TranslatePaediatric Outreach Clinics
Outpatients
Information about outpatient clinics for children living in areas with limited access to transport and where travel to Hobart would be prohibitive to receiving care.
The Department will periodically contact patients waiting for an outpatient clinic appointment via SMS, with a link to an electronic form. This is part of routine waitlist auditing to ensure patient details are up to date. If you receive this SMS, please update your details. Outpatient Central Services can be contacted on 1300 522 809.
Availability
North
Referrals should be directed to Paediatric Clinics.
North West
Referrals should be directed to Paediatric Clinics.
South
Royal Hobart Hospital
Paediatric Clinics
Phone: 03 6166 6776
Fax: 03 6173 0469
Outreach: Referrals to be faxed to paediatric clinic with a request for outreach
Geeveston Child and Family Centre
Phone: 03 6297 0052
Bridgewater Child and Family Centre
Phone: 03 6268 4000
Sorell Community Health Centre
Phone: 03 6166 1400
Emergency conditions
This Clinic does not offer an emergency service.
Emergency care
If you, or someone else, are experiencing a serious and life-threatening injury or illness call triple zero (000) immediately or go to the nearest Emergency Department.
Learn more about when to access emergency care and non-emergency care options if the injury or illness is not serious or life-threatening.
Scope
Assessment and management of children and young people with medical concerns.
Children who are under State Guardianship but living in this region with their kinship or foster carers will also be seen in this clinic.
Outreach clinics are conducted at Bridgewater, Geeveston and Sorell for people living in the surrounding areas.
Referral process
Referrals should be sent to the general Paediatric Clinic. Patients that live within the surrounding areas will generally be triaged to these clinics. If you have a specific request for a patient to be seen at an outreach clinic or there is a preference for the patient to be seen at the Royal Hobart Hospital, please specify this in the referral.
A referral (preferably faxed) is required for all new appointments and must comply with the referral standards and specifically include:
- History of presenting complaint
- Antenatal and birth history
- Developmental history (early milestones, level of current functioning, history of any regression)
- Behavioural concerns
- General health/associated medical issues
- Past medical history including previous interventions, medications, allergies
- Relevant family history
Tests
No specific investigations recommended
Please attach results of any investigations which have been performed
- Vision and hearing assessment
- Cognitive/developmental assessments (Griffiths, Bailey, WISC, WPPSI)
- Radiology
- Laboratory investigations
Interim/GP Management
Please consider a referral to St. Giles Allied Health Team (Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Speech Therapist) and/or Early Childhood Intervention Service if there are developmental concerns.
Please also consider sending an audiology assessment and Early Childhood Intervention Service if there is speech and language delay.
Appointments are based on clinical priority.
Where available, eReferral via HealthLink smart forms is now the preferred and only secure method of referral to the Tasmanian Department of Health.
Clinic appointments
Urgent (Category 1)
Urgent referrals should be accompanied by a phone call to the Consultant/Registrar to organise urgent review and the referral must be faxed.
We will try to see these patients within four weeks, or sooner if clinically indicated.
Semi-urgent (Category 2)
We will try to see these patients within 12 weeks.
Routine (Category 3)
Next available appointment.
Additional information
If any developmental concerns: a concurrent referral to Early Childhood Intervention Service may be appropriate.
