NDIS Community Nursing in Newcastle

Nursing care at home

Our AHPRA-registered nurses deliver clinical care where the person lives, including:

• Wound care
• Catheter, continence and stoma care
• PEG and enteral feeding
• Tracheostomy and ventilator support
• Diabetes management
• Epilepsy and seizure support
• Subcutaneous medication

Nurses who train and oversee the support team

Much of a community nurse's value is in the work you don't see: writing the care plan that tells the support team exactly what to do, training support workers in a specific task for a specific person, and checking it is still right as health needs change. Because our nurses and support workers are one team, that oversight is built in rather than bought in from another provider. Read more in our guide to NDIS community nursing.

Your support team receives clinical guidance and training from both our registered nurses and our psychologists, so your physical and mental health benefit from great support that is backed by evidence.

Coming home from John Hunter Hospital or Rankin Park

We support hospital discharges across Newcastle, including from John Hunter Hospital and Rankin Park. One of our Registered Nursing Leads joins the discharge planning meetings, and our nurses then lead the transition home, so the clinical detail is heard first-hand rather than read from a summary. See hospital discharge and transition and our guide to coming home from hospital with an NDIS plan.

High intensity supports

Care Alliance is approved to deliver High Intensity Daily Personal Activities, and every high intensity support is delivered under registered nurse guidance and oversight. Support workers delivering tasks such as PEG feeding or complex bowel care are trained by our nurses for that specific support, with a nurse maintaining oversight. See high intensity supports.

From the first meeting, and around the clock

If someone has complex care needs, one of our registered nurses comes to the free meet and greet, so the clinical planning starts at the first conversation. Registered nurse support is part of our 24/7 on-call team, so support workers and families can reach clinical guidance at any hour. The on-call team is not an emergency service: in an emergency, call 000.

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