Townsville General Practice Network

Practice Nurses

Overview

Townsville General Practice Network (TGPN) recognises the important contribution practice nurses make within the primary healthcare sector. TGPN aims to support the role of nurses working in general practice by providing access to education and professional development, assistance with Government initiatives, and assistance in Chronic Conditions Management (CCM).  

Objectives

• Provide you with education - Practice Nurse Network
• Government Initiatives
  • Antenatal Shared Care
  • Asthma
  • Diabetes
  • Immunisation
  • Mental Health
• Chronic Conditions Management

Resources

Education

• Royal College of Nursing Australia (RCNA) Scholarship Information
• Australian Practice Nurses Association (APNA) Scholarship Information
• Australian General Practice Network (AGPN) - Graduate Certificate in Nursing
• Medicare Australian – Online Education to refresh or extend your knowledge of Medicare and PBS requirements.
• Cunningham Centre – Immunisation Courses and Student Handbook 2010
• Townsville General Practice Network (TGPN) - Education

Information

• Royal College of Nursing Australia – Nursing in General Practice – A Guide for the General Practice Team
• Townsville General Practice Network (TGPN) – Practice Nurse Orientation Manual
• Queensland Health – The Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996
• Kimberley Clark Poster – How to Wash your Hands
• Incontinence – HACC/MASS Continence Project Resources
• Care Search – Palliative Care Knowledge Network
• Queensland Health - Chronic Disease
• Queensland Health – TTH Palliative Care Unit Information

Websites

• Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Australian Nursing Federation (ANF)
• Australian Nursing Midwifery Council (ANMC)
• Australian Practice Nurse Association (APNA)
• Queensland Nurses Union (QNU)
• Royal Australian College of Nursing (RCNA)

Community Involvement

Overview

Townsville General Practice Network (TGPN) aims to support GPs, practice managers, practice staff and other health professionals working with general  practice. TGPN aims to improve the quality of care provided to patients by providing information and assistance on accreditation, Enhanced Primary Car (EPC) and the use of MBS item numbers, Practice incentive Payments (PIP), systems management, immunisation, specialised health areas and business management resources.

TGPN assigns a Practice Liaison Officer (PLO) to each Practice in Townsville. The PLO is responsible for providing practice staff information pertaining to General Practice. If you would like to know who you PLO is, please contact TGPN on 4725 8915. TGPN is here to help!

Objectives

• Facilitate the advancement of general practice
• Provide all practice staff with education
• Provide all practice staff up-to-date and relevant information
• Outline eHealth initiatives
• Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of practice systems
• Promote illness prevention
• Create linkages between GPs, Specialists and Allied Health Professionals
• Tailor PLO visits to meet the specific needs of practices
• Access to Government initiatives
  • Aged Care
  • Antenatal Shared Care
  • Chronic Conditions Management
    • Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
    • Australian Primary Care Collaboratives (APCC)
    • Coronary Heart Disease
    • Diabetes
    • Closing the Gap (Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Health)
    • Reset your Life
    • Townsville Local Collaboratives (TLC)
  • Immunisation
  • Mental Health
  • Pandemic and Disaster Support
  • Quality Use of Medicines
  • Specialist Clinics

Resources

• Practice Managers
• Practices Nurses
• General Practioners (GPs)
• MBS Items
  • MBS Schedule of Fees
  • MBS Medicare Changers
  • MBS Item Numbers - Diabetes
  • MBS Item Numbers -

The practice support program aims to support GPs, practice managers, practice staff and other health professionals working with general practice to improve the quality of care provided to patients. This is achieved through a variety of means including providing information and assistance on accreditation, Enhanced Primary Care and use of the MBS item numbers, PIP, systems management, immunisation, specialised health areas, business management services and resources.

Staff can tailor visits to meet the specific needs of practices as they arise. TGPN have established a practice nurse network and a practice manager network meet 3 times a year. Contact TGPN for further information.

General Practice Resources

• Active Living for Older Adults
Queensland Health. 4th Ed., July 2007
• Anaphylaxis: Emergency management of anaphylaxis in the community, from Australian Prescriber
• Clinical Guidelines: please see the TGPN clinical guidelines page
• A Desktop Guide to MBS Item numbers, produced by TGPN based on a resource produced by other Divisions.
  • Medicare Rebates aligned to pages and sections in the Desktop Guide
  (updated Nov 2007)
• Employing a Practice Nurse
• Nursing in General Practice Recruitment and Orientation Resource link
• Nursing in General Practice Recruitment and Orientation Resource [pdf]
• Employing Practice Staff: [PDF], please email us if you would like a Word version
• MBS OnLine. Search the MBS
• A review of PIPs and SIPs from the the Department of Health and Ageing
800 KB. June 2007
• Translation Services
: [PDF] from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS)
• Useful reference documents for General Practice

Forms

Employing a New GP If you are employing a new GP these are some forms that you may require

• 90 Day pay doctor cheques scheme
• ACIR 46E Agreement
• Application to be a Local Medical Officer
• Additional or new practitioner details
(part G)
• Application for additional location
Medicare provider / registration number
• Area of Need (AON) - General Practice (GP) Position
• Bowel Cancer Screening
payment account details
• General Practice Immunisation Incentives
request for for practice report
• Medicare Request for Group Pay Link
• Notification of ABN
and Medicare Reference IDs for tax purposes
• Online Claiming Banking Details
• Pap Smear Register password registration form
• Payment Account Details for Immunisation Providers
• PIP / SIP banking details
• Prescription Shopping Information Service
registration form
• Registration of Medicare Provider Numbers

• ACIR 46E Agreement
• Request for GPII 20A Practice Report

Links

• Australian Association of Practice Managers
• Advice on district of workforce shortage
• AMAQ
• Australian Government Department of Health & Ageing
• Department of Veteran Affairs
• Guidelines on Privacy in the Private Health Sector
• Health Information and the Privacy Act. ~ A Short Guide for the Private Health Sector
• MBS on Line
• Medical Board of Queensland
• Medicare Australia
• National Privacy Principles
• Q-Comp
• RACGP
• Tropical Medical Training
• Verify an ABN
• Wageline
• Fair Work Choices
• Workcover Queensland

Practice Accreditation

• AGPAL
• GPA Plus

Please note that each of the above is a PDF file and requires the use of the Adobe Reader, free software available from adobe.com

Page last modified: 31 Aug 2010

 
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