Nursing - Outpatient Services
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Outpatient Services
If you are thinking of working in children's outpatients you must have the ability to:
- work under pressure
- meet deadlines
- work both independently and as a team member
- have a professional telephone manner
- basic computer skills
- be compassionate to parents and carers
- have a great love of children
We see about 3,500 children per month in the following clinics:
- Allergy
- Burns dressing
- Dermatology
- Feeding
- Immunology
- Neurosurgery
- Orthopaedic/fracture
- Adverse reaction
- Lung function
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- General paediatrics
- Skin test
- Cardiac
- Dietetics
- Gastroenterology
- Medical
- Oncology
- Plastic
- Opportunistic
- Immunisation
- Surgical
- Asthma
- Brain injury
- Cardiac pre-admission
- Ear, nose and throat
- Genetic
- Neurology
- Haematology
- Immunisation
- Respiratory
- Behaviour
- Hearing support service
We also have multidisciplinary clinics that provide all services for the child on the day of visit. These include:
- Cleft palate
- Gynaecology
- Muscle
- Scoliosis
- Sydney craniofacial
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Limb deficiency
- Renal
- Spina bifida
- Cerebral palsy
- Diabetes
- Pain
- Rheumatology
- Vascular birthmark
- Hand
Child and Family Health
Early Childhood
Within the eastern Sydney suburbs of Waverley, Woollahra, Randwick and Botany there are 10 early childhood centres. The centres are staffed by 22 registered nurses, all of whom hold either post graduate qualifications in a midwifery or child and family health, or both, and who work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
The nurses in the centres advise new parents on various aspects of parenting, feeding, sleep and settle, and weight gain. They also run parenting groups. Back-up support is provided by the parent support team, a skilled group of midwives who visit "at risk families" in their homes to offer advice and monitoring for six weeks after the birth of a child.
Nurses are also actively involved in implementing the Health Home Visiting Program through the state government's "Families First" initiative. This initiative is aimed at early intervention and support for families with children 0 to eight years of age and solving problems before they become entrenched.
School Health Team
School health nurses are registered nurses who hold post registration qualifications in child and family health or paediatrics. They visit schools within the eastern suburbs of Sydney conducting childhood development screening and surveillance.
School health nurses:
- test children for vision and hearing problems at the point of entry to school and refer any problems identified
- conduct a range of activities including groups for both children and parents which promote health
- conduct a four-week personal development program for 12 year olds before they enter high school, which includes anatomy and physiology, periods and body changes, sexuality and child birth
- run Triple P (positive parenting program) and TIPS (the tips and ideas for parenting skills program) groups to encourage better parenting
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