Mornington peninsula division of General Practice-Staff

*The Staff...* The staff of Mornington Peninsula Division of General Practice consists of the Executive Director, Executive Manager, Program and Project Workers and Administrative Staff.

Executive Manager Lynne Cooper is responsible for management of staff at the Division. In association with the GP Executive Director she directs the day to day running of the Division towards achieving its strategic plan. Lynne also drives the practice managers networks, and is a resource for practice accreditation and workforce issues.
	Executive Director Dr John Siemienowicz as executive director provides a general practitioner perspective to the Division's activities. John has been involves from inception of the Division in 1993. He has an interest in computing, systems management and information management. He has a long association with the local hospital network. He is involved with the IMIT and palliative care programs.

Mental Health Nici Lhuede provides support for the mental health programs. The Division is involved in three mental health programs. The mental health initiative, the peer support mental health program and the Access to Allied Health Services Project.
	Access to Allied Health Services Dr Helen Jarvis is a Psychologist involved in the Access to Allied Health Services project. This project provides support to General Practitioners registered under the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Initiative. They are able to refer their low income patients to Helen for short-term counselling.

Aged Care Program Susan Pangbourne is responsible for the development and delivery of a Aged Care at the Division. Along with members of the Aged Care Panel she will try to improve the provision of aged care for our local community
	Immunisation, Practice Nurses and Chronic Disease Management (Diabetes) Leisl Jackson provides support in the areas of immunisation, practice nurse support program and chronic disease management (diabetes)

NPS Facilitator Kathryn Griffin is a pharmacist who works as a National Prescribing Service facilitator. The National Prescribing Service aims to assist general practitioner prescribing by providing quality evidence based pharmaceutical advice. Her NPS program consists of one to one educational visits with local general practitioners.
	Home Medicines Review & Continuous Professional Development Cleeve Charles is responsible for promotion of the Home Medicines Review program. This program aims to improve the liaison between pharmacy and general practice. The CPD program provides professional education for GPs.

Administrative Officer / Events Coordinator Frja Wood provides administrative support to the management of the division. Frja assists other staff with administrative duties, quality improvement activities and event organisation. Frja also assists the CPD Subcommittee and in production of the news letter.
	Program Administration Officer Rose Burns plays a strong supportive role in the Diabetes, Immunisation- Antenatal Talks, and Heart Failure programs. Rose has also developed considerable skills in Access database programming and maintains the Division Information System database.
Administrative Assistant Sally Guthrie is the happy voice and personality that greets callers and visitors to the Division. Sally provides administrative support to the program staff.