St Vincent’s Hospital
St Vincent's Hospital Network Adult Tier 3
Contact details
About this service
- Addiction medicine specialist
- Nurse consultant
- Pain specialist
- Physiotherapist
- Psychiatrist
- Psychologist
- Rehabilitation physician
- Education and advice
- Medical reviews
- Multidisciplinary assessment
- Multidisciplinary case conference
- Pain program (see below)
- Telehealth for residential aged care facilities
- Telehealth for rural support
- Treatment planning and appointments with health professionals e.g. psychology and physiotherapy
- Botox injections
- Myofascial trigger point injections
- Nerve blocks
- Spinal blocks
- Spinal catheters
- Amputees
- Drug and alcohol
- Elderly
- HIV/AIDS
- Mental health
- Neuropathic pain
- Palliative care
- Transplant
- Trauma
- 3-4 yearly GP talks
- Collaborative clinics for GPs
- Pre-consultation telephone advice for GPs and practice nurses
- Post consultation telephone advice for GPs and practice nurses
- Quarterly GP newsletter
- Supported management advice for GPs and practice nurses
- Telepain clinic for rural and remote clinicians and residential aged care facilities
Pain services
| Type | High intensity |
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| Content | The Reboot program provides a multidisciplinary self-management approach to persistent pain. The goals of the program are to:
The program offers education, support and skills development in the following areas.
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| Fee | Nil Fees will be applicable for recipients of third party or worker’s compensation payments |
| Hours | 68 hours |
| Frequency | 2 hours Preboot (Preboot introduces the concepts of chronic pain and self-management) 6 hours once per week for 10 weeks 3 x 2 hours follow up |
| Group size | 6-10 people |
| Availability | 6-8 programs a year |
| Eligibility | Chronic non-cancer pain Individual physiotherapy and clinical psychology sessions are available if the program is not suitable for the participant |
| Follow up | 2 hours at 1, 6 and 12 months post program, individual sessions are available post treatment Ongoing gym and support group available to participants |
| Type | Moderate intensity |
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| Content | The program offers education, support and skills development in the following areas.
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| Fee | Nil |
| Hours | 30 hours |
| Frequency | 4 hours once per week for 6 weeks |
| Group size | 6-10 people |
| Availability | 1-2 programs per year |
| Eligibility | Chronic non-cancer pain >70 years old, cognitively intact, independently mobile |
| Follow up | 2 hours at 1,6 and 12 months post program Individual sessions are available post treatment |