Our Men’s Health Nurse provides generalist nursing services to men of all ages. We also provide a comprehensive clinical nursing service to men living with prostate cancer, who require:
* Community urinary catheter care and education
* Continence assessment and education
* Men’s Health Assessment, coordination and referrals
* Health promotion and education
* Optimising male engagement with health services and health promotion programs
Hours: Home visiting service
Hospital in the Home enables eligible patients to access hospital services, such as nursing and medical care, in the comfort of their own home.
Our Hospital in the Home team works with patients, families and carers to providing ongoing medical treatment including intravenous antibiotics, pre-surgery treatments, Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), blood disorders, wound dressings, sub-acute surgical care for wounds, stomas and drains, physiotherapy services including respiratory and much more.
Our Exercise Physiologist works as part of the Cardiac, Heart Failure and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services in a multidisciplinary team.
The Exercise Physiologist develops exercise programs which supports patients to manage their chronic conditions and improve their overall quality of life.
Hours: 8.00am – 4.30pm daily, at various sites in the Tweed-Byron region. Please contact your nearest site for specific days.
Our trained dietitians help people understand the relationship between food and health. Dietitians can help you make dietary choices to support your health, and to prevent and treat illness and disease.
Dieticians can assist with a range of conditions including diabetes, being overweight, coeliac disease, irritable bowel syndrome, raised cholesterol, malnutrition, childhood feeding issues, and tube feeding.
Service includes:
* Nutrition assessment
* Information and education for individuals and groups.
Our Diabetes Educator provides diabetes education and support for people with diabetes and their families, either in one to one or group settings. They also work closely with the Diabetes Dietician.
We also provide education to health care professionals and support promotional activities that encourage people with diabetes to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
To access our service, you must be diagnosed with Type 1, Type 2, or Gestational Diabetes, Pre-diabetes, or require diet or insulin management. No referral is required.
Generalist Community Nursing is a free confidential service providing a range of services including post-acute hospital nursing, wound care, continence advice and management, management of venous access devices, Hospital in the Home (HITH), Palliative Care Nursing, nursing assessments, and client referral to other care providers including allied health and the Aged Care Assessment Team.
Wound Clinic
Byron Central Hospital Ambulatory Care Unit provides a broad range of Child and Family clinics and services. See below information on individual services.
Child and Family Health Clinic
Our qualified Child and Family Nurses support families caring for children from birth to five years of age. Our nurses provide regular developmental screening, either in our clinic at Byron Central Hospital or via home visits, as well as information and support on breastfeeding, maternal and infant nutrition, introducing solids, growth and development,
The Cardiac Rehabilitation program involves a team of health professionals working to help you manage your heart condition. We provide individual cardiac assessment and education focused on reducing cardiac disease risk factors, monitoring and managing your condition and improving your health.
Our program is managed by the Cardiac Liaison Nurse in conjunction with our Physiotherapy Department and Exercise Physiologist.
The program is suitable for most people living with or at risk of heart disease and those recovering from medical or surgical intervention.
The Service provides Consultancy services to Lismore, Tweed and Murwillumbah Hospitals and Community patients. Education and consultancy services are also offered and attended at Residential Aged Care facilities. Multidisciplinary Team meetings/case reviews are conducted weekly and include Queensland Community Nursing Services to ensure continuity of care. Community Registered Nurses and multi-disciplinary team to monitor pain symptoms and offer support in collaboration with patient’s General Practitioner and treating specialists.