Wattletree Health Group provides AHPRA-registered nurse home visits across Darebin, including Preston, Northcote, Thornbury, Reservoir, Bundoora and Coburg. Our experienced registered nurses visit clients in all suburbs across the Darebin council area, including:
- Alphington
- Bell
- Bundoora
- Coburg
- Coburg North
- Croxton
- Croxton East
- Darebin Park
- Dennis
- Fairfield
- Gilbank
- Gilberton
- Kingsbury
- La Trobe University
- Macleod
- Merri
- Mount Cooper
- Northcote
- Northcote South
- Northland
- Pender
- Preston
- Preston Lake
- Preston West
- Regent
- Regent West
- Reservoir
- Reservoir East
- Reservoir North
- Reservoir South
- Rucker’s Hill
- Ruthven
- South Preston
- Summerhill
- Sylvester
- Thornbury
- Thornbury
- Thornbury North
- Westgarth
Home Nursing Care in Darebin
Darebin is a vibrant inner-northern council spanning diverse communities from Northcote and Thornbury through to Preston and Reservoir. Wattletree Health Group’s registered nurses provide clinical home nursing visits to clients throughout Darebin — from wound care and palliative care to NDIS and My Aged Care nursing.
We work with all Support At Home (SAH) package providers and can invoice directly. We’re registered NDIS providers, and approved providers for TAC and WorkSafe. Private nursing visits are also available for those funding care directly.
Nearby Hospitals
Clients in Darebin are primarily served by Northern Hospital (Northern Health) in Epping, the main public hospital for Melbourne’s north, and Mercy Hospital for Women in Heidelberg. The Austin Hospital (Austin Health) is also accessible for many Darebin residents.
How to Get Started
We accept self-referrals, and also referrals from family and friends, GPs, hospitals, Support At Home (SAH) and Home Care Package (HCP) providers, NDIS Support Coordinators, allied health, and all other healthcare organisations. Getting started is easy — simply complete our referral form, or call us on 03 9140 0944.
Clinical Nursing Services in Darebin
Wattletree Health Group‘s experienced team of nurses can help with all your clinical nursing needs, including (but not limited to):
- 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.
