Heyfield Medical Centre

19 Tyson Rd, Heyfield, VIC 3858

Phone : 03 5148 2201     |  Fax : 03 5148 2936

Email : hmcprac@bigpond.net.au

GP Supervisor(s)

Dr Peter Stevens, Dr Lynden Derrick, Dr Greg Ivanoff

Drs Peter Stevens, Lynden Derrick and Greg Ivanoff are accredited GP Supervisors with Southern General Practice Training (SGPT) Eastern/Gippsland Division. The Practice is unconditionally accredited with AGPAL and an accredited Australian College of Rural & Remote Medicine (ACRRM) and Royal Australian College of General Practice (RACGP), General Practice training site for all levels of General Practice Training; we currently host a John Flynn scholar. Heyfield Medical Centre is an accredited training site for the "Small Town ARSP" In fact Dr Lynden Derrick was the Registrar hosted in the original pilot of this innovation undertaken by Heyfield Medical Centre, SGPT, ACRRM & RACGP. Our Supervisors have appointments with Monash University School of Rural Health and host Medical students for GP attachments and PBL tutorials; this includes the 3rd year groups who spend the year in Sale and Traralgon.

Heyfield Medical Centre is co-located with Heyfield Hospital, an integrated site with 10 acute Hospital beds, a 30 bed Aged Care Hostel & 22 Nursing Home beds; the Medical Practice and an Allied Health suite.

GPs

Dr Peter Stevens acquired the practice in 1989 and it has been an accredited RACGP training practice since that time, taking registrars for basic training terms on rotation. We also take fifth and final year medical students for two-week rotation from Monash and Melbourne universities. Peter is a Medical Educator for SGPT.

 Dr Lynden Derrick was a registrar in our practice, completing his Basic term, some of his Subsequent time and a "Small Town ARSP" in the practice.  He has joined the practice permanently from February 2002.

Dr Greg Ivanoff is an Australian Medical Graduate from Adelaide. He was also a Gippsland registrar, completing his basic and advanced terms with us in 2002. Dr Ivanoff returned to Heyfield in 2004 for his Advanced Rural Skills posting, and has remained with our practice since.

Practice Manager

Dianne Sundermann

Other Staff

Nurses:

Heyfield Medical Centre employs five part time nurses:

Sr Ann Whelan is a Community Diabetic Educator and our diabetic practice nurse. Kate Clear coordinates and tracks our immunisation activity. Sr Heather Phillipson is a Wound Consultant nurse and regularly conducts preventative home visits with our GPs. Sr Joanne Hector is our Womans Health nurse and is an accredited pap smear provider. Sr Jenny Bullen has an interest in wound care and preventative health.

Reception staff:
Under the direction of Di Sunderman, Jo Burton, Janet Komen, Jane Richards and Chris Johnstone between them ensure the smooth running of the practice.

Geography & Lifestyle

Heyfield is a rural community of 2000 people, north of the Princes Highway, midway between, and half an hour from, the regional centres of Traralgon and Sale. Heyfield is near Lake Glenmaggie, on the road to Licola and the High Country, about 200 kilometres from Melbourne and offers a variety of sporting and recreational activities.

Building

Heyfield Medical Centre is co-located with Heyfield Hospital, an integrated site with 10 acute Hospital beds, a 30 bed Aged Care Hostel & 22 Nursing Home beds; the Medical Practice and an Allied Health suite.

Clinical

Heyfield Medical Centre is the only Medical Practice servicing Heyfield & environs (6,500 people) we have 3 resident GPs and a Gippsland Education & Training for General Practice (SGPT) basic term Registrar.
Heyfield Medical Centre is co-located with Heyfield Hospital, an integrated site with 10 acute Hospital beds, a 30 bed Aged Care Hostel & 22 Nursing Home beds; the Medical Practice and an Allied Health suite.
The Practice provides all the medical services to this small rural community & services the needs of all of the in-patients & residents of the campus. There is an opportunity for extended exposure to small community General Practice, management of sub-acute in-patients with a significant exposure to aged care during this attachment.
We have no visiting or resident Medical specialists
We have visiting Physiotherapy, Chiropractic, Podiatry, Massage & Child Health Nurse services.
Heyfield Hospital is part of Central Gippsland Health Service & its Sale campus, 30 minutes away provides the vast majority of our Specialist support , with 3 General Physicians, 3 General Surgeons, 2 Paediatricians, 2 Obstetricians
The Alfred Hospital currently sends Interns to Sale on rotation.
St Vincent’s Hospital sends Medical registrars to Sale on rotation.

Hours / After Hours

During routine clinic hours (9.00am - 5.00pm) a member of the office staff will always be present to answer telephones, greet patients and assist the doctor when needed. Staff are responsible for opening and closing the clinic securely and activating any alarm system.
Surgery Hours
Weekdays 9.00am - 12.00 noon and 1.30 - 5.00pm
Saturday 9.00 - 10.00am
The clinic provides a 24 hour service for this community, coordinated through the Heyfield Hospital.
At Hospital
Saturday 6.00pm
Sunday 10.00am & 6.00pm
At other times after triage, the on-call doctor may give telephone advice by ringing the patient back or may arrange to meet the patient at the hospital or visit the patient's home. The duty doctor does not take calls directly from patients after-hours, making this aspect of our practice quite doctor-friendly. The after-hours roster is shared equally with weekend cover commencing on Friday and continuing through till 8.30am Monday morning.

Registrar Conditions

Heyfield Medical Centre has been a training practice for 15 years and registrars readily accepted by the community as an integral part of our workforce. Therefore the registrar can expect to see a broad cross-section of patients. Registrars take an equal share of the after-hours roster - at present one in four nights and weekends.

Registrars are accommodated in a self-contained 2 bedroom flat adjacent to the hospital, rent-free