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Victor Medical Centre

Location
Practice Name	Victor Medical Centre
ABN	26 070 208 808
Address	65 Ocean Street Victor Harbor 5211 - View Google map
Phone number	(08) 8552 1444
Fax number	(08) 8552 2611
Email address	warwickw@victormedical.com.au
Web address	www.victormedical.com.au
Principal contact name	Dr David K Batt
ASGC-RA Classification	2
Outer Metropolitan
Training Accreditation (RACGP) renewal date	24th January 2012
Accreditation Status	GPT1 / GPT2 / GPT3
a) Description of practice location	Victor Harbor is a coastal commercial and tourist centre situated 80 km south of Adelaide. It's residential population is approximately 12,000 but with adjoining areas (Middleton, Port Elliot, Mount Compass, Inman Valley and Waitpinga) rises to nearly 18,000. During the holiday period, the population is said to triple. The practice is conveniently situated on the main street of Victor Harbor. We also have a clinic at Port Elliot with four consulting rooms a treatment room area and an adjoining pharmacy.
b) Health and medical information about the region	South Coast District Hospital has 38 bed for acute medical, surgical, paediatric and obstetric cases. There is a 18 bed private wing. There are 3 coronary care beds with overhead and central monitoring and a 4th monitored bed in high dependency area. Two operating theatres and recovery suite for visiting surgeons and local GP's who have regular operating lists and provide a range of anaesthetics including, general, regional, spinal and epidural to an extensive list of visiting specialists. There is a third minor theatre situated in the casualty area.
c) Practice type and size	The clinic is owned by eleven equal sharing partners. There are also three associates employed and in addition to this registrars and interns from Sturt Fleurieu plus we have students from both Flinders and Adelaide Universities. The clinic has excellent facilities consisting of a large waiting room, separated play area with adjoining reception, records and accounts offices. There are 17 consulting rooms. A casualty type treatment area has four curtained and three closed cubicles, each having more specific purposes eg. acupuncture, nebuliser and spirometry, eye (slit lamp available), cryotherapy, plaster, ECG and minor procedures. This same area also has an open area for venepuncture and ear syringing performed by nursing staff. There is a separate treatment room of 35 square metres fully equipped to carry out minor surgical procedures. There is a separated patient and staff toilets/showers and stairs lead up to a large staff area and typist's room. The area upstairs includes kitchen, storage rooms a large staff area and outdoor balcony.
Services Available
a) Access to specialists and other health professionals	A number of consultants visit the Victor Medical Centre and South Coast District Hospital on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis, they include: General Surgeon Cardiologist Gastroenterologist Psychologist ENT Dermatologist Audiologist Ophthalmologist Plastic Surgeon Rheumatologist Orthopaedic Surgeon Psychiatrist Gynaecologist Endocrinologist Additional Services offered by the practice/hospital include radiology, pathology, physiotherapy, paramedical services (social workers, occupational therapy, diabetes education, dietician, speech pathology, podiatrist, physiotherapy, mental health) Child and Adolescent Family Health Services, Royal District Nursing Ambulance service, supported residential facilities (“Arcadia” at Port Elliot and “Mira Mare” Victor Harbor). Geriatric services ad crisis care. There are three private dental services and also a branch of the SA Dental Service located in Victor Harbor.
b) Aspects of medicine in your practice that will be a feature of registrar training	General Practitioners at the Victor Medical Centre have a broad range of interests some of these include: GP Surgeon Obstetrics Geriatric Care Internal Medicine Anaesthetics Men’s Health Paediatrics Sports Medicine Emergency Medicine Diabetes Acupuncture Women’s Health Adolescent Health Mental Health
Working Environment
	Frequency / details
Normal work hours	Office Hours: Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm Saturday 8am to 12 noon Consulting Hours: Monday to Friday 9.30am to 5.30pm Saturday 9.30am to 12 noon
Home visits	Scheduled as required
After hours	One GP is on duty with one reserve from 8am to 8pm on a 7 day roster (covering emergencies in the treatment room during the day Monday to Friday and Saturday morning). From 8pm to 8am 7 days per week, after hours emergencies are covered by locums employed by the SCDH
Weekends	As above plus there are locums at the hospital on duty from 8pm each Friday night through to 8am Monday morning. In addition to this locums are on duty at the hospital for long weekends, public holidays, and during the holiday periods.
Hospital	Ward visits are prior to consulting hours.
Nursing home visits	For those doctors involved they usually have a set time each week to visit the nursing homes that they cover.
Supervision & Support
Names /qualifications / experience of teachers / mentors	Dr David K Batt MBBS.,Obst.RCOG., FRACGP., FACRRM., GP Surgeon, Obstetrician, Skin Surgery, Asthma, Depression and Q Fever Immunisation Dr Colin F Ingham MBBS., DROCOG., FRACGP., BSc (Hons) PhD., FACRRM GP Obstetrician, Geriatric Care and Internal Medicine Dr Graham Wildman MBBS., DRANZCOG., FRACGP., FACRRM., GP Obstetrician, Paediatrics and Sports Medicine
Facilities offered by practice	Each Registrar has their own room with Broadband Internet connection on each desktop. We use Medical Director for clinical and Zedmed for patient accounting (from end of July we will also be using Zedmed for both clinical and patient accounts). There is also a well equipped small op theatre for minor surgical procedures, an ECG room, and the treatment room has two mobile blood pressure pulse oximeter machines. We have just been successful in becoming a Rural Health Education Foundation site. There is a very spacious staff area upstairs.