Student Health Services

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Student Health Services

• Rhonda Chandler
• Registered Nurse, Joondalup campus

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Student Health Services

• The Edith Cowan University Student Health Service
  is located within the University Student Services
  Centre.
• The health service seeks to assist the University
  community, students and staff with their health
  care needs.
• The primary function of the service is to provide
  psychosocial and physical health support to
  students so that they may achieve an optimal
  academic performance in the shortest possible
  time.

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Health Services Available

• General Practitioner consultations/Specialist
  referral
• Sports medicine and treatment of sports injuries
• Diving medicals
• Pre-employment medicals
• Travel vaccinations and health advice
• Contraception advice
• Morning after pill available with counselling
• PAP smears
• Pregnancy testing
• STD screening
• Minor surgery (e.g. removal of skin lesions and
  suturing)
• ECG
• Blood tests (e.g. Cholesterol, AIDS, Hepatitis B)
  
• Asthma checks
• Immunisations (e.g. Hepatitis B, Tetanus
  boosters)
• Counselling lifestyles, drug and nutrition
• Nursing services
• Physiotherapy (Mt Lawley campus)

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Emergencies

• MEDICAL EMERGENCIES ON CAMPUS
• Life threatening medical emergencies call an
  ambulance on 000 first. Then call Security on
  3333 for assistance until the ambulance arrives.
• Non life threatening medical assistance call
  Security on 3333 for assistance.
• Security Officers are trained to a Senior First
  Aid level and will respond to calls 24 hours a
  day. They will be supported by staff from the ECU
  Student Health Services where available.
• Security Services do not have the resources to
  convey persons to hospital or home but will
  assist persons to make these arrangements.

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Contact Us

• Hours of Operation
• Monday to Friday 8.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. during the
  academic year.
• The service is closed on University holidays. On
  other public holidays only nursing and reception
  services are provided (i.e. medical consultations
  are not available on these days).

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Location on Campus and Contact Numbers

• Joondalup
• Building Number 6.105Tel [phone]Fax
  61 8 6304 5660
• Mount Lawley
• Building Number 8.109Tel [phone]Fax
  61 8 9370 6445

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After Hours

• For after hours medical attention telephone the
  Australian Locum Medical Service
• Telephone [phone]
• After hours GP Clinics
• Joondalup Health Campus Tel [phone]
• St John of God Health Care Subiaco Tel 9382
  9606
• Mercy Medical Centre Mt Lawley Tel [phone]

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Making an Appointment

• Every effort will be made to accommodate your
  preferred time. Medical and physiotherapy
  consultations are by appointment. No appointment
  is usually required for nursing consultations.
• If an appointment greater than 15 minutes
  duration is required, please indicate this
  preference at the time of booking. This action
  will assist in preventing time delay for other
  patients.

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Payment

• PAYMENT
• The Student Health Service GPs will in most
  cases, direct bill Medicare for Australian
  resident students. It is recommended that
  Students sharing family Medicare cards apply for
  their own card from Medicare.
• It is also recommended that Australian resident
  students determine from Centrelink
• their eligibility for a Health Care Card.
• OSHC Worldcare
• International students are requested to present
  their OSHC Worldcare or OSHC Medibank Private
  health insurance details and ECU student ID to
  reception prior to their medical consultation.
• Payment
• GP consultations provided by the Student Health
  Services to International Students with OSHC
  Worldcare and OSHC Medibank health insurance
  coverage are generally electronically (direct)
  billed to the health funds.
• This means that in most circumstances students
  will not incur any out of pocket expenses
  associated with their medical consultation.