Training in Yorke and Northern Local Health Network

Clare Hospital provides a comprehensive range of medical and surgical services to patients from Clare and surrounding communities including the Lower and Mid North areas.

Services provided include 24 hours a day, seven days a week emergency department, aged care assessment team, chemotherapy, day surgery facilities, gastroenterology, inpatient and outpatients services, maternal and child health, obstetrics,  ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, renal dialysis, same day stay, general surgery, urology, residential aged care services, diagnostic radiology/x ray/ CT / fluoroscopy / ultrasound.

Patients may commence their stay at Clare Hospital but finish their care at one of the neighbouring Hospitals with specialist medical or allied health input when required.  All hospitals in the region work collaboratively to support the patient’s care needs.

Clare Hospital

The Clare Medical Centre provides a comprehensive  high quality medical service that is accessible and affordable to the community.  The practice provides diverse medical care to patients, minimising the need to travel to Adelaide for services. The Centre is committed to medical education and training and being a multi-skilled training practice, they aim to train and educate themselves, registrars, interns and medical students to the highest level of competency in a supported environment.

The practice has access to, and provides the bulk of the inpatient medical care for the 24 bed Clare Hospital, which is well supported by a wide variety of specialists who regularly visit Clare to consult and operate.  These include cardiologists, child psychiatrists, endocrinologists, ENT surgeons, general surgeons, gynaecologists, ophthalmologists, orthopaedic surgeons, plastic surgeons, psychiatrists, sleep disorder, rheumatologists, respiratory specialists and urologists.

The Clare Medical Centre also provides health care for the residents of the following aged care facilities:

• Kara House
• Carinya
• Snowtown Hospital
• Lumeah Homes

Clare is a regional town of approximately 5000 people situated in the heart of the scenic Clare Valley.  It is an easy 2 hours drive north of Adelaide and is surrounded by rich agricultural and virticultural country renowned for its prize-winning wines.  The Clare Medical Centre services a regional population of around 10,000 people.The Clare Medical Centre is a 15 doctor practice and provides after-hours and emergency care, anaesthetics, obstetrics, women’s health, family and geriatric health, surgery and minor procedures and other special interests.

Clare Medical Centre

Crystal Brook and District Hospital provides acute services ranging from in-hospital care for adults and children by local general practitioners to outpatients and aged car beds.

Patients may commence their stay at Crystal Brook and District Hospital but finish their care at one of the neighbouring Hospitals with specialist medical or allied health input when required.  All hospitals in the region work collaboratively to support the patients care needs.

Crystal Brook and District Hospital

The Crystal Brook Medical Practice pride themselves on providing up to date, evidence based medical services with well trained and friendly staff and doctors that offer a wide range of services to meet the healthcare requirements of their patients.  As a teaching practice, they are committed to ongoing education and training of registrars, interns and medical students with trainee working on consultations with one of the doctors at all times.

The Crystal Brook Medical Practice is conveniently located next to the Crystal Brook Hospital. With a wide range of visiting Specialists and Allied health providers, they can offer both outpatient and inpatient care to minimise the need for patients to travel for their health needs.

Crystal Brook Medical Practice services include:

• General medicine
• Child, adult & seniors healthcare and assessments
• Antenatal shared care
• Family planning
• Pap smears
• Psychological/mental health support
• Home visits
• Immunisations
• Minor procedures
• Employment & insurance medicals
• Management of chronic illnesses
• Management of sports & work related injuries
• Management of depression & anxiety
• Lifestyle advice and assistance (e.g. smoking, exercise & weight loss)
• Health promotions and illness prevention
• Veterans health service
• Vaccinations and travel advice
• Appropriate referrals to allied health & specialists
• Hospital access & admitting privileges to Southern Flinders Health – Crystal Brook Campus
• Resident gastroenterologist
• Lactation consultant
• Acupuncture
• Visiting cardiologist, endocrinologist, rheumatologist, audiologist, psychiatrist (adult & child), psychologist, physiotherapist and dietitian.

Crystal Brook Medical Practice

Jamestown Hospital & Health Service provides acute services ranging from in-hospital care for adults and children by local general practitioners to outpatients and aged care beds. The service provides medical students, registrars and interns rotational placements from Flinders University. Services provided include aged residential care, community bus, day therapy centres, delivered meals (meals on wheels), diagnostic radiology/x-ray/CT/fluoroscopy, gastroenterology, gynaecology, health advocacy/liaison service, inpatient, maternal and child health, nurse lead clinics, obstetrics, ophthalmology, outpatient, palliative care, personal care for older persons, planned activity groups for older persons, plastic and reconstructive surgery, respite care, same day stays, surgery – general.

A birthing suite is available with shared care arrangement with general practitioners and community midwives with care and treatment before, during and after childbirth.

Jamestown Hospital and Health Service offers residential aged care facilities at the co-located Wing of the hospital with residential accommodation for older people in need of high-level care. Respite care is also available.

In addition the hospital services The Yorke and Northern Region Community Health Services – Mid North provide a range of services from eight sites in the region.

Jamestown Hospital and Health Service

Goyder’s Line Medical consists of 3 medical Centre facilities in Jamestown, Peterborough and Orroroo as well as working in conjunction with the Jamestown, Peterborough and Orroroo Hospitals.  The practice not only offers general practitioner services but also a wide range of specialist services across the 3 locations.

Visiting specialists consult from the practice and services include colorectal surgeon, gastrointestinal, geriatrician, gynaecologist, obstetrics and pre-natal care, oral surgeon, orthopaedic surgeon, plastic surgeon, podiatrists, psychologist, psychiatry, public physiotherapist, speech pathology.

Goyder’s Line Medical