Around 100 pharmacists from the approximately 160 community pharmacies registered within Tasmania will be offered the chance to strengthen their suicide prevention skills as part of a new partnership between Primary Health Tasmania and the Black Dog Institute. The training project is supported by The Pharmaceutical Society Australia, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and Curtin…
Primary Health Tasmania is advertising to fill three roles within our organisation: safety and quality manager (lead – safety and quality) – an experienced professional who can lead the implementation of quality standards to achieve effective delivery of Primary Health Tasmania’s health system improvement and health services commissioning outcomes integrated health care manager (lead –…
Primary Health Tasmania is advertising to fill a role within our organisation. We are searching for: a health sector improvement coordinator, which is really an experienced professional who can work as part of the Sector Improvement and Innovation team as a significant contributor to engaging and collaborating with health sector stakeholders and partners to influence…
Primary Health Tasmania has partnered with the Tasmanian Government on a capacity-building funding package to support continuity of alcohol and other drug services during the coronavirus pandemic. A total of $235,000 in Australian and Tasmanian government funding is available through the Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs Council (ATDC) Tasmania to help local community-based organisations respond…
The latest edition of Primary Health Tasmania’s twice-yearly magazine, Primary Health Matters, is out online now. In this edition, we feature stories about: work by our commissioned providers in alcohol and other drug support, mental health and wellbeing, aged care, provider support, and more what advice a GP heading into partial retirement has for one…
Primary Health Tasmania has supported the establishment of four GP-led respiratory clinics across Tasmania as part of our role in the Australian Government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. The clinics — located in Devonport, St Helens, Launceston and Hobart — are now open to see, test, and treat the 80 per cent of people with…