Medical & Dental Credentialing

Credentialing is the formal process of assessing a health care professional's qualifications, training, experience and clinical competence in relation to their role within Grampians Health Ballarat.
We require all medical practitioners who work on site, or provide advice to our clinics to be credentialed with us prior to commencement. This includes all of our Consultants, working for Grampians Health (Ballarat, Horsham, Stawell & Edenhope) or in a contract/locum.

Please find our Credentialing Requirements here.

General Practitioner Residential Aged Care Appointments

General practitioners wishing to attend Residential Aged Care will no longer be credentialed, and will be verified prior to entering Residential Aged Care facilities.  

Antenatal Shared Cared General Practitioners

Community based general practitioners may seek to participate in the Grampians Health Ballarat shared antenatal care programs for booked maternity patients assessed as low risk pregnancies. General practitioners will be credentialed by Medical Credentialing and Appointment committee to participate in the program.

Grampians Health Ballarat Credentialed General Practitioners

General practitioners wishing to practice as unsupervised independent practitioners in other areas of Grampians Health Ballarat (for example the Emergency Department/O&G) must satisfy the specialist credentialing requirements of the appropriate specialty. General practitioners practicing under supervision as junior medical staff do not require credentialing

Each clinical discipline has a defined scope of core clinical practice as defined in the Grampians Health  Defining the Credentialing and Scope of Clinical Practice for Senior Medical and Dental Staff policy. Senior medical staff may also apply for additional advanced scope of practice which requires specific credentialing as specified in the guidelines.

• Core scope of practice: the routine expectations of clinical service that are a normal part of training for a member of the relevant unit, and in keeping with the practitioner's qualifications and training are considered to be usual practice or agreed usual clinical privileges.
• Advanced scope of practice: specific clinical areas of expertise, usually requiring additional training or specialised expertise, such as procedures or treatments that may be performed by only a few members of the relevant unit, are considered to be advanced scope of practice or agreed special clinical privileges. This usually requires individual procedures or categories of treatments/procedures to be specified as included in the individual practitioner's advanced scope of practice.

For further information please contact the Credentialing Officer via email CredentialSOP@bhs.org.au or phone 03 5320 8946.