Our community nurses provide a range of services including wound care, continence management, management of venous access devices, palliative care nursing, and referral to other care providers including allied health and the Aged Care Assessment Team.
Specialist Nurses in the Chronic Disease Management (CDM) service work with adults who have one or more diagnosed chronic conditions, have recently been in hospital, or are at risk of going to hospital and need help to manage their condition and stay well at home.
Our Child and Family Health Nurses provide a range of services including:
- Developmental screening for children from birth to five years of age
- Home visits for new babies and follow ups
- Breastfeeding, maternal and infant nutrition support
- Immunisations (by appointment)
- Family health and welfare
- Parenting support
- Child health and development, including sleep and settling
Hours: 8.00am – 4.30pm Monday to Friday.
Our Child and Family Counselling Service works with children aged 0-12 years of age, and their families and carers, to improve children’s health, well-being, and day-to-day functioning.
The Child and Family Counselling Service (CFCS) caters for children with a range of problematic behaviours including school refusal, sleep difficulties, anxiety, problems associated with bullying and anti-social behaviours, and coping with loss.
Where appropriate, our counsellors work collaboratively with schools and pre-schools.
Our Women’s Health Clinic provides a wide range of services for women aged 14 and over. These include: Cervical Screening Test (which replaces the pap smear test), breast checks, pregnancy testing and counselling, postnatal checks, post termination checks, continence assessment and sexual health screening. Clients can also access IUD (intrauterine device) insertion and contraceptive implants through the Women’s Health Clinic.
We also provide information on any women’s health issues, eg menstruation, menopause, osteoporosis, contraception, relationships and lifestyle issues.
The Speech Pathology Department provides services to adults aged over 18 years and children aged 0-17 years who reside in the Clarence Valley.
We provide inpatient and outpatient services for swallowing and communication difficulties including language, speech, voice and fluency.
We accept referrals from individuals, families, carers, case workers, or health professionals, with the client’s consent.
Location: Yamba Community Health, 3 Roberts Close, Yamba, 2464
The School Health Nursing Service provides four year old Health Assessments and School Screening services to all schools in the Clarence Valley. This is a targeted service aimed at providing early assessment and referral for early intervention for at risk children and families.
We provide a range of adult physiotherapy services for people aged over 18 in the outpatient, community and hospital setting.
These include:
Our social team supports clients with a range of issues, including accessing or navigating community support services, managing health while experiencing homelessness, personal and family issues and coping after a traumatic event.
In some cases, this may also include psycho-social assessment and referral, counselling or advocacy.
We accept referrals from hospitals, GPs, specialists, allied health professionals, non-government organisations, family and carers, and self-referral.
Location: Yamba Community Health, 3 Roberts Close, Yamba