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Wednesday 9am - 5:30pm Thursday 8am - 5:30pm Friday 8am - 5:30pm

Raymond Terrace Family Practice, 4 Jacaranda Avenue, Raymond Terrace, Raymond Terrace (2026)

26/03/2026

Have you had your 715 Health Check? 🩺

Indigenous Health Assessments are available every 9 months for First Nations People of all ages.

At RTFP, patients with a current 715 receive bulk billed routine Doctors appointments.

Why you should have this check:
⭐️ It helps catch small problems, before they can become bigger ones
⭐️ Offers an opportunity to talk about your health goals and concerns
⭐️ Helps to identify risk factors (high blood pressure, sugar levels etc)
⭐️ It supports the practice in continuing to provide bulk-billed visits for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients

Continuity of care with your regular GP practice is highly recommended by our doctors and Medicare. We are excited to continue looking after your health care needs, as your usual provider.

Call us on 02 4983 0900 to discuss booking today!

09/03/2026

Meet the Team!

Alina grew up in southern Tasmania, moving to Sydney aged 18 to study for her Bachelor of Nursing at Avondale university, which she graduated from in 2002.

Alina chose nursing for many reasons, including the opportunity to travel, and to get her foot in the door of the medical field. Due to her love of learning and a desire to provide the best care possible, Alina chose to study further and since her graduation she has gone on to become a Registered Nutritionist and has studied to complete her:
⭐️ Graduate diploma in health promotion
⭐️ Graduate certificate in Primary Health Care

Having lived in the Raymond Terrace area for the past 20 years, Alina loves the small-town atmosphere and the surrounding natural beauty and farmlands here. She enjoys working with the RTFP team as the staff all show a genuine care for patients, and each other.

Outside of medicine you will find Alina:
⭐️ Cooking for friends
⭐️ Snowboarding
⭐️ Camping
⭐️ Enjoying music

09/03/2026

Meet the Team!

Sarah spent her early years in South Africa, where her Dad ran a mission hospital. This sparked her interest in medicine and she could see what a difference healthcare could make.

Sarah originally began her studies in nursing, before she made the switch to study a Bachelor of Medicine, which she graduated from in 1998.

Sarah’s passions in medicine are vast; she enjoys the large scope of general practice. In particular, she has always had passion for Africa and refugee health, along with an interest in kids and travel medicine.

Starting at RTFP in 2002 as a registrar Sarah has been a dedicated member of the team here for 24 years, she then became a practice partner in 2017. She enjoys her time at RTFP as she loves the team environment and the patient support that our team provides. She enjoys teaching registrars as she is passionate about training new GPs.

⭐️ Outside of medicine you will find Sarah spending time with her family outdoors and often in the water. She is incredibly fond of the farm life she shares with her husband ⭐️

19/12/2025

Meet the Team!

EJ is our assistant practice manager and the superstar behind most of our social media posts.

She joined the RTFP team as the very first of many new employee’s during the Covid-19 pandemic and was an immense help in our GP Respiratory Clinic. We saw great potential in EJ and asked her stay..luckily, she accepted!

EJ’s strengths in her role here are her work ethic and accountability.
Outside of work, EJ is studying to be a secondary school agriculture teacher, a passion grown from her families many generations on the land.

The things EJ enjoys most about working with us at RTFP are:
⭐️ The people! Our awesome team of staff & lovely patients
⭐️ Her impact to make a difference

When she isn’t at work, you wil find EJ:
⭐️ At the beach
⭐️ Back home on Mum & Dad’s farm
⭐️ Socialising
⭐️ Providing Entertainment with her famous pink harmonica

EJ is a much-loved member of our admin team and we really enjoy her keeping us all on our toes!

19/12/2025

Merry Christmas from Raymond Terrace Family Practice!

The staff at RTFP would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a safe and healthy New Years! Please see our holiday trading hours below 🎄🧑‍🎄

Wed 24/12 - 8am-3:45pm
Thurs 25/12-Sun 28/12 - CLOSED
Mon 29/12-Tues 30/12 - 8am-5:30pm
Wed 31/12 - 8am-3:45pm
Thurs 1/1 - CLOSED
Fri 2/1 - 8am-5:30pm
Sat 3/1 - 8:30am-11am

In the case of an emergency, present to your nearest ED or call 000.
For care and advice, please call GP Access After-Hours on 4926 0500

16/12/2025

Meet the Team!

Rach is our practice manager or ‘Mumager’ as she is lovingly referred to by the admin team.
Having grown up in Gloucester, she moved to the area after school and is now raising her family here.

Rach has been in the medical admin field for 25 years, and she first started with RTFP 10 years ago. She has been our practice manager for the last 8.

Rach is passionate about her work here and enjoys it for many reasons, these include:
⭐️ Interest in quality improvement
⭐️ How the team cares for all staff and patients alike
⭐️ Team culture here at RTFP

Outside of work, you will find Rach:
⭐️ Outdoors
⭐️ Running/walking with her puppy dogs
⭐️ Enjoying music
⭐️ Spending time with her family
⭐️ Travelling back up the valley to Gloucester

Rach is a huge asset to our team at Raymond Terrace Family Practice, she is always making us laugh, she shows us that every problem is solvable and she loves to network with the team. We are very grateful to have her here.

15/12/2025

Meet the Team!

Dr Chris Boyle is likened to a super star here at Raymond Terrace Family Practice. With a long history of assisting and caring for our community, we have a summary of his devotion to share with you all.

Chris was born in Melbourne before his family moved to Sydney where he attended school. Once he finished high school, he went on to study at the University of NSW. He graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery (Honours) and was awarded the Foundation Year Graduates’ medal.

Chris went to the Royal Newcastle Hospital for his Intern and Residency years. He did 6 months Obstetrics at the Mater Hospital, Waratah before doing a GP training term at Narromine, NSW. From there he did 6 months Obstetrics in Sheffield, UK.

In January 1984 Chris started at Raymond Terrace Family Practice, the same year the Australian Government introduced the Medicare program. He became a partner in the July of 1984. We celebrated his 40 years at the practice last July.

Chris has 3 adored grandkids although he has said the joy of grandkids is shared with the ability to hand them back at the end of the day!

Chris has taught many GPs in training (GP Registrars) over the years. This includes all of the doctors currently at RTFP and many more besides. He has also been a RACGP examiner and remains an active clinical teaching visitor, visiting registrars in other practices and giving them feedback. He was involved in setting up GP After Hours at Maitland and has been on the roster since.

Chris has seen and helped many patients here at Raymond Terrace Family Practice. He has cared for multiple generations of local families and is warmly regarded by all.
Chris enjoys working in Raymond Terrace as he values the community and likes the variety of medicine seen here.

He now works 3 days a week and has a particular interest in:
⭐️ Palliative Care
⭐️ Skin
⭐️ General Adult Medicine — includes diabetes, heart disease and chronic disease management.
⭐️ Preventative medicine

Outside of medicine Chris enjoys:
⭐️ Cooking
⭐️ Gardening
⭐️ Travelling
⭐️ Spending time with his family
⭐️ Reading crime fiction

15/12/2025

Meet the Team!

Charlotte started at RTFP as a term 1 registrar GP in August 2024. She is now a term 3 registrar and we are so excited that she will be continuing on with us for the foreseeable future.

Charlotte graduated in 2014 from the University of Tasmania with a Degree of Medicine, before moving coastal to Newcastle. Prior to a position in General Practice, she worked as a psychiatry registrar.

Charlotte enjoys her work here at RTFP as she likes the:
⭐️ Medicine variety
⭐️ Community of Raymond Terrace
⭐️ Staff she works with

Outside of medicine, you will find Charlotte:
⭐️ Spending time with her young family
⭐️ Playing with her dogs
⭐️ Going to the beach
⭐️ Doing yoga

12/12/2025

Meet the Team!

Paul knew he wanted to be a GP from the age of 7, following in his dads footsteps. He grew up in Richmond Sydney before moving to Newcastle to complete his tertiary education. Paul graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine in 2020, he then moved to Wagga Wagga where he worked as a junior GP for 3 years.

Moving back to the area, Paul started with Raymond Terrace Family Practice in August last year. He enjoys working here for multiple reasons, including the:
⭐️ Positive atmosphere
⭐️ Supportive workplace
⭐️ His patients

Outside of medicine, Paul has many interests and hobbies keeping him busy, including:
⭐️ Building metal star wars models (feel free to quiz him next time you’re in his room!)
⭐️ Piano, which he has played for over 10 years!
⭐️ Paul holds a black belt in martial arts
⭐️ Keeping him busiest of all is his 3 year old, who he is constantly running around after

The staff at RTFP are incredibly fond of Paul, he keeps us laughing with endless dad jokes and is always checking in with the staff. We are very thankful for his kind nature.

12/12/2025

Meet the Team!

Erin has worked in the health sector for the past 16 years and has been with RTFP for the last 8. She chose to work in this field as she enjoys caring for people and her empathy can be seen in her off hours as she is a registered wildlife carer in her personal time. When she is not assisting patients, she’s at home tending to injured birds. Her consideration and concern for people is shown in her work here and she takes the role as our office ‘Mother Hen’. We are glad to have such kind hearted people in our workplace.

When Erin is not at work, she is often found:
⭐️ Caring for animals
⭐️ Focusing on family life
⭐️ Running her teenage children around

11/12/2025

Meet the Team!

Miriam began her career in nursing at the Stockton Centre where she completed her Enrolled Nursing course. This opportunity came after she had returned from an overseas trip with her sister Fiona.

Miriam started at RTFP in the February of 2014. She enjoys her work here for multiple reasons, including the community of Raymond Terrace, the ability to build rapport with patients and she is passionate about caring for people.

Outside of work, Miriam is a proud new grandmother, she is passionate about:
⭐️ Gardening
⭐️ Family timeiing

11/12/2025

Meet the Team!

Gabriella is a registrar GP at Raymond Terrace Family Practice, she has been with us since February and has been very loved by our patients thus far.

Gab grew up in Nambucca Heads before moving South to Wollongong for study and then Sydney for work. She originally graduated with a Bachelor of Science Honours in 2017, which she utilised as she aided cancer research. Wanting to become more hands on, she studied and graduated in a Doctor of Medicine in 2022.

Wanting to move closer to home and to live in a coastal environment, Gab moved to Newcastle and began her work here at RTFP as a term 1 registrar. Gab chose to pursue a career in medicine, particularly general practice as she likes to build a relationship with her patients, likes to help people and enjoys the continuity of care. She enjoys working here at RTFP as she likes the environment, her colleagues and believes the practice goes above and beyond for their patients and that is a team she wants to be apart of.

Gab’s interests include:
⭐️ Lifestyle medicine
⭐️ Preventative medicine
⭐️ Women’s and family health

Gab’s hobbies include:
⭐️ Pilates
⭐️ Reading
⭐️ Surfing
⭐️ Snowboarding

Gabby will finish up with RTFP in Feb 2026 when she moves on to another practice to continue her training. She will be dearly missed by both our staff and our patients and we wish her all the best as she moves through her career. We will be lucky to have the opportunity to work with her again.

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