Ocean Grove Marketplace Clinic Details
Ocean Grove Marketplace Clinic Team – Doctors / GP’s
Dr Sukhdeep Baweja
General Practitioner
RACGP accredited GP Trainer and Supervisor, MD FRACGP
Sukhdeep is a friendly and energetic GP with a passion for preventative medicine, chronic disease management and children’s health. Sukhdeep particularly loves helping patients with multiple complex medical issues. His work with chronic medical conditions involves consideration of individual patient circumstances and coordinating a team approach to assessments and reviews to improve his patients long term health. With his warm and bubbly personality Sukhdeep is much loved by patients young and old. Sukhdeep combines his day to day practice with a clinical leadership role as an RACGP accredited GP Trainer and Supervisor. This means Sukhdeep participates in training, mentoring and overseeing GPs currently undergoing their specialist fellowship training.
Dr Nurjamal Shambetova
General practitioner
MBBS
Nurjamal is a caring and quality focused GP who works across both Epichealth Marketplace and Epichealth Wallington Rd. She has a special interest in women’s and children’s health and is passionate about the health and wellbeing of her patients. Nurjamal lives locally in Drysdale with her young daughter. Nurjamal’s favourite part about being a GP is building long term relationship with her patients so she can get to the core of their health concerns.
Dr Bethan Knapp
General Practitioner and Sports Doctor
MRCGP PGDipSEM MBBCh
Bethan is a caring female GP with a special interest in Sports Medicine and Preventative Medicine. Bethan takes a holistic approach to health and wellbeing and leads an active life in Ocean Grove with her 4 kids. She is part of the Ocean Grove Surf Life Saving club and loves triathlons, cycling, camping and exploring our beautiful Peninsula. As a Sports Doctor, Bethan has worked in the UK as a Sports Physician with several elite sports teams including Premier League soccer & International Athletics teams. She offers our patients expert sports injury advice and management including health assessments, joint and soft tissue injections, radiology and pathology investigations. As a GP, Bethan is known for her thorough approach to holistic patient care. With her warm and caring personality and love of our local area she relates well to patients of all ages.
Dr Muhammad Alam
General Practitioner
MBBS
Muhammad is a warm and highly experience GP who lives locally in Ocean Grove. Dr Muhammad enjoys all aspects of general practice, taking a holistic approach to care and preventative health. His special clinical interests include chronic disease management, aged care, weight loss and children’s health. Outside of work he enjoys spending good quality time his family and friends.
Dr Jonathan Corns
General Practitioner
MBChB BEng (Hons)
Jonathan is a friendly, caring and thorough GP with a passion for quality family medicine. Jonathan has a particular focus on children’s health, aged care and chronic disease management. His work with chronic medical conditions involves consideration of individual patient needs and circumstances and coordinating a team approach to assessments and reviews. Jonathan has worked with Epichealth for 2 years and lives locally in Ocean Grove. When he is not working, Jonathan is usually out surfing or exploring the beautiful wineries in our local area. Jonathan has a special interest in children’s health and aged care and often treats every member in a family!
Dr Wayne Lightfoot
General Practitioner
MBBS, FRACGP
Dr Wayne Lightfoot is a warm and caring GP who has recently relocated back to the Bellarine Peninsula. Dr Lightfoot has worked in the City of Greater Geelong as a well respected GP. Wayne enjoys all aspects of general practice, taking holistic approach to care and preventative health. His special clinical interests include chronic disease management, aged care, weight loss and children’s health. Outside of work he enjoys spending good quality time with his family.
Ocean Grove Marketplace Clinic Team – Osteopaths
Dr Andrew Tivendale
Osteopath
Andrew holds a Bachelor of Science and a Masters of Health Science (Osteopathy). Born and bred on the Surf Coast, Andrew has spent nearly a decade gallivanting around the world on all modes of transport – in vans, on bicycles and motorbikes, even on horseback! His journey has now brought him full circle to Osteopathy and life back on the Surf Coast.
Andrew is a passionate and enthusiastic Osteopath who enjoys treating patients of all ages. One of the many things he cherishes about Osteopathy is the holism of the practice and how it addresses all aspects of health. He loves the opportunity to talk to his patients about all aspects of their health to help them to achieve their current goals. Andrew has a strong background in sports injuries and rehabilitation, and loves the challenge of returning an athlete to peak performance.
Andrew’s patients love his friendly and down to earth style and structural osteopathic approach. He is a passionate advocate of health and movement and practices yoga regularly as well as loving surfing and all things two-wheels!
Ocean Grove Marketplace Clinic Team – Podiatrists
Kim Nankivell
Podiatrists
Kim Nankivell provide a professional and expert diagnosis of foot, leg and postural problems and offer comprehensive treatment plans, including our special interest area of Sports Podiatry.
Ocean Grove Marketplace Clinic Team – Practice Nurses
Tiffany, Fiona, Sarah & Erin
Practice Nurses
Tiffany, Fiona, Sarah & Erin are passionate about health promotion and lead many preventative health initiatives for at risk patient groups with the support of our GPs. Our nurses particularly love helping patients with the challenge of managing chronic disease as this is an area where the role of the nurse is crucial in achieving positive health outcomes. With their warm and caring approach, our practice nurses connect with patients of all ages and provide much needed to support patients undergoing immunisations and medical procedures.
Head Office Reception Team
Jessica, Kayla, Sarah, Sophie, Linda and Dareen
Ocean Grove Marketplace Clinic Team – Reception
Adele, Katrina, Dawn, Shelby & Seren
Receptionists
Our friendly reception team love the day to day interaction with patients and being able to help our patients find the doctor, site and appointment time that’s right for them.
Ocean Grove Marketplace Clinic Services
Epichealth Medical Clinic Ocean Grove Marketplace specialises in all aspects of General Practice. Our GPs provide the following family medical services:
Men’s health
Women’s health
Children’s health and childhood immunisations
Veteran’s health / DVA
Aged care
Preventative medicine and health assessments
Care plans and chronic disease management
Skin cancer checks and mole tracking
Allied Health Services
Osteopathy
Mental health care plans
Travel health and vaccinations
Emergency treatment
Medical procedures
Workplace injury management
Drug and alcohol testing
Employment health
Onsite pathology
Podiatry
Iron Infusions
Billing Policy
Epichealth Medical Clinic Ocean Grove is a private mixed billing medical clinic committed to providing the highest quality patient care.
Standard consultation fees
Our standard consultation fees are as follows:
| Private Patients | Private Fee | Medicare Rebate | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard In-clinic Consultation | $75.95 | $38.75 | $37.20 |
| Standard Telehealth Consultation | $58.75 | $38.75 | $20.00 |
| Standard Consultation After Hours | $87.75 | $50.55 | $37.20 |
| Long In-Clinic Consultation | $132.00 | $75.05 | $56.95 |
| Long Telehealth Consultation | $115.05 | $75.05 | $40.00 |
| Long Consultation After Hours | $143.55 | $86.60 | $56.95 |
Epichealth recognises the need to provide access to subsidised medical services for the following patients:
Patients who hold a valid Health Care Card, Pensioner Concession Card or Veterans Gold Card; AND
Children who are under 16 years of age.
We are pleased to confirm that there will be no gap on consultations for these patients.
Medical Procedures
Medical procedures are privately billed for all patients. Please inquire about the cost of your procedure at the time of booking.
Nurse Visits
All nurses visits attract a fee per visit to cover the cost of our nurses’ time and incidental medical consumables. This can be discussed with you at your visit.
Payment
All payments are required in full on the day of the consultation. Please present your Medicare Card and Health Care Card to reception on arrival. We accept cash, EFTPOS and credit card (Mastercard or Visa). We do not accept American Express, Diners Club cards or personal cheques.
On the Spot Medicare rebates
Our friendly Reception team will assist you to claim your Medicare rebate on the spot using your Medicare Card.