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RAHC has appointed Annie Watson as our new Placement Manager. Annie will be based in our Canberra office and is responsible for the management of the Placement Team as well as the recruitment of General Practitioners and Oral Health Practitioners.

The Remote Area Health Corps (RAHC) is pleased to announce the appointment of David Glasson as its new National Manager. David commenced this position on Monday, 17 February 2020.

The Board and Management of Remote Area Health Corps (RAHC) has noted a statement on page 7 in the report “Northern Territory Outreach Hearing Health Program: July 2012 to December 2017” by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

Remote Area Health Corps (RAHC) has launched four new eLearning modules to further assist, educate and strengthen the transition of urban-based health professionals into remote primary healthcare. The new modules will be hosted on a new and improved eLearning platform.

The Remote Area Health Corps (RAHC) proudly celebrated its 10^th anniversary at events held in Canberra, Darwin and Alice Springs in late October. Guests included politicians, stakeholders and health professionals who have undertaken placements in the Territory.

On a recent visit to the offices of RAHC parent company, Aspen Medical, to view the company’s mobile health solutions, the Hon Ken Wyatt AM MP, Minister for Aged Care and Minister for Indigenous Health, took the opportunity to announce additional funding for RAHC through to 30 June 2019.

We are pleased to announce the launch of a live-chat platform on the RAHC website that will provide support to health professionals (HPs) completing the application process online. The RAHC placement team will type responses to any questions in real-time as HPs submit their application.

We are delighted to announce that Ms Pat Anderson AO has been appointed to the Board of RAHC as Chairperson with effect from 28 February 2018.  In addition to Ms Anderson’s appointment, RAHC also welcomes Mrs Janine Mohamed to the Board.

The National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre has places available for the Remote Area Trauma Education (RATE) and Remote Pre-Hospital Trauma and Disaster Courses (RPHTDC) in 2018.

This video features highlights from the RAHC 5000th placement event at Parliament House, Canberra on 5 December 2017.

The next Pharmacotherapeutics online course by the Centre for Remote Health will commence on 15 January 2018. We encourage our registered nurses to consider enrolling in this nine-week online course, designed for nurses who work in or are planning to work in remote areas. 

Health Professionals are encouraged to use the Remote Primary Health Care (RPHCM) manuals to cover all aspects of clinical practice. 

RAHC has appointed Fiona Hildebrand as the new Clinical Coordinator for the Top End.  Fiona will be based out of our Darwin office.

We are pleased to announce two new appointments within the RAHC team.

Aaron Richardson, formerly RAHC’s Clinical Manager and Acting Northern Territory (NT) Manager, has permanently been appointed to the position of NT Manager. Tony Lane has recently been appointed as the Clinical Coordinator for Central Australia and Barkly.