Blue River Health Services

BLUE RIVER HEALTH SERVICES

Quick links to services provided by Blue River Health:

Psychology
Mental Health Nursing
Podiatrist
Occupational Therapist
Speech Pathologist
Dietician
Diabetes Educators

PSYCHOLOGY

Our psychology services are committed to the psychological wellbeing of your patients. As experts of human behaviour and mental processes, our psychologists provide quality mental health care, such as counselling, cognitive behaviour therapy and interpersonal therapy. These services deliver clinical counselling, and focused psychological strategies, to a meet a wide range of mental health needs in adults, children and families of different age groups and cultural background.

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MENTAL HEALTH NURSING

The experienced five full time GP Mental Health Nurses at Blue River Health Service are focussed on assisting GPs in our Division with the provision of co-ordinated clinical care for people with a serious mental illness.

The service provides assessment, planning, and follow-up support, in consultation with the GP, as well as support for practice staff in respect to mental health issues. For the GP patients we are able to offer appointments of one hour duration, or longer if the need arises, and over an appropriate period of time. The Mental Health Nurse can provide support and education for those family members of patients who are suffering from major mental illness.

To be eligible for this service the person must have a mental illness, diagnosable under either the ICD-10 or DSM, and the patient must consent to treatment by a Mental Health Nurse. Unfortunately the person is not eligible if their only mental health diagnosis is dementia. This service is fully funded by Medicare, and therefore all Mental Health Nurses services are provided free to patients.

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PODIATRIST

Our highly trained and qualified podiatrist deal with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of medical and surgical conditions of the feet and lower limbs. This includes all conditions resulting from bone and joint disorders such as arthritis and soft-tissue and muscular pathologies as well as neurological and circulatory diseases which effect the feet or the lower limb including skin and nail disorders, corns, calluses and in growing toenails. Foot injuries and infections gained through sport or other activities are also diagnosed and treated by our great podiatrist

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OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

Our trained occupational therapist is dedicated to improving your patients functioning and well being. She works with your patients to maximise their independence, and achieve a fuller meaning and satisfaction in the activities that are part of their daily living. Her training means she can assess productivity and work tasks to enhance the patient's quality of life.

As an occupational therapist she will focus on the activities of daily living that have most personal meaning and value to your patients with the overall aim of developing, improving, sustaining, and in many cases restoring the independence of a patient who has had an injury, illness or disability that has affected their capacity to independently participate in the normal activities of daily living.

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SPEECH PATHOLOGIST

With more than a decade of working in Mackay as a speech pathologist, our experienced speech pathologist will assess and treat people with communication difficulties in the areas of speech, language, listening, fluency (stuttering), voice and literacy (including pre-literacy skills). He works with people who have difficulties swallowing food and drink. Our speech pathologist will assist you to determine if your patient has a communication or feeding problem, and an individual management plan can be created if necessary.

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DIETICIAN

With a great understanding of the nutritional value of food and its impact on the health of the human body, our dietitian can give nutritional advice and counselling to all your patients, especially those with particular medical conditions. These conditions may include diabetes, heart disease, allergies or gastro-intestinal disorders.

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DIABETES EDUCATORS

Our Diabetes Educator participates as part of a team who will provide professional care of your patients with diabetes. Through educating the patients, or carers, and assisting them with developing the skills and knowledge they need to self manage their diabetes, they ensure your patients are better able to keep their blood glucose levels as near to normal as possible. The education consists of many areas including making sure patients know: what is diabetes, how to stay well with diabetes, doing their own self blood glucose monitoring, what are their likely long term complications, making healthy food choices, how exercise can affect their blood glucose levels, living with insulin therapy and particularly injection techniques, recognising and treating Hypoglycaemia, and what to do when they have sick days.

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YOUR CONTACT

Alix Thompson
Health Services Manager - Blue River Health Service

Blue River Health Service
Medical Suites, Pioneer Valley Hospital
57 Norris Road
North Mackay
Queensland, 4740

Telephone: 07 4942 0311
Email:

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