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Junction Street Family Practice and Cambewarra Mountain Health have been providing medical services to the Nowra region for over 40 years. From its beginnings as a solo general practice in the 1970s it has grown to offer a wide range of medical care.
New Patients at Junction Street
We have a number of doctors who are accepting new patients, our receptionists can help you with booking an appointment. There will usually be a wait of several days for an appointment if you are a new patient, although we will do our best to accommodate you if you need an appointment for an urgent matter.
(02) 4423 5644New Patients at Cambewarra
Dr Nikolien Poole is the only doctor currently accepting new patients, our receptionists can help you with booking an appointment. There will usually be a wait of several days for an appointment if you are a new patient, although we will do our best to accommodate you if you need an appointment for an urgent matter.
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COVID 19
We have a full update on our Covid19 procedures, vaccines and how/when to enquire. Please see the full notice button below for detailed information...
Our Services
Want to find out more?
We have several brochures and posters available in the waiting room and at the front desk which will provide all the details you could ask for about our services. Also, you are always welcome to call our office and ask for information!
Our Facilities
9 Consulting Rooms in our main building
4 Consulting Rooms in our adjoining building
4 Consulting Rooms at our Cambewarra Mountain Health Clinic
Nurses Consulting Rooms
Treatment room
Dermegine Skin Check Software
Cryotherapy
ECG Machine
Holter Monitor
24 Hour Blood Pressure Monitor
ABI Machine
Spirometer
Minor Surgical Equipment
Electronic results and correspondence for patient ease
Our core values.
Why Are We Here?
We want to improve people's lives.
How Do We Do It?
We focus on what matters most for each person.
What Do We Do?
We provide the best possible whole patient care, in a happy dynamic practice.
We Pursue Excellence
A good doctor should always repeatedly examine recent research in order to determine the best way forward.
At our practice however we go beyond just looking at the results of research, we are actively involved in new research projects which will bring new and exciting evidence supporting the best possible delivery of health care to you.
At Junction Street Medical Practice and Cambewarra Mountain Health you can feel confident that your general practice is on the cutting edge of new and exciting research aimed at bettering the health of all people.
We offer flexibility
Whilst we encourage patients to have a regular doctor who can provide comprehensive care with attention to planning for future health needs, we recognise that health needs are unpredictable and medical attention is often needed at short notice. All our doctors will work together to provide for your health needs if you do need to consult with someone other than your usual GP.
Further, At Junction Street Family Practice we recognise and understand that sometimes the service you need does not always require a consultation and some doctors will be able to provide repeat prescriptions or referrals for their regular patients when appropriate. We also have the facility for you to book your appointment online at any time of the day.
Please note These online services are exclusively for use of the regular patients of this practice.
We Foster Education
Regular patients in our practice may have found they are asked to either see a medical student or have a medical student sitting in on their consultation. This is because we are committed to the training of our future medical workforce.
We bring students into our practice with a view to them joining the practice at completion of the training. This gives back to the medical community, invests in the future of our town, business, and wider community, and provides opportunity to young talent.
It also ensures we always have fresh minds bringing new ideas and methodologies into our practice. If you are comfortable with it, please assist us by agreeing to see a student as part of your medical team.
We strive for improvement
Ongoing education is a priority at Junction Street Family Practice and we are actively learning and teaching all the time. This means that you are always getting the most up to date, quality general practice medical care.
In this spirit we offer a level of care that is both greater than most clinics and is over a wider range of specialties. For example, our practice offers care across the whole range of ages with special interests in ante natal care, child and baby health, occupational and sports medicine, chronic and complex care and aged care medicine. We run a skin clinic utilising computerised dermatoscopic imaging with skin mapping and photo-documentation of skin lesions. We are able to perform minor surgical techniques on site. We can perform many specialised services here in the surgery such as cardiac monitoring, lung function tests, arterial pressure tests, and monitoring of glucose and warfarin therapy using finger prick blood tests.
CONSULTATIONS
TELEHEALTH
Due to the risks of transmission of the Covid 19 virus we are conducting as many consultations as we are able via either telephone or video consultation.
Update: We are glad to still be offering telephone and video consultations for the convenience and safety of our patients. These appointments are not routinely bulk billed. If there is a charge the doctor will transfer you back to a receptionist, or a receptionist will call you later to take payment over the phone.
FACE TO FACE
If you have an issue that feel requires a face to face consultation please discuss this with one of our receptionists. You will be screened for respiratory symptoms and it may be more appropriate for you to have a telehealth consultation before proceeding to face to face.
When attending the surgery, we would encourage you to wear a mask. Please attend either on your own, or in the case of children or dependents, ensure only one parent or carer is in attendance, so we can reduce the number of people coming through the practice and enable social distancing.
Thank you for your co-operation at this unusual time, our staff will be able to answer any questions you have relating to our policies and protocols to protect you.
VACCINES
COVID - UPDATED INFO
Junction Street Practice has been selected as a COVID vaccine centre. This means vaccination will be available for all eligible patients who attend either our Junction Street or Cambewarra Mountain Health practice. We will also be able to vaccinate patients from other practices if their surgery is not providing this service.
The government have advised we will begin receiving our allocation of Astra Zeneca vaccines at the end of March. We will only receive 100 vaccines/week so it will take some time to get through all those who are eligible in the 1(b) category. Please go online and complete the following eligibility checker to see which category you fit into: https://covid-vaccine.healthdirect.gov.au/eligibility. If you are not eligible under the 1(b) category please don't phone for an appointment, we will advise via the website when vaccines are available for the next category.
Please be understanding of the fact we have limited supplies and the need for patience to access your vaccination. It is important to note you will need to attend around 2 months after your first vaccine for a second dose, this appointment will be booked when you attend for your first vaccination. It is also really important to understand you must have a gap of at least 2 weeks between your flu and Covid vaccination, so this will need to be booked separately.
There will be consent forms which will need completing before you can attend a clinic, this is a government requirement.
Please keep an eye on this website for the most up to date information. Our receptionists are very busy on the phone and have no more information so will direct you to our website until we know more.