SVHN HRFS - St Vincent's Hospital
SVHN HRFS
SVHN St Vincent's Hospital
Contact details
HRFS Coordinator
Jill Featherston & Aisling Chu
level 3 General outpatients, 390 Victoria Street
Darlinghurst
02 8382 3327
0436 652 700
02 8382 3327
In addition to emailing or faxing a referral, for urgent cases (including suspected osteomyelitis or acute Charcot foot) please discuss with the registrar on-call. During office hours (8.00am- 4.30pm, Mon-Fri, excluding public holidays) call the Diabetes Centre on (02) 8382 2622, and ask to speak to the Diabetes Registrar.
Out of office hours call the hospital switchboard on (02) 8382 1111 and ask to speak to the Endocrine Registrar on-call.
https://www.svhs.org.au/our-services/list-of-services/podiatry
Monday to Friday 8am-4.30pm
Thursday morning (AM) Interdisciplinary clinic
About this service
- Diabetes
- Foot Ulcer/wound
- Osteomyelitis/Bone Infection
- Charcot neurarthropathy deformity (either acute or chronic)
- Acute Lower limb ischemia with foot ulceration
- Cellulitis or soft tissue infection or absess
Patients with Diabetes aged 16 years and over with one or more of the eligibility criteria.
Areas serviced: SVHN catchment area and out of area when required
- Multidisciplinary team includes:
- Aboriginal Health Worker
- Allied Health Assistant
- Clinical Nurse Consultant
- Diabetes Educator
- Dietitian
- Endocrinologist
- Geriatrician
- Infectious Disease Physician
- Nephrologist
- Occupational Therapist
- Orthopaedic Specialist
- Orthotist
- Physiotherapist
- Podiatrist
- Psychologist
- Rehabilitation Specialist
- Social Worker
- Vascular Specialist
- Wound Nurse Practitioner
- Intervention provided:
- Comprehensive assessment, intervention and education with clinician and MDT
- Pressure off-loading footwear, devices
- Preventative and Step down Podiatry services
- Common referrals
- Multidisciplinary Allied Health teams within hospital
- Community based Allied Health
Preventative or Step-Down services available- Ongoing Podiatry HRFS 5 days per week in the same location
No Virtual Care available using Video and/or Telephone Wheelchair accessible