Essential Criteria
- Practice must be within target area (RRMA 3-7) or within an Urban Area of Workforce Shortage as defined by the Department of Health and Ageing.
- GP must employ or retain services of Practice Nurse (registered or enrolled) and/or Allied Health worker for a minimum of two sessions per week (averaged over the PIP payment quarter). A session is 3.5 hours as a minimum.
- Registered Nurse
- Enrolled nurse supervised by a Registered Nurse
- Recognised educational qualifications for Allied Health Workers
- Certificate Level III in Aboriginal and
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Activity |
Employment of Practice Nurses/Allied health workers |
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| P.I.P | Payment is $8.00 per SWPE at the practice. This also dictates the FTE the practice nurse/allied health worker is employed: Payment capped at 1.0 FTE and 5000 patients per practice (up to $40,000). | |||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Payment made each quarterly PIP. Payments only made to practices that have employed or retained the services of a practice nurse/allied health worker for a period of time equivalent to its minimum requirement (based on its SWPE count) in each PIP payment quarter. |
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