Wattletree Health Group provides exceptional home nursing services in Burnside Heights (postcode 3023), a suburb in the City of Melton, about 22km west of Melbourne’s CBD. Our experienced, AHPRA-registered nurses support clients in Burnside Heights and neighbouring Deer Park, Cairnlea, Caroline Springs and Taylors Hill, whether the need is short-term after a hospital stay or ongoing, long-term clinical care.
Burnside Heights is one of Melbourne’s newer western growth suburbs, largely developed from the late 1990s through the 2000s as part of the Caroline Springs corridor. The suburb features wide streetscapes, modern housing and local parks, and sits adjacent to the Kororoit Creek Regional Park — a significant natural open space that provides green connectivity between the outer western suburbs. Despite its position on the Brimbank–Melton boundary, postcode 3023 links Burnside Heights closely with neighbouring Deer Park for local services including medical centres and retail.
About Wattletree Health Group
Receiving care at home here means staying close to family, familiar surroundings, and everyday routine. Wattletree Health Group‘s home nursing care is tailored to each client’s needs, helping reduce the need for hospital or GP visits while keeping care personal and consistent.
Local GP clinics near Burnside Heights
| Practice | Address | Distance | Billing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Central Medical Clinic | 28 Canterbury Street, DEER PARK VIC 3023 | 0.2km away | Bulk billing |
| IPC Health – Deer Park | 106 Station Road, DEER PARK VIC 3023 | 0.5km away | Bulk billing |
| One West Family Clinic | 1 Furlong Road, CAIRNLEA VIC 3023 | 1.2km away | Bulk billing |
| Western Family Medical Centre | 204 Station Road, CAIRNLEA VIC 3023 | 1.6km away | Bulk billing |
| Derrimut Medicals | Shop 14, 20 Mt Derrimut Road, DERRIMUT VIC 3026 | 1.6km away | Bulk billing |
| Deer Park Family Medicine | Unit 1, 20 Clairview Road, DEER PARK VIC 3023 | 1.7km away | Bulk billing |
| Burnside Medical Centre | Shop 19, 15-25 Westwood Drive, BURNSIDE VIC 3023 | 1.9km away | Bulk billing |
| Deer Park Medical Centre | Brimbank Shopping Centre, T096, 28-72 Neale Road, DEER PARK VIC 3023 | 1.9km away | Mixed billing |
| Cairnlea Family Medical Centre | G, 100 Furlong Road, CAIRNLEA VIC 3023 | 2km away | Bulk billing |
Nearest hospitals to Burnside Heights
| Hospital | Address | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Joan Kirner Women’s And Children’s Hospital | 176 Furlong Road, ST ALBANS VIC 3021 | 4.1km away |
| Western Private Hospital | 1-9 Marion Street, FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011 | 10.4km away |
| Footscray Day Surgery | 89 Paisley Street, FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011 | 11.4km away |
| Footscray Hospital – Western Health | 89-99 Ballarat Road, FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011 | 11.5km away |
| Wyndham Clinic Private Hospital | 242A Hoppers Lane, WERRIBEE VIC 3030 | 14.5km away |
| St. Vincent’s Private Hospital – Werribee | 240 Hoppers Lane, WERRIBEE VIC 3030 | 14.5km away |
| Werribee Mercy Hospital | 300 Princes Highway, WERRIBEE VIC 3030 | 14.6km away |
| Williamstown Hospital | 77B Railway Crescent, WILLIAMSTOWN VIC 3016 | 14.8km away |
We work with all Support At Home (SAH) providers and can invoice home care packages directly. We’re registered NDIS providers, and approved providers for TAC and WorkSafe.
Referrals are simple and welcome from self-referral, family and friends, GPs, hospitals, My Aged Care Home Care Package (HCP) and Support At Home (SAH) providers, NDIS Support Coordinators, allied health professionals, and other healthcare organisations. Getting started is easy — simply complete our referral form.
Our nurses provide flexible, compassionate, and clinically competent care for children and adults needing:
- Wound care (VAC dressings, drain tubes, staple/suture removal, acute & chronic wounds)
- Wellbeing checks and general health assessments
- Illness and injury support
- Palliative care and symptom management
- End of life care (EOLC)
- After hospital discharge care
- Night & day respite for carers of family members with high care needs (adults and children)
- My Aged Care Home Care Package (HCP) and Support At Home (SAH) clinical nurse visits
- NDIS clinical nurse visits (we are registered NDIS providers)
- TAC nursing at home (we are approved TAC providers)
- WorkSafe nursing at home (we are approved WorkSafe providers)
- Private nursing (wholly self funded nursing, independent of other provider/government funding)
- Medication administration and management (tablets, injections, syringe drivers, IV infusions)
- Post surgery care
- Pain management
- Stoma care
- Continence assessments and continence management
- Catheter care and management (including suprapubic catheters [SPC], indwelling catheters [IDC] and trial of voids [TOV])
- Diabetic care and diabetes management
- Nursing assessments
- Cognitive assessments
- Showering and personal hygiene support
- Clinical transport and chaperone to medical appointments and community access
- Pathology collection
- Respiratory care (including home ventilation, tracheostomy care)
- Health system navigation and My Aged Care referral assistance
- Service provider and carer/worker training
- Travel/holiday support (local/interstate/overseas)
- Alternative & complementary therapies support (faecal microbial transplant enemas, IV vitamin infusions etc)
- Workplace flu vaccination services
- Health & wellness coaching
Need something not on this list? Have a look at our full range of services, or get in touch — we’re happy to help.
For more on how we work, see our services, or contact us to find out more about home nursing care in Burnside Heights and the wider area, and discover the Wattletree Way.
Wattletree Health Group — exceptional home nursing services in Burnside Heights, postcode 3023.