Does your practice want to improve care coordination for your patients with chronic complex conditions? Your practice may be eligible to participate in the Right Care = Better Health program (RCBH) to improve health outcomes of people with chronic disease.

Eastern Melbourne PHN (EMPHN) is seeking to engage up to ten eligible general practices across the East of the PHN’s catchment to be part of the next iteration of the RCBH 12-month program (with the possibility of extension).

Participating general practices will receive support from EMPHN’s teams to:

• identify eligible patients through POLAR (based on program eligibility criteria)
• undertake data cleansing to assist with appropriate patient identification.
• Remuneration will be at a rate of approximately $10,000 (excluding GST) per year.

Practice Eligibility Requirements

• Access to POLAR (to identify eligible patients for the program).
• Be accredited against the RACGP Standards for general practice.
• Have at least 0.6 WTE registered nurse/s at the general practice.
• Available clinical space and access to the clinical management system for the community health-employed nurse care coordinator for up to one day per week.
• Hold public liability, professional indemnity and medical practice insurance ($20 million).
• Have a privacy policy in place for the care coordinator to access the practice’s clinical management system, including providing remote access.

Please submit your response to the mandatory eligibility criteria to confirm your eligibility.

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview. These questions do not need to be answered.