Clinics GRP Nursing pathway
Referral, assessment, reporting and communication support for home-care providers, GPs, hospital teams, residential care and other professionals coordinating an older person’s nursing needs.
Care is subject to referral information, clinical fit, address, required equipment, accepted scope and nurse availability. This is not an emergency or 24-hour response service.
Who it may suit
What nursing can include
The first visit confirms what can be safely delivered, what needs monitoring and who must be informed if the clinical picture changes.
Confirm the referral question, responsible provider, consent, funding and required communication outputs.
Complete the accepted nursing assessment or task and identify immediate risks or information gaps.
Document the plan, reporting schedule, review point and escalation responsibilities.
Expected review points
Scope and boundaries
Call Triple Zero (000) for a life-threatening situation. Sudden or severe deterioration, heavy bleeding, acute obstruction, chest pain, severe breathlessness or new stroke-like symptoms require urgent medical assessment rather than a routine website enquiry.
Nurse allocation
Intake confirms the registration, competence and authorised scope required before allocating a nurse.
Communication
With consent, relevant findings and escalation can be communicated to family, GPs, hospitals, providers and other clinicians.
Funding and access
If eligible nursing is included in an approved Support at Home plan, a 0% participant contribution applies to that clinical service. The service still uses available programme funding and remains subject to the service agreement, registered-provider arrangements and accepted nursing scope.
Assessment-led nursing support for acute and chronic wounds, skin tears, pressure injuries and postoperative wound needs, with documented review and escalation when the clinical picture changes.
View pathwayTime-limited nursing follow-up after hospital, illness or surgery, connected with rehabilitation when wounds, medicines, monitoring, mobility or confidence need coordinated attention.
View pathwayNursing support for authorised medication administration, adherence, injections and clinically indicated observations, with communication to the relevant GP, pharmacist or provider.
View pathwayYes. The provider should send the clinical question, relevant history, location, urgency, funding context, consent and required reporting. Intake then confirms whether the referral can be accepted.
Potentially, subject to the registered provider’s arrangements, Clinics GRP’s approved service scope and an agreed provider process. The registered provider retains its legal responsibilities.
Referral acknowledgement, assessment outputs, progress or exception reporting and escalation communication can be agreed according to the pathway, consent and provider requirements.
Your next step
Share the main concern, suburb, preferred timing, current care-plan or provider context and any information needed to understand the requested nursing task.
