Magali De Castro RN (Founder)
Ph: 0432 537 973
Postal address: Suite 3037, 404 High St, Windsor VIC 3181
Magali has been working and teaching in general practice for the past 2 decades. As a Registered Nurse she’s worked and trained nurses and practice teams in clinical settings varying from solo GP surgeries to super clinics and community health centres.
As the Managing Director and founder of GPS Nursing she has been providing training, support and quality improvement services to GPs and practice nurses since 2009.
She has been a presenter and guest speaker for organisations such as the Australian Primary Care Nurses Association (APNA), the Department of Health (Vic), Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) and the Cancer Council among others.
She has extensive experience in working with the former General Practice Networks/Divisions, which then became Medicare Locals and are now known as Primary Health Networks or PHNs. She was the Chronic Disease Service Integration and Practice Support Coordinator for Bayside Medicare Local and has been the clinical director at HotDoc, an innovative Australian Health Startup that makes it easier and more effective for practices to communicate with patients through its widely trusted online appointment system and patient engagement platform.
Magali is very passionate about teaching and her favourite area is the coordination of health promotion clinics as well as helping practices make best use of Medicare or MBS item numbers for chronic disease management.