Care for patients. Care for you.

The environment at TQEH means there are genuine opportunities to provide the best care for your patients on both a clinical and a personal level. So what makes nursing at TQEH stand out?

First, we have a culture of respect between our medical and nursing staff. This means care is delivered in a shared supportive environment. The team works together to ensure the best for our patients

Second, there's a focus on building supportive ward teams who trust each other and communicate openly.

Thirdly, we're a 350-bed teaching hospital serving a community of over 250,000 people locally and to a wide rural and remote catchment of South Australia.

So nurses can develop clinical expertise in a wide range of areas including:

Medical Outpatients

With over 200,000 patient visits a year, the department provides specialist consultation, management and education for people in the community .

Renal and Transplantation Unit

Our Unit is the state Renal transplantation centre providing patients with ESRD options on their care from all forms of dialysis and transplantation. The State-wide Nephrology Nursing programme is conducted from TQEH.

Haematology Oncology Department

A comprehensive service providing care for a range of malignant and non- malignant conditions. Bone marrow transplantation, plasmapheresis, chemotherapy and symptom control are expertly provided in a caring environment.

Neurology Unit

The Unit includes the State Comprehensive Epilepsy Service and provides an innovative approach to symptom control and education. Close liaison between the Unit and Nuclear Medicine provides a progressive approach to the management of patients suffering from acute stroke. The dementia unit works collaboratively with the geriatric and psychogeriatric unit with an emphasis on reducing the impact of dementia symptoms.

Cardiology Unit

The Unit runs the Cardiac Resuscitation Team (MET) and a Cardiac Rehabilitation programme. The Unit incorporates a step-down unit to continue care after Coronary Care Unit and cardiology procedures. Our Cardiac Intervention Suite provides a rapid service for patients presenting with acute MI and provides electrophysiology interventions for the treatment of cardiac arythmias. A Coronary Care Post-Graduate Nursing Programme is offered.

Respiratory Medicine and Dermatology Unit

Provides respiratory care and management for chronic and acute discorders and provides continuity of care for patients at home on oxygen or with chronic lung disease.

Infectious Diseases, Palliative Care, Rheumatology, Endocrine / Diabetes & Geriatric Services Unit, Rehabilitation medicine.

The Western Adelaide Palliative Care service is based at TQEH and provides assistance and symptom control for terminally ill patients within the hospital, in the community and at home. The service operates in collaboration with other community services. The other units all provide inpatient and outpatient services supported by specialist nurses in the area to support patients care planning.