Provision for Multi-Disciplinary Team Grant – Healthy Hearts Program

⁠⁠⁠Project background

To reduce the risk of and improve the multidisciplinary team (MDT) management of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and CVD risk of participating patients by strengthening prevention, early detection, and management of key risk factors within primary care.

Successful small practices and/or Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) will be contracted to:

1. Provide a referral and care pathway for patients with CVD or who are recommended for a CVD Risk Assessment under the Australian CVD Risk Guidelines into the program

2. Provide workflows and practice support for Healthy Hearts clinics in the practice, the clinics will be staffed by the Healthy Hearts provider commissioned by COORDINARE (Silverchain Ltd)

3. Participate in the multidisciplinary care of patients in the program.

This opportunity is open to ACCHOs or independently owned and operated general practices that have three or fewer GP fulltime equivalents. Please refer to the RFP guidelines for full eligibility requirements.

Successful applicants will receive:

A one off setup grant of $15,000 (ex GST), and

Participation in the HHP, including a visiting HHP staff member one day per fortnight

Funding

The Healthy Heart Program is supported by funding from COORDINARE South Eastern NSW PHN through the Australian Governments PHN Program.

A total of up to $150,000 (ex GST) will be dispersed through this RFP. Successful applicants will receive $15,000 (ex GST). The payment for the HHP staff (RNs or AHPs) is managed in a separate commissioning process and does not form part of this RFP. Service activity under this initiative will run for a duration of 12 months, commencing from 01/07/2026and concluding in 30/06/2027. There are up to ten (10) individual grants available.

The one-off $15,000 grant (ex-GST) can be used to support the costs associated with setting up and operating systems, processes (including staff induction, training, case-conferencing time) and a suitable workspace for the HHP staff to enable them to undertake the requirements of the HHP.

Interested Providers can download the documents through Coordinare website at click here . Note* Applicants should check this webpage for any addendum to the RFP before submitting an application.

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Late or incomplete submissions will not be accepted.