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1/4 Sale Hospital Heyfield Hospital Stretton Park I'm looking for Patient Information Consumer Feedback Community Participation Compliance Obligations Teleheath Women & Children Specialist Outpatient Clinics Recruitment News Invitation - Annual General Meeting 2 days ago Brickstravaganza 2025 6 days ago Board director opportunities at Central Gippsland Health Service The Minister for Health, the Hon. Mary-Anne Thomas MP, is pleased to invite applications for part time board director positions at Central Gippsland Health Service. The positions start on 1 July 2026, for up to three years. These positions provide an exciting opportunity for persons with an interest in making a difference in the health sector and have the knowledge and skills for ensuring health care is delivered safely and effectively, with public money used to the benefit Oct 27 MORE NEWS Locations Heyfield Hospital Maffra Hospital Sale Hospital Stretton Park Aged Care Wilson Lodge McDonald Wing Laurina Lodge Allied Health Home Support Services Dental Services Primary Health Care

SALE HOSPITAL GETTING YOU BETTER TOGETHER. Sale Hospital , the largest hospital campus within Central Gippsland Health, offers an extensive range of specialised services. Our state-of-the-art facility boasts a 24-hour emergency department, operating theatres, Critical Care Unit, Level 3 neonatal and Level 4 maternity services, paediatrics, dialysis, oncology, and general medical and surgical wards. Additionally, our campus is home to Community Care administration offices, Wilson Lodge Nursing Home, and the Community Rehabilitation Centre. Located on Guthridge Parade, our main hospital entrance ensures easy accessibility for patients and visitors. At CGH, we are committed to providing excellent care and service. Click here to read more about our nurses commitment to you. EMERGENCY CARE HOSPITAL MAP MEDICAL IMAGING CARDIOLOGY DERMATOLOGY ENDOCRINOLOGY & DIABETES GERENTOLOGY HAEMATOLOGY NEPHROLOGY ONCOLOGY PALLIATIVE CARE STAFFING RATIOS RENAL DIALYSIS RESPIRATORY REFERRER PORTAL SPECIALIST OUTPATIENT CLINICS SPECIALISTS FEEDBACK TELEHEALTH PATIENT FEEDBACK Share your experience at Central Gippsland Health MORE INFO BOOK A TOUR Tour our residential care home MORE INFO

HOME SUPPORT Central Gippsland Health provide a range of supports in your own home to assist you to continue living independently at home. These services are funded through a variety of programs such as the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP), Home and Community Care Program for Younger People (HACC), Short Term Restorative Care program (STRC), Transition Care Program (TCP), Home Care Package (HCP) which from 1 July 2025 will transition to Support At Home, and National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Home Support services include: PERSONAL CARE This service provides people with support in activities of daily living that help them maintain appropriate standards of hygiene and grooming. These activities include support with: Eating Bathing Toileting Dressing Grooming getting in and out of bed moving about the house assistance with self-administration of medicine DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE This service provides people with assistance with domestic chores to maintain their capacity to manage everyday activities in a safe, secure and healthy home environment. This service is not a replacement for all domestic tasks but is designed to help people with the tasks they struggle with. These activities may include: Changing bed linens Vacuuming and mopping floors Cleaning one bathroom per visit Wiping cupboards and benches Date checking food items Minor food preparation Hanging / folding laundry Ironing Dusting Shopping assistance FLEXIBLE RESPITE This service supports and maintains care relationships between carers and care recipients, through providing good quality respite care for people so that carers can take a break. This includes: In-home day respite One on one support to assist someone in their own home to enable their carer to take a break. Community access respite One on one support to assist people to access their community undertaking activities they are interested in or need support to undertake, while giving their carer a break from caring responsibilities. DELIVERED MEALS This service prepares and delivers meals to people in their homes. The meals consist of a soup, main meal portion, a dessert and fruit. Meals can either be delivered daily as a chilled meal or weekly/fortnightly as frozen meals. Chilled Sale meals are delivered daily in the morning between 8am-9am or 11.30am-1pm Chilled Maffra meals are delivered daily between 11.30am and 1pm Frozen meals are delivered: weekly on Wednesdays to Sale, Maffra, Stratford weekly on Tuesdays to Heyfield and Rosedale fortnightly on Tuesdays to Gormandale fortnightly on Wednesdays to Loch Sport SOCIAL SUPORT GROUPS This service assists people to participate in community life and feel socially included through structured, group-based activities that develop, maintain or support independent living and social interaction. These activities include: group-based activities held in or from a facility/centre (e.g. pre-set or individually tailored activities promoting physical activity, cognitive stimulation and emotional wellbeing) group excursions conducted by centre staff but held away from the centre VOLUNTEER TRANSPORT This service aims to assist you and your carer if you are unable to transport yourself for medical appointments in regional Gippsland and Melbourne. Drivers are not allowed to lift a wheelchair into the boot or assist you in walking into the appointment. You can have a companion with you when you travel. SUPPORT AT HOME PACKAGE FEES SUPPORT AT HOME PACKAGE/PRIVATE CLIENTS FEES CHSP CLIENT FEES HACC CLIENT FEES COMMUNITY HEALTH CLIENT FEES INFANT PROGRAM FLYER NEW PARENTS GROUP INVITATION 2025 PLAYGROUPS IN WELLINGTON

PROCUREMENT PROCUREMENT The Victorian Government Purchasing Board (VGPB) reformed procurement guidelines in 2014 for all government departments and public sector agencies. Following this process, Health Purchasing Victoria (HPV) aligned its procurement policies to the VGPB reforms. This reform is designed to ensure probity, planning, purchase category analysis as well as clear accountability and transparency underpin procurement models. In 2015 HPV mandated that all health services need to comply with HPV purchasing policies and that health services must transition to the HPV procurement policies by 30 June 2016. Central Gippsland Health has established a Procurement Framework that provides guidelines and procedures for conducting any procurement activity. The Framework and its associated procurement policy and procedures offer a strategy that ensures a coordinated approach to procurement at all levels of CGH. The Framework ensures strategic planning, equity of supply, opportunity for local businesses and demonstrated value for money for all of CGH’s procurement activities. See link below for Terms and Conditions. TERMS AND CONDITIONS ACTIVITY PLAN SUMMARY COMPLAINTS PROCESS A procurement complaint is an issue or concern expressed by a supplier in relation to the process and probity applied by CGH in the procurement activity for a good or service. A complainant can refer a complaint about goods and services to anyone within CGH. All formal complaints are to be referred to the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) for review, investigation (if warranted) and response. The complainant is required to provide details of the concerned dispute or complaint being lodged, including: A clear written statement of the perceived unsatisfactory approach and/or actions in the procurement process Copies of or references to information to support the complaint A statement regarding the desired outcome from the complaint process If further correspondence or information is required, the supplier will be given no less than 15 working days to respond to any communication from CGH unless the matter is urgent Complaints are to be lodged in writing or email to: Chief Procurement Officer Email: cpo@cghs.com.au Central Gippsland Health 155 Guthridge Parade Sale, Victoria 3850 OUR PROCUREMENT COMPLAINTS OFFICER Our Chief Procurement Officer will receive and review the complaint, then assign a dedicated procurement complaints officer. The Procurement Complaints Officer will be independent of the procurement process and the subject matter of the complaint. Upon receipt of the complaint, the officer will: Acknowledge receipt of the complaint within 5 working days of receiving it. This acknowledgement will contain the contact name of the investigating officer, the proposed action and the associated timeframes If additional information or clarification of complaint is required, CGH will advise the supplier of this. CGH and the complainant will come to an agreed extension of time The complainant should be advised in writing of the process undertaken by CGH, the outcome of the investigation, usually within 30 working days of receiving all written correspondence relating to a complaint. This correspondence should also include escalation process if the complainant is unsatisfied with the outcome. UNRESOLVED COMPLAINTS If the complainant is unsatisfied with the outcome from CGH, the unresolved complaint that specifically relate to Health Purchasing Victoria (HPV) contracts can be directed onto the HPV Board for review. All other complaints can be referred the Victorian Government Purchasing Board (VGPB). A complainant can refer a complaint to the HPV Board/VGPB for review if not satisfied with the findings and actions of CGH. This could be related to the management of the complaint or the application of procurement policy and procedures. CGH is to inform the HPV Board/VGPB within five working days of any complaint that could not be resolved to the satisfaction of both parties. Complaints submitted to the HPV Board/VGPB must be lodged by letter, email or fax within 10 working days of the receipt of the findings by CGH to: Chief Executive HealthShare Victoria Level 34, Casselden, 2 Lonsdale Street MELBOURNE VIC 3001 Electronically to: complaints@healthsharevic.org.au VGPB The Chair Victorian Government Purchasing Board Department of Treasury and Finance GPO Box 4379 MELBOURNE VIC 3001 The complainant must provide the following material: evidence that CGH did not correctly apply the procurement policy and procedures in relation to a procurement activity evidence that CGH’s complaints management procedures were not applied correctly a copy of all relevant correspondence between the complainant and CGH in relation to the nature of the complaint any additional material requested by the HPV Board/VGPB to assist it in its findings The HPV Board/VGPB: will inform CGH and complainant of its findings and any further action it intends to take in relation to the matter can require CGH’s CEO to audit its application of procurement policy and procedures in relation to the procurement activity can inform the Minister of Health (HPV complaints) or Assistant Treasurer (VGPB complaints) of its review of a complaint and advise the Minister of further action that could be taken may note the outcome of a review in relation to any complaint in its annual report to Parliament MODERN SLAVERY Central Gippsland Health upholds the Australian Government’s position on modern slavery. There is no place for modern slavery in the Australian community or in the global supply chains of Australian goods and services. For further information on Modern Slavery, follow the link: https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/criminal-justice/Pages/modern-slavery.aspx If you are aware of any form of modern slavery in the CGHS supply chain please notify the Chief Procurement Officer. Chief Procurement Officer Email: sale.supplydepartment@cghs.com.au Central Gippsland Health 155 Guthridge Parade SALE VIC 3850 MODERN SLAVERY STATEMENT RESOURCES AND LINKS http://healthsharevic.org.au/assets/Publications/About-HPV.pdf https://www.australiantenders.com.au/ https://www.buyingfor.vic.gov.au/victorian-government-purchasing-board-vgpb

ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER ADVISORY NETWORK The Central Gippsland Health Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Network is key in providing direction to CGH to achieve its strategic goal: “enhancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s health and wellbeing ”. CGH will listen and receive direction from the Network to: Build relationships between the community and the health service Receive advice on specific issues Receive support to address the strategies contained in the Aboriginal Health Plan If you would like more information or are interested in joining this Advisory Network, please complete the nomination form below or contact the Community Network and Volunteer Support Officer on 03 5143 8380 . ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER TRIFOLD BROCHURE KOORI HOSPITAL LIAISON OFFICER TRIFOLD BROCHURE CGH COMMUNITY NETWORK NOMINATION FORM RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN 2024-2026 ABORIGINAL EMPLOYMENT PLAN 2024-2026

MIDWIFERY AT CGH The Women’s and Children’s Unit is located at the Sale Campus of CGH. The Unit provides obstetric services, inclusive of antenatal, midwifery and domiciliary services a level 3 neonatal nursery and paediatric services and is supported by a full range of services.

ADDICTION AND HARM REDUCTION SERVICE Addiction and Harm Reduction Service Supporting those within the Wellington Shire Community who have issues with alcohol and substance use. The AOD Harm Reduction Service is here to assist those with AOD dependency, or addiction, whilst promoting harm reduction strategies that will contribute to improved health for the individual and the community. Available to all within the community, there are three main services provided: Provision of Needle and Syringe products. Addiction Recovery support. Promotion of good sexual health Needle And Syringe Program (NSP) CGH Community Services provides, free of charge, a range of NSP equipment that helps to prevent the spread of Blood Borne Viruses such as Hepatitis C. This includes fit packs, sharps disposal containers and a wide range of specific barrels and needles. The full range of equipment is available on request from the Community Services 1st floor reception office during office hours (Mon – Fri 8.30am – 4.30pm). Fit packs are available 24/7 from the free of charge vending machine, along with a sharps disposal machine, close to the main entrance of the Community Services building. Out of office hours fit packs are also available on request from the Emergency Department reception. Addiction Recovery Support CGH Community Services run a Self-Management and Recovery Training (SMART) Recovery meeting every Wednesday afternoon from 1.30 – 3.30pm. This is held in the conference room on the ground floor of Community Services building. No referral is required to join this support group which is facilitated by an AOD qualified staff member. The aim is to support those going through the addiction recovery process and to help prevent relapse for those who have been able to reduce or stop their substance or alcohol intake. Promotion of Good Sexual Health This service aims to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infection within the community by providing condoms free of charge. These can be obtained at the reception offices of Community Services, Central Gippsland Health (CGH) Emergency Department and Sale Mental Health Services. CGH also provides condoms free of charge to community support agencies in Stratford, Maffra and Rosedale. For further details on these services please contact Community Services reception on 5143 8800.

ENDOCRINOLOGY & DIABETES HOW TO ACCESS THIS CLINIC REFERRAL FROM YOUR GP You need a referral letter from your GP or medical practitioner to access this service. Your doctor will send your referral letter to us. Alternatively you can forward your referral via gpcorrespondence@cghs.com.au Once we receive it, we will contact you to arrange your appointment. WHAT TO BRING Medicare card List of medicines you are currently taking (or the boxes), including medicines you have bought without a prescription, such as herbal supplements and vitamins

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HISTORY Central Gippsland Health has a long and rich history. In August 2017 we celebrated 150 years of health service spanning the Gippsland communities from southern seaboards to mountains in the north. The current health service and its predecessors, Gippsland Hospital and Gippsland Base Hospital together with entities in Rosedale, Loch Sport, Heyfield and Maffra has provided continuous health care to the first communities of the entire Gippsland region through to today’s communities across Wellington Shire. Gippsland’s own benevolent hospital grew from a public Mechanics Hall meeting in 1864. It opened its doors in August 1867 with the first inpatient being a miner with gangrenous disease of the lungs – he stayed for 455 days. Today the Sale Hospital still stands proud on the original 12 acres. The two turrets and dome of the original building have long made way to modernised facilities. Through a series of amalgamations, Gippsland Hospital, Gippsland Base Hospital, Maffra and District Hospital, the J.H.F. McDonald Nursing Home and Evelyn Wilson Nursing Home became Central Gippsland Health Service in 1999. The Heyfield Hospital, Stretton Park and Laurina Lodge Hostel soon after became associated through management agreements. In July 2017 the name changed to Central Gippsland Health – reflecting the collective of health services provided in Aged Care, Community Services and Hospital campuses in Sale, Heyfield and Maffra. Today’s CGH Board of Management, staff and volunteers continue to uphold the service and the spirit of the early pioneers who worked hard to establish a hospital in the 1860s. SALE HOSPITAL ORAL HISTORY GALLERY

SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM MS MANDY PUSMUCANS, INTERIM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Mandy is a registered nurse with additional qualifications in rural health and business management. Following a working life that commenced in Gippsland, Mandy worked in Melbourne hospitals, rural Victoria and then on to remote Australia, which included living and working in both remote Aboriginal communities in Central Australia and the main centre of Alice Springs. Mandy’s work has focused on social justice and equity of access for rural and remote communities, with particular focus on Aboriginal Australians. Mandy has been both an executive officer and then Board member of the Council of Remote Area Nurses Australia, a participant on the Council of the National Rural Health Alliance, and a member of the Royal College of Nursing Australia. DR TRACY MCCONNELL-HENRY, ACTING DIRECTOR OF NURSING Tracy is a registered nurse with a clinical background in critical care and organ donation. Her dedication to critical care nursing has seen her hold posts as clinical educator and resuscitation coordinator before being recruited to Monash University to develop the curriculum and coordinate the Critical Care program, delivering it across south east Victoria, to both regional and tertiary health services, as well as adaptions in the Masters programs in South Africa, Hong Kong, Malaysia and PNG. In addition to her teaching commitments Tracy immersed herself in research, publishing and presenting, primarily in the areas of phenomenology, rural nursing issues and decision making in the deteriorating patient. Additionally, she has been a peer reviewer on several international professional journals and a higher degree examiner. Tracy has a Bachelor of Nursing, Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Critical Care), Masters of Health Science (Nursing Education) and PhD by full publication. She has also previously been an Adjunct Research Fellow at Monash University, Tracy is driven to continue to strive for excellence in nursing care, motivated by the desire to have CGHS a place staff are proud to work and somewhere we choose to have our families and community cared for. DR DIVYANSHU DUA, DIRECTOR MEDICAL SERVICES (FRACP, FAGE) Dr Divyanshu ‘Divy’ Dua is Director of Medical Services at the Central Gippsland Health Service. Additionally, he is a visiting medical oncologist at the Latrobe Regional Health Service. He also holds the clinical dean position with the Monash Rural, Sale campus. A consultant medical oncologist and Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP). Dr Dua trained in Internal medicine and Medical oncology in Australia as part of FRACP before completing a clinical fellowship in drug development, early phase trials and thoracic malignancies at the Guy’s Hospital, London (UK), and the Sarah Cannon Research Institute (UK). Thoracic malignancies – including lung cancer, mesothelioma and thymoma – continue to be of special clinical interest to Dr Dua. He also has particular interest in the treatment of Genitourinary malignancies – especially prostate cancer, malignant melanoma, CNS tumors and breast cancer. Dr Dua has also involved in clinical research in the field of geriatric oncology “cancer in the older people” services as part of his role as medical oncologist. Dr Dua has published several articles in peer reviewed international journals. He is actively involved in teaching and research through his current affiliation with the Monash rural medical school. His past academic affiliations include the Australian National University, Canberra. University of Adelaide, Flinders University, Monash Rural school of Medicine in Australia and King’s College London. MS KELLI MITCHENER, DIRECTOR QUALITY & LEARNING SERVICES Kelli is a registered nurse with a passion for quality, risk and governance. She began her nursing career in Melbourne spending 13 years in Intensive Care at Austin Health. During that time Kelli also gained experience through project roles; in clinical governance, resuscitation, quality improvement, rapid response systems and service development. Kelli moved into a variety of roles related to trauma, simulation and exercise training, and process redesign including time at the Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner, the Department of Health and Human Services and NSW Health. Kelli is a specialist reservist in the Royal Australian Air Force and deployed to Afghanistan in active operations. Kelli has a Bachelor of Science (Nursing), a Diploma of Critical Care Nursing, a Master of Enterprise, and is a member of the Australian College of Nursing. MS PELE REEVE, DIRECTOR COMMUNITY & ALLIED HEALTH SERVICES Pele Reeve is a passionate and values-driven leader with over a decade of experience in aged care, health service delivery, and community wellbeing. Beginning her career as a physiotherapist, Pele has worked across a wide range of roles in the healthcare sector, progressing into senior leadership positions. As Director of Community and Allied Health at Central Gippsland Health, she is committed to creating a workplace culture where staff feel safe, valued, and empowered—leading to exceptional care outcomes for the community. With deep expertise in stakeholder engagement, healthcare regulation, service transformation, and team development, Pele brings a strategic yet people-centred approach to improving community health. MS MEGAN TYLER, DIRECTOR AGED CARE SERVICES Megan is passionate about providing the highest standard of care and quality of life to older people. She has worked across many areas of the health sector including the acute hospital setting, community care, specialist care and subacute care. Megan holds a Bachelor of Nursing from Monash University and prior to her role with Central Gippsland Health, was the General Manager at Lyrebird Village - Respect Aged Care in Drouin where she managed multiple teams and up to 118 aged care beds. MR ROBERT STRICKLAND, DIRECTOR CORPORATE SERVICES Robert has more than 20 experience in corporate services and senior executive roles in government, not for profit and private organisations across a broad range of industries including, primary health care, power generation, mining, construction, and port logistics industries. Robert is a Certified Practicing Accountant with CPA Australia and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors as well as holding a Bachelor of Business. Prior to his appointment at Central Gippsland Health, Robert held executive level roles with YFS Ltd, Western Health Alliance Limited (trading as Western NSW PHN), Marathon Health Ltd, Golding Contractors Ltd, Gladstone Ports Corporation, and Loy Yang Power.