Wattletree Health Group provides exceptional home nursing services in Oakleigh East (postcode 3166), a residential suburb in the City of Monash, about 16km south-east of Melbourne’s CBD. Our experienced, AHPRA-registered nurses support clients in Oakleigh East and neighbouring Oakleigh, Clayton, Notting Hill and Huntingdale, whether the need is short-term after a hospital stay or ongoing, long-term clinical care.
Oakleigh East developed as the eastern residential extension of Oakleigh — one of Melbourne’s oldest south-eastern townships, established in 1853 — as postwar housing growth spread outward along the rail corridor in the 1950s and 1960s. The suburb borders the Monash Freeway corridor to its south, and shares Oakleigh’s character including its strong Greek-Australian community heritage that developed from the 1960s. The suburb was formally gazetted as a separate locality from Oakleigh in 1999. 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 Oakleigh East
| Practice | Address | Distance | Billing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayview Medical Centre – Clayton | 104 Clayton Road, Clayton VIC 3168 | 0.8km away | Bulk billing |
| Comprehensive Family HealthCare | 1419 North Road, Oakleigh East VIC 3166 | 1.1km away | Mixed billing |
| Monash University Health Service – Clayton | 21 Chancellors Walk, Clayton VIC 3168 | 1.8km away | Mixed billing |
| Medi7 Clayton | 255 Clayton Road, Clayton VIC 3168 | 1.8km away | Mixed billing |
| Qualitas Medical Practice Clayton | 271 Clayton Road, Clayton VIC 3168 | 1.9km away | Bulk billing |
| Hanover Street Medical Centre | 28 Hanover Street, Oakleigh VIC 3166 | 2.1km away | Bulk billing |
| Station Square Medical Centre | Ground Floor, 1-3 Burlington Street, Oakleigh VIC 3166 | 2.1km away | Mixed billing |
| Oakleigh Family Medical Centre | Shop 2, 63-65 Atherton Road, Oakleigh VIC 3166 | 2.1km away | Mixed billing |
| Our Medical Oakleigh | 23-35 Hanover Street, Oakleigh VIC 3166 | 2.1km away | Bulk billing |
Nearest hospitals to Oakleigh East
| Hospital | Address | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Medicalwizard | Suite 25, 202-220 Ferntree Gully Road, Clayton VIC 3168 | 1km away |
| Sir John Monash Private Hospital | 1st Floor, 212-220 Clayton Road, Clayton VIC 3168 | 1.7km away |
| Monash Children’s Hospital | Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton VIC 3168 | 2km away |
| Monash Surgical Private Hospital | 252-256 Clayton Road, Clayton VIC 3168 | 2.1km away |
| Waverley Private Hospital | 343-353 Blackburn Road, Mount Waverley VIC 3149 | 3.4km away |
| Moorabbin Hospital | 823-865 Centre Road, Bentleigh East VIC 3165 | 4.9km away |
| Delmont Private Hospital | 298-308 Warrigal Road, Glen Iris VIC 3146 | 5.5km away |
| Kingston Centre | 400 Warrigal Road, Heatherton VIC 3202 | 6.6km 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 Oakleigh East and the wider area, and discover the Wattletree Way.
Wattletree Health Group — exceptional home nursing services in Oakleigh East, postcode 3166.