Wattletree Health Group provides exceptional home nursing services in The Basin (postcode 3154), a leafy residential suburb in the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges within the Yarra Ranges Shire, about 33km east of Melbourne’s CBD. Our experienced, AHPRA-registered nurses support clients in The Basin and neighbouring Boronia, Ferntree Gully, Upper Ferntree Gully and Rowville, whether the need is short-term after a hospital stay or ongoing, long-term clinical care.
The Basin is a well-established residential suburb nestled in the Dandenong Ranges foothills, where the outer eastern suburbs meet the edge of the Dandenong Ranges National Park. The locality takes its name from the basin-shaped topography formed by the surrounding hills and ridge spurs — a landscape of native forest, sandstone escarpments and ferny gullies that has long made the foothills an attractive setting for residential living within reach of Melbourne. The Dandenong Ranges National Park’s Lower Ferntree Gully section borders The Basin, providing walking tracks through mountain ash and messmate forest that are popular with families, bushwalkers and wildlife observers. The 1000 Steps walk at Kokoda Track Memorial Walk — one of Melbourne’s most popular outdoor fitness destinations, attracting thousands of visitors every week — is nearby in the Upper Ferntree Gully section of the national park. The Boronia Key Shopping Centre and Ferntree Gully township provide full retail, medical and community services for the area. Knox Private Hospital is accessible via Boronia Road.
About Wattletree Health Group
Receiving care at home in The Basin means staying in the foothills, close to family and the national park. 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.
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 The Basin and the wider area, and discover the Wattletree Way.
Wattletree Health Group — exceptional home nursing services in The Basin, postcode 3154.