AMSANT administration manual for Aboriginal primary health care services in the Northern Territory (2011)

Description

The manual is designed for use by all Aboriginal primary health care (PHC) services in the Northern Territory regardless of their constitutional status.

The manual includes:

• draft policies and procedures for adaptation by health services
• a checklist of policies that can be used by services to prioritise their policy and procedure development process
• a suggested process for the continuing development and maintenance of policies and procedures
• an overview of legal issues and requirements
• links to relevant internet sites
• a list of useful resources and organisations.

The topics covered by the manual include:

• health boards
• legal matters
• finances (bookkeeping, wages, taxes, insurance, etc)
• funding
• staff (recruitment, employment, training, etc)
• health and safety
• information technology (IT)
• accreditation
• policy and procedures (draft templates and pro formas).

Although the manual is intended for health services in the Northern Territory, the policy and procedure templates and proformas could be very useful to health services in other parts of Australia.

Abstract adapted from Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT)

Links

• View resource: AMSANT administration manual for Aboriginal primary health care services in the Northern Territory
• View website: Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory

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