Major Current Project
Name of Project
| Project: | E20 - Currently know as Bathurst Community Engagement and Wellness Precinct |
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| School/Division: | |
| Location: | Bathurst |
| Timeline: | December 2013 |
| Project cost: | $13.6M |
| Building area: | 2,400m2 |
| Project Status: | Current |
| Project contact: | Maree Neary |
Project Brief
The clinical components of the project include:
- 9 allied health clinics to be used by University students treating patients in the fields of physiotherapy, podiatry, rehabilitation, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Sports Science and human movement
- 2 group rooms for University students treating patients in the fields of Psychology, Speech Pathology, Nutrition and Dietetics
- Women's Wellness Clinic for University Nursing and Midwifery students specializing in Women’s Health issues to treat patients
- 4 allied health clinics for the use of a private physiotherapy provider
- Specialist rooms including testing clinic, Biomechanics clinic, client kitchen and gym to be used by students and professional clinicians treating patients in the facility
- 8 GP clinics for doctors to treat patients.
These clinics will be served by a range of clinical support spaces including, sterilisation, clean utility, dirty utility, consumerable stores and the like.
The proposed facility includes a multi-purpose room for community health education, to allow the facility to run programs for patients to develop an integrated wellness approach to their health.
A Simulation Suite is also proposed, this space provides simulation training for students in clinical operations and procedures outside the patient clinics. This facility is required to supplement aging facilities currently located on the campus to provide the required training to supplement clinical placement.
It is also proposed to include 2 small retail tenancies as part of the development primarily to serve the patients of the new health facility and adjacent dental clinic. It is intended one of the retail facilities will be a wellness café.
Consultants
Brewster Hjorth Architects
CSU Project Officer: Maree Neary
Contractor
Joss Construction
Funding
$7.1M Health Workforce Australia (HWA).
HWA is an initiative of the Australian Government. A Commonwealth statutory authority delivering a national, coordinated approach to health workforce reform.
$6.0M Health and Hospitals Fund (HHF).
HHF is an initiative of the Australian Government under the Department of Health and Aging. HHF is part of the Australian Governments broader nation-building infrastructure program.
$1.0M Charles Sturt University Contribution
CSU Infrastructure Plan - Capital Development Plan.
Documents
Building floor plan (DA02)
Nexus to University Strategy 2011-2015
The outcomes of the project will support the following objectives of the Draft University Strategy 2013 – 2015:
Support Regional Communities through delivering;
- Integrated health care across a broad range of disciplines. Ensuring these services are convenient and accessible for the community and are supported by specific mechanisms to promote and embed team based interprofessional care;
- Expansions in the range of primary health care services available through cooperation in resourcing;
- Improve patient outcomes through an enhanced focus on prevention and early intervention;
- Effectively manage patients with chronic disease and complex care needs in an inter professional environment;
- Improve elective surgery capacity in rural and regional areas;
Support Our Students and Ourselves by;
- Expanding clinical education and training opportunities in an interprofessional practice context;
- Developing models through research of interprofessional practice and care adaptable to the needs of rural and remote communities, and disseminate knowledge and expertise to the professional health community.