Source: Northland District Health Board – Press Release/Statement:
Headline: Child Health Service
A paediatric liaison nurse is the local representation of the Child Health Service in the mid-north. Other members of the team visit from Whangarei as the need arises and include a paediatrician, physiotherapist, psychologist and child health occupational therapist.
The paediatric liaison nurse’s primary role is to work with children who have a chronic illness, and their families, to ensure adequate support is available. She also works with children and their family immediately after discharge from hospital to help them manage acute illness in the home.
Bay of Islands Hospital social worker assists the liaison nurse with child health work especially in the area of community support and helping with transport issues that the family may have.
Health professionals refer patients to the service. Usually, the children are already under a paediatrician’s care.
Hours: Maxine Brown, Paediatric liaison nurse works Monday to Thursday, every second Friday, 8.00am – 4.30pm
Location: Community Health Services Building Community Health Services Building , Bay of Islands Hospital, Kawakawa
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