The Doctors in Secondary Schools Program is an opportunity to challenge yourself and positively impact the health outcomes of young people.
The program is designed to support secondary school age students with their primary care needs through access within their school environment.
Through the Department of Education and Training, the Victorian State Government have continued to commit funding to cover the cost of healthcare services in 100 public secondary schools statewide.
This aims to:
- Make primary health care more accessible to students
- Provide assistance to young people to identify and address health problems early
- Reduce pressure on working parents
Doctors in Secondary School Program - Western Victoria
Expression of Interest
Western Victoria Primary Health Network currently has a vacancy at Brauer Secondary College Warrnambool. If your General Practice is interested in hosting a service, please contact the DiSS team e: diss@westvicphn.com.au
General Practices must be accredited against the RACGP Standards or working towards accreditation.
Practices are required to provide bulk-billing services for students, have a medical software program and have – or are willing to have – a clinical audit tool installed to record and report data.
General Practitioners and Practice Nurses will need to undertake a Working with Children Check and training modules as part of the induction process.
Current participating schools in western Victoria
The Doctors in Secondary Schools program is currently delivered to the following schools in our region:
- Ararat College
- Beaufort Secondary College
- Brauer Secondary College Warrnambool
- Colac Secondary College
- Camperdown College
- Casterton Secondary
- Geelong High School
- Heywood District Secondary College
- Horsham College
- Lavers Hill P-12 College
- Maryborough Education Centre
- Mount Clear College Ballarat
- Mount Rowan Secondary College
- Newcomb Secondary College
- North Geelong Secondary College
- Phoenix P-12 College Sebastopol
- Portland Secondary College
- St Arnaud Secondary College
Map of DISS Schools in WVPHN
Resources
Referral Pathways local guides for clinicians working in the Doctors in Secondary Schools program.
- WVPHN DiSS Referral Pathways - Ballarat Goldfields (pdf 215KB)
- WVPHN DiSS Referral Pathways - Geelong Otway (pdf 295KB)
- WVPHN DiSS Referral Pathways - Great South Coast (pdf 231KB)
- WVPHN DiSS Referral Pathways - Wimmera Grampians (pdf 214KB)