RVTS fact sheet June, 2020

ABOUT ROBINVALE

VICTORIA

ABOUT TARGETED RECRUITMENT The Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS) is assisting the recruitment of doctors to targeted remote communities with high medical workforce need by including the RVTS GP Vocational Training program as a component of the doctor recruitment package. In 2018-20 the RVTS Targeted Recruitment Strategy successfully secured the services of 11 full-time doctors to 13 rural and remote communities across . RVTS Training is a four-year GP training program delivered by Distance Education and Remote Supervision leading to Fellowship of the ACRRM and/or RACGP. RVTS Training is fully funded by the Australian Government.

Location Attractions Housing Education

Robinvale is located 477km Whether it is swimming, The average cost of a three- Robinvale College hosts north-west of Melbourne via camping, a picnic or spot bedroom home in Robinvale is classes from Foundation in the . It of fishing, Robinvale on the $260,000. Primary years right through to is 88km south-east of Mildura banks of the is The average rental price is Year 12. and 134km from . your go-to destination. $300 per week, with high St Mary’s College is a Catholic Known as a popular holiday The huge Southern Cross demand for properties. school with classes from destination, Robinvale sits Windmill is a popular tourist There is a range of houses, Foundation to Year 8. on a peninsula of land that destination and talking point of apartments, units and land The nearby Euston Public is surrounded on three of its the town. available for sale. School caters for all the sides by the Murray River. The Euston Weir and Lock 15, Source: realestate.com.au, April, primary years. located just out of Robinvale, 2019. are also popular. ABOUT ROBINVALE DISTRICT MEDICAL CENTRE

Contact: Ben Trewarn, Recruitment Program Officer, Rural Workforce Agency Victoria (RWAV) Phone: 03 9349 7800 rdhs.com.au

The Robinvale District Medical Centre is a thriving, fully equipped and mixed billing practice providing medical services to the residents of Robinvale and surrounds.

The medical centre has three consulting rooms operated by the general practitioners who are supported by practice nurses and administrative staff. Family medicine, chronic disease management, drug and alcohol issues and aged care are some of the main medical issues treated by the clinic.

Doctors from the clinic provide an on-call service and have visiting rights to the Robinvale District Health Service. The hospital is located within walking distance to the clinic and hospital rounds are carried out every morning before the clinic opens for the day.

The health service operates 20 acute beds, 55 residential aged care beds (including high and low care) and also provides urgent and emergency care to both the Robinvale and Manangatang communities.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population of Robinvale is 8.1 per cent. FAST FACTS

Referring hospitals Services Visiting specialists • Mildura Base Hospital • Renal dialysis • Diabetes educator 87km • Medical imaging • Royal Flying Doctors • Midwifery Service • Maternal child health • Early years • Visiting nurse • Community health nursing services

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