Paediatric Nurse Led Clinic

The Paediatric Nurse Led Clinic provides local support for community clients in accessing telehealth appointments with a Paediatrician. Paediatrician consults generally require a GP referral.

The Paediatric Nurse can assist with:

• gathering of relevant information to support referral
• liaison with GP and Paediatric services
• attending Paediatric telehealth appointment with client and family/carer
• support with follow-up Paedtiatrician and GP appointments, including support with service navigation and treatement education

Inclusion criteria:

A referral is required and this can be made either by:

• the SHDH Allied Health Paediatiric Lead
• a General Practitioner
• Paediatricians- who have local clients who require follow up via telehealth

Eligibility limited to:

• Children aged 2 months to 17 years residing in the Swan Hill district
• Parent or legal guardian must attend appointment with child
• reason for referral must be within scope of practice of the Paediatric Nurse

Reason for referral may include:

• Developmental concerns including delay, challenging behaviours, continence issues or learning difficulties
• Growth concerns including failure to thrive, feeding difficulties or obesity
• General health issues including asthma, ADHD, school or adolescent issues

Exclusion critera:

• Children who require complex health treatment that is deemed by their physician as unsuitable for management in an out patients community health setting or require physical examination/treatment that cannot be undertaken via telehealth
• Premature and young infants- up to 2 months of age
• Children with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes as these children can be referred to SHDH Diabetes Education Service
• Children with acute illness requiring immediate care
• Children requiring administration of medication by a health professional
• Self-referral to service is not available

Triage: The Paediatric Nurse will triage referrals according to priority

This project was made possible thanks to the support of the Good Friday Appeal in partnership with the Royal Children’s Hospital.