End-of-Life Law workshop: Essential legal insights for residential and community aged care providers
Healthy North Coast recently hosted an End-of-Life Law workshop in Coffs Harbour, where a gathering of clinicians had plenty of questions on navigating this complicated element of care. The interactive workshop, led by Katrine Del Villar (End of Life Law for Clinicians, Queensland University of Technology) and Dr Andy Williams, guided participants through a clinical
Expression of interest: Be a Placement Program Leader and shape the future of aged care
Hunter Primary Care is calling for aged care professionals from the Mid North Coast and Northern NSW to join the Aged Care Nursing Clinical Placements Program leadership group. This leadership group will play a crucial role in strengthening relationships between higher education providers, Vocational Education and Training (VET) institutions, and the aged care sector to
Know a nurse who would like to be a student mentor?
Hunter Primary Care are offering casual work for experienced Registered Nurses to spend an hour per day with a student to support them during their aged care placement. Casual facilitators are required across the Mid North Coast and Northern NSW areas, wherever there may be an aged care home nearby. “This is a great semi-retirement
Investing in residential aged care nurses on the North Coast
Across the footprint, nurses recently shared insights into their training needs, including how they like to learn and what gets in the way. With this in mind, Healthy North Coast has engaged industry leading nurse education specialists Kim Poyner and Riwka Hagen to deliver a RACH nurse training program developed specially for residential aged care
Applications open now for 2025 Opioid Treatment Accreditation Course (OTAC) Scholarship
The Opioid Treatment Accreditation Course (OTAC) Scholarship supports general practitioners and nurse practitioners in regional, remote and metropolitan areas in NSW to complete the training program, become accredited prescribers of opioid pharmacotherapies, and to prescribe opioid pharmacotherapies for the treatment of opioid dependence. Scholarship value Successful applicants will receive a scholarship valued at up to
Looking for ways to help your patients live well and thrive?
Registrations are now open for Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association’s (APNA) Chronic Disease Management and Healthy Ageing Program. Delivered over six months, it is designed for nurses who want to expand their knowledge in the growing area of primary health care. Best of all, it takes place entirely online! Their first workshop will be
New year, new look for Healthy North Coast education & events
Introducing Dr Chris Bentley, Dr Geoff Arthurson and Dr Beth Allin (pictured above L-R) – three new faces to Healthy North Coast’s Education team. These passionate professionals bring diverse perspectives and expertise, and we’re thrilled to have them on board! We sat down with each of them to learn more about their work, the future
Healthy North Coast welcomes 41 new GP registrars
On Thursday 6 February, Healthy North Coast’s Workforce Development team hosted a welcome dinner for the region’s newest GP registrars at Opal Cove Resort, Coffs Harbour. The registrars were on the North Coast for their RACGP orientation, making it the perfect opportunity to bring everyone together. This cohort of 41 first year GP registrars is
Do you care for people with chronic wounds?
Do you care for people with chronic wounds? The Wound Care Champion process is a guide to quality improvement and education activities designed to support nurses and other clinicians develop their knowledge and skills for chronic wound management. The resources have been developed in consultation with local nurses, and with support from the NSW Agency
Welcoming essential workers to the Mid North Coast
Healthy North Coast recently sponsored two stakeholder networking events for The Welcome Experience in Kempsey (29 January) and Port Macquarie (3 Feb). The Welcome Experience is a free service offered by the NSW Government that helps essential workers (and their families) who are considering applying for, or have accepted a job, in regional NSW. The
HealthPathways access upgraded with individual logins
The Mid and North Coast HealthPathways website has been upgraded to enable individual accounts, allowing access to new features on the site such as: an improved search function a CPD log the option to request access to other region’s HealthPathways sites. You can receive instant access to an individual account by registering on the welcome page. For more information about setting up
Update on regional impact of NSW Health psychiatry resignations
Over the past week, there have been media reports regarding the resignation of psychiatrists across NSW Health. Healthy North Coast has been working closely with the Northern NSW and Mid North Coast Local Health Districts regarding contingency. Our local psychiatrists are highly valued and are an important part of specialist mental health services. Local resignations
