Direct Clinical Care.
Clinical nursing care, done where you live. By nurses who do this every day.
So the feed, the dressing or the injection is not the thing that organises your week.
A lot of this used to mean a trip to a hospital or a GP clinic, sometimes weekly. For most people it no longer has to, and the care is usually better for happening in the place where it is actually being managed the other six days.
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Funding options for Clinical Care.
Nursing supports may be funded through an NDIS plan, depending on how that plan is set up.
Plan-managed, self-managed and agency-managed participants can all access our nurses, and we handle the service agreements.
Providers can also engage us directly, which is common where a participant’s clinical needs sit above what the support team is authorised to do.
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What the Nurse Does
01
Enteral Feeding and Medication Through a Tube
02
Medication Administration, Including Injections
03
Wound Care and Compression Therapy
04
Catheter Support
05
Diabetes Support
Who This Helps
Anyone with an ongoing clinical need that does not stop when the hospital discharges them. A tube, a wound, a catheter or insulin does not become simpler at home, it just becomes someone’s responsibility.
People coming out of hospital. This is where clinical care most often falls over, because the arrangement that worked on a ward does not survive contact with a real house, a real morning, and a support team who were not there when it was set up.
People who would rather not spend the week in waiting rooms. A dressing change is fifteen minutes. Getting to it and home again is often three hours.
Available in clinic or at home.
What the nurse does not do
Our nurses deliver the care and report what they find, they do not prescribe medication, and they do not change a treatment plan on their own.
All wound management plans, insulin doses, catheter regimens and feeding regimens are set or overseen by your treating team.
WHAT OUR NURSES CONTRIBUTE IS accurate delivery, an accurate record, and early warning when something is heading the wrong way.
This may also include stakeholder engagement with the treating team to find what works best for the person receiving care.
What the nurse does not do
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Get in Touch.
12 clinics across NSW & Tasmania
Email us
hello@opt.net.au
Speak to us
1800 678 647
Locations
Telehealth
Available everywhere for everyone.
In Your Home
Illawarra
Horsely
Dapto
Wollongong
Shellharbour
Albion Park
Kiama
SOUTH COAST
Nowra
Shoalhaven
SOUTH WEST SYDNEY
Moorebank
Liverpool
Warwick Farm
Casula
Chipping Norton
Wattle Grove
Where to Access Medication Reconciliation and Support
Common Questions About Direct Clinical Care
What is direct clinical care?
Can a nurse come to my home?
Can my support workers do this instead?
Do I need a referral?
Not always. Call 1800 678 647 and we will work out what is needed for your situation. Where a treating team is already involved, we will ask for the current plan so we are working from the same instructions they are.
Will the nurse talk to my GP or specialist?
How often would a nurse visit?
It depends entirely on the task. A weekly dressing change looks nothing like daily insulin. We will work it out with you and the treating team, and change it when the need changes, rather than locking in a schedule that stops making sense.
Can this be done by telehealth?
Renata Bell
OPTIMUM HEALTH SOLUTIONS
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