Stuart Park Surgery

Stuart Park is a suburb of Darwin located 3km from the business centre The surgery is located in a shopping centre off the main highway.

We are a modem General Practice, employing registered nursing staff; and using Medical Director for patient notes, prescribing, ordering tests, and downloading pathology and radiology results. We have Prac Soft for front desk management. We do our own autoclave sterilising and carry out spirometry, ECO, audiometry, electrocautery, liquid nitrogen treatments, and skin allergy testing. We are AGPAL accredited. Our receptionists organise a “focus of the month” for our waiting room notice board, and we have regular staff meetings.

Some of the procedures we perform include removal of skin cancers (including those from the face, nose, ears etc), insertion of IUCDs, insertion of Implanon, injection; into joints, application of plaster, skin allergy desensitising, etc.

Our patient mix is as varied as one could imagine, ranging from politicians and lawyers, to homeless people who live in the “long grass” and town camps. We see many travellers visiting Darwin by air or sea, from all over the world, including in recent years, United Nations Workers, as we are very close to Timor. We also offer travel advice, conduct routine employment medical examinations, and see patients involved in motor vehicle accidents and work related injuries.

The clinic times are 8.30 am to 5pm and from 6pm to 10pm on weekdays, and from 9am to 10pm weekends and public holidays. GP Registrars have the opportunity to see a wide range of medical conditions, including Aboriginal health, tropical diseases such as malaria and certain skin infections, and a high incidence of skin cancers. As the surgery is very popular with patients, an adequate patient load is assured for the registrar.

All specialist consultants and Allied Health workers in our area are entered on our Medical Director address book data base, making it easy for new doctors to fit in and refer new patients for further treatment, if required.

There are four main doctors associated with the practice, each a fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. They are Dr Barbara Allen, who has an interest in Bowen Therapy, Dr Georgia Blunt, who is currently also doing some work in Timor, Dr Tracy Johns, who has an interest in mental health, and Dr David Welch, with the practice 20 years, who has an interest in dermatology and teaching.

The practice has been teaching GP Registrars for over 15 years. Current GP's are Dr Georgia Blunt, Dr Tracy Johns and Dr David Welch. GP Registrars doing Basic and Advanced terms have tutorials provided by Dr's Allen, Blunt, and Welch, and also have access to local education sessions with NTGPE). The practice can provide the registrar with an education plan to suite their needs, and ensure that goals are met. GP registrars are paid according to the current GP registrar award, with a generous remuneration. The hours of employment are flexible, to suite the individual registrar, but will include a mix of some weekend and evening work