Services

Nurse Practitioners

Call The Doctor is  introducing a new way to access after hours care – Nurse Practitioners!

This addition to our highly trained team will help you by increasing the speed that we can help you. In response to the overwhelming need in the community for after hours home visits Call The Doctor is always active in recruiting new doctors and Nurse Practitioners to our service.  However, there are not enough doctors to meet the need so we also look at innovative ways to deliver care.

Call the Doctor will be trialing home visits by Nurse Practitioners ongoing clinical collaboration by senior GP’s as required.

Nurse Practitioners are NOT your average nurse!

Nurse Practitioners are:

A Nurse Practitioner (NP) is a registered nurse educated and authorised to function autonomously and collaboratively in an advanced and extended clinical role. The NP role includes the assessment and management of patients using advanced knowledge and skills and may include, but is not limited to, initiation of diagnostic investigations, prescribing of medications and direct referral of patients to other health care professionals.

Why chose a Nurse Practitioner?

Nurse practitioners work directly with you and provide comprehensive services including;

• Assessment and diagnosis of your health problems
• Referral for necessary x-rays and blood tests
• Minor procedures
• Prescriptions of medications
• Referrals to other health practitioners
• Education, counselling and support.

Nurse Practitioners will provide excellence in diagnosing and treating you in the after hours period.  In addition to their own high skill levels the Nurse Practitioners will have ongoing clinical collaboration and education by a senior GP.

So you can be completely reassured that you are receiving the same level of care you have come to expect from Call The Doctor’s visiting GP’s.

All of our Nurse Practitioners already work in positions in our community so you may well run into them in places like the Emergency Department at the Royal Hobart Hospital, in outreach clinics, or even in working alongside your local GP in their clinic.

In primary care, like your regular Doctor, Nurse Practitioners deal with;

We love our Nurse Practitioners and we think you will too!

Services available to nursing homes

We see patients

• At your age care facility
• Bulk billed

All nursing home patients can access our locum after hours home visiting medical service if their postcode falls within our coverage area. The service is entirely bulk billed and there are no out of pocket costs if you have a Medicare or Veterans Affairs card. If medical attention is required after hours and it’s not an emergency, patients may ring our call centre, on 1800 225 584 (1800 CALLTHEDR) and request a doctor to come and visit them.

Phone calls are prioritized by our experienced call centre staff and relayed to our doctors on the road. You may be provided with self care management advice prior to the doctor’s arrival or, if required, appropriately referred to emergency services. We can also provide starter medications and prescriptions free of charge. A detailed report of your consult will be forwarded to your General Practitioner for continuity of care.

Our qualified doctors provide the following services and many more;

• General health assessments, simple advice and reassurance
• All consults relating to cuts, stitches, bruises and sprains
• Filling of Medication Charts if required
• We provide prescriptions if deemed necessary and are urgent
• We provide starter medications if the chemists are closed or difficult to get to. Teams are equipped with well stocked doctors bags comprising commonly used medications, emergency resuscitation, dressings and stitch up kits.

Community Pharmacy Hours

For your benefit, we have collated a list of pharmacies that are open later than standard hours and may be able to assist you when filling a script.

• Extended hours for pharmacies in Hobart
• Extended hours for pharmacies in Adelaide

Is your pharmacy not on the list? Contact us to let us know about your extended hours.

How we are helping the community

Stay tuned for more information about how we are helping the community!

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