains of The Mallee, to the rolling hills of Gippsland, Victoria’s geographical landscape is diverse and unique. Join RWAV – Rural Workforce Agency …
Ramahyuck District Aboriginal Corporation now provides culturally appropriate primary health care and best practice medical services across the Wellington, Latrobe and Baw Baw Shires of the Gippsland region. Prior to …
Did you know there are significant numbers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders living in rural and regional communities across Victoria? At RWAV, …
RWAV, together with the Primary Health Networks, are now delivering Eye HealthPathways training to GPs, Aboriginal health workers and clinical staff at Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) across Victoria, …
Significant changes will start to occur in our Rural Health Outreach Fund program over the next year, which will bring stimulating healthcare reform for the communities in which outreach service …
In May 2018, 10 children and their families travelled down from Mallee District Aboriginal Services in Mildura to Kilmore and District Hospital to undertake ear nose and throat surgeries with …
By Associate Professor Amar Trivedi, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Outreach Service Provider to Wonthaggi As a new specialist, I started participating in the Rural Outreach Service program at least 16 years ago …
Tuesday 14 August 2018 In attendance at this meeting were representatives from the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM), Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), EVGP Training …
Norman Dulvarie is a Registered Nurse/Registered Aboriginal Health Practitioner with Albury Wodonga Aboriginal Health Service and he has a vision to provide healthcare that is culturally appropriate. His vision has …
Ian Johansen is the Manager at headspace Swan Hill. RWAV caught up with Mr Johansen to ask him about being a recipient of the Allied Health CPD Scholarship and how …
Yvette Morton is a physiotherapist who works at Western District Health Service (WDHS) at the Hamilton Base Hospital. As the hospital seeks to hire more physiotherapists, we caught up with …
From the rainforests of the Otways, to the plains of The Mallee, to the rolling hills of Gippsland, rural Victoria’s geographical landscape is diverse and unique. Join RWAV in visually …
Rural general practitioner (GP) Dr Michael Connor hung up his stethoscope and retired at the end of June. It closed the chapter on almost 48 years of committed service to …
In the 2017/18 financial year, three physiotherapists from Optimum Clinic applied to RWAV and obtained three continuing professional development grants. The outcome was …
In 2017 Dr Susan Lumsdaine joined RWAV’s locum program. She began in Traralgon, and most recently was contracted to work in Walwa, Victoria. The small, rural community is home to …
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