Current available positions:

• General Practice Doctor (4 hours a week)
• General Practice Nurse (up to a day each week)

If you (a practice manager, GP and/or practice nurse) have a strong adolescent and mental health focus and want to change up your daily routine to work with school kids – this is the role for you!

Benefits

There’s heaps or reasons to get involved. By being a part of the Doctors in Secondary Schools (DiSS) program, you, your practice and clinicians can help give kids the healthcare they need, where and when they need it. Participants like Mohita Suyal, Practice Nurse at Southern Cross Medical Centre and DiSS Practice Nurse at Hampton (pictured above), tell us they feel ‘fulfilled’ and ‘rewarded.’

Here’s just a few reasons you should take part:

Nurses and doctors

• Do something different one day out of your week.
• Make a difference in a young person’s life.
• Put your expertise in mental health and youth to good use.
• Extend your experience in a school setting.

Practice managers

• Increase your practice community presence.
• Establish positive relationships and partnership with the community.
• Build trust with local young people and provide early intervention.
• Offer a ‘different’ work experience for your GP and Nurse to add variety.
• Give your clinicians the opportunity to use their skills and experience in working with adolescents.

Express your interest

Register your contact details to express your interest in the program.

NOTE: Please select ‘SEMPHN’ from the PHN list and ‘Dandenong High School’ or ‘Pakenham Secondary College’ from the schools list.

If you have questions or want to know more, call Vicki Lennane on 85146603, or email drsinschools@semphn.org.au.