Occupational Therapy: The Sutherland Hospital
The goal of Occupational Therapy is to enable a person to function within their environment and perform the activities they need or want to do on a daily basis.
At The Sutherland Hospital our Occupational Therapist's work across a whole range of settings including:
| Aged care | Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) | Urology |
| Aged Care Assessment Unit | Gastroenterology | Vascular |
| Cardiology | General Medicine | Rapid Assessment Diagnosis and Intervention Unit (RADIUS) |
| Critical Care Medicine | General Surgery | Rehabilitation |
| Emergency | Neurology (including acute stroke unit) | Renal |
| Emergency Department Short Stay Unit (EDSSU) | Oncology | Respiratory |
| Endocrine | Orthopaedics |
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Outpatient Services:
Occupational Therapy provides a limited outpatient rehabilitation service primarily for upper limb management and cognitive rehabilitation post stroke. Services include assessments, appropriate treatment and ongoing management and monitoring of progress after discharge from inpatient or community services. An upper limb group is also provided twice a week if deemed appropriate by the treating Occupational Therapist. In the first instance, please call the Occupational Therapy Department to discuss any referrals.
Office hours: Monday - Friday 8am- 4.30pm
-34.0371135, 151.1148321
We are located in the Allied Health Outpatient Services on Level 2 of the main hospital building. We are directly next to The Street Café, and opposite the main hospital lifts.
You can find us via both the southern entry to Level 1 from Kareena Rd (via the lift) or from main hospital entrance facing The Kingsway (Level 2).
It is recommended that you ask the therapist whilst booking your appointment if there is anything specific you should bring to your outpatient appointment. Generally it is recommended to bring the following:
- Imaging/scans
- Copy of referral
- Medical reports
- Medicare card and Identification
- Wear comfortable clothing
Once we receive your referral, you will be placed on a waiting list and contacted as soon as an appointment is available.
If we think your needs are better met by another service (eg community health) we will help you make a referral.
If you have questions regarding this appointment or if you would like to reschedule or cancel this appointment please call the Occupational Therapy Department on 9540 8300.
Please let us know if you need an interpreter. You can contact us by telephoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450. Tell the operator what language you speak and then ask the interpreter to set up a telephone conversation between you, an interpreter, and the healthcare professional you want to speak with.
We are a teaching hospital. You may be asked to be involved in research or for an Occupational Therapy student to be present at your session under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist.
- Bathboard Installation
- Over Toilet Aid Installation
- Raised Toilet Seat Installation
- Shower Chair Installation
- Toilet Surround Frame Installation
Occupational Therapy: Southcare
At Southcare we are a team of experienced Occupational Therapists based at the Sutherland Hospital in the Southcare Building. Southcare is the Aged and Extended Care Service of the Sutherland Hospital.
We currently provide a free service to residents of the Sutherland Shire who are either aged or disabled and living in the community, we see adults over 18 years of age. We do not see NDIS clients, DVA Gold card holders or those who reside permanently in a nursing home.
What we do
We assess clients in their own home and community with the aim of improving their safety and independence. This can include:
- Falls assessment and education
- Recommend specific home modifications and equipment to support safety and independence within the home and to support the carer
- Assessment for equipment to prevent pressure injury and to promote healing of existing pressure injuries.
We make referrals to other health professionals and work as part of a team to help achieve the best health outcomes for our clients.
Opening hours: Monday - Friday, 8am-4.30pm
-34.0374774, 151.1147835
We visit people in their own homes in the community.
Our team is based at Southcare, 126 Kareena Road, Miranda 2228. The Southcare building is situated of The Sutherland Hospital site.
How to refer to a Southcare Occupational Therapist:
If you are over 65 years of age, please contact My Aged Care on 1800200422 and request an Occupational Therapy assessment.
If you are under 65 years of age and not receiving assistance from the NDIS, please contact Southcare Intake on 95407956 and request to make a referral.
Once we receive your referral, you will be placed on a waiting list and contacted as soon as an appointment is available.
Lung Function Lab
Our laboratory assists in the investigation and management of a wide range of lung conditions including asthma, smoking-related diseases and other complaints of breathlessness.
Lung function testing include spirometry (pre and post bronchodilator), measurement of lung volumes and diffusion capacity, airways challenge test by mannitol, exercise oximetry, skin prick testing for common aeroallergens, respiratory muscle pressure testing, fraction exhaled nitric oxider (FeNO).
Referrals to the laboratory may be from a specialist or from general practitioners. Our lung function tests are covered by Medicare (bulk-billed).
The Lung Function Lab is located on Level 2 next to RADIUS. For further information contact the Respiratory Scientist Mr David Bolton/Mr William Lin on Telephone: 02 9540 8028 and Fax: 02 9540 8067.
Locked Bag 21,
Taren Point, NSW 2229
Referrals
Referrals to the laboratory may be from a specialist or from general practitioners.
For further information, contact Respiratory Scientist, Mr David Bolton
Respiratory Coordinated Care Program
Community Respiratory Service (RCCCP)
The Respiratory Coordinated Care Program (RCCP) is a hospital-based community program implemented across both St George and Sutherland Hospitals that provides home visits to patients who are unwell from a respiratory condition. This specialised hospital-based community program is also designed to assist people with advanced lung disease to live optimally well in their homes.
Our nurses and physiotherapists work together to provide exceptional, specialised respiratory care, short and longer term, which has proven to decrease the number of visits to hospital and reduce length of stay, allowing patients to remain optimally well at home with the added support of our 7 day per week service.
We are contactable between the hours of 0800-1630, 7 days a week and whilst providing specialised respiratory care, we often act as the link between the hospital and the patient, and/or the patient and their GP.
Referral Form – RCCP TSH Respiratory Clinic
Referral Form – Community Intake
Contact between the hours of 0800-1630, 7 days a week
For further information contact RCCP nurses on Tel: 9540 7595 or 0428 977 974
Respiratory Coordinated Care Program
Community Respiratory Service (RCCCP)
The Respiratory Coordinated Care Program (RCCP) is a hospital-based community program implemented across both St George and Sutherland Hospitals that provides home visits to patients who are unwell from a respiratory condition. This specialised hospital-based community program is also designed to assist people with advanced lung disease to live optimally well in their homes.
Our nurses and physiotherapists work together to provide exceptional, specialised respiratory care, short and longer term, which has proven to decrease the number of visits to hospital and reduce length of stay, allowing patients to remain optimally well at home with the added support of our 7 day per week service.
We are contactable between the hours of 0800-1630, 7 days a week and whilst providing specialised respiratory care, we often act as the link between the hospital and the patient, and/or the patient and their GP.
Referral Form – RCCP TSH Respiratory Clinic
Referral Form – Community Intake
Contact between the hours of 0800-1630, 7 days a week
For further information contact RCCP nurses on Tel: 9540 7595 or 0428 977 974
Southcare Aged and Extended Community Care
Southcare Aged & Extended Community Care is a division of the Sutherland Hospital and Community Health Service.
Southcare is an integrated health care centre offering a range of services predominantly for frail older people and those with disabilities living in the Sutherland Shire.
Southcare Services:
- Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT)
- Aged Care Services Emergency Team (ASET)
- Continence
- Dietetics
- Equipment Lending Pool
- Generalist Community Nursing
- Geriatric Flying Squad
- Geriatricians
- Mobility Group
- Occupational Therapy
- Pharmacist
- Physiotherapy
- Podiatry
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation Gym
- Respiratory Coordinated Care Program (RCCP)
- Social Work
- Southcare Outreach Service (SOS)
- Steady Steps
- Sutherland Heart and Lung Team (SHALT)
- Sutherland Transitional Aged Care Service (STACS)
Southcare Forms:
Miranda NSW 2228
(rear of Sutherland Hospital)
-34.0380265, 151.113383
Childbirth and Parenting Sessions
The Sutherland Hospital Parent Education sessions are a great way to prepare you and your family for childbirth and parenting. Education, knowledge, and support are key to positive experience, empowering families to make informed decisions about their journeys.
Please feel free to view our pregnancy and parenting information videos. Click here to view.
Please continue to check this website for further updates and information.
To book into any of the following sessions please click here.
If you have any enquiries please email: SESLHD-TSHparenteducation@health.nsw.gov.au
Disclaimer: Unfortunately if any of our sessions don't reach minimum numbers we will need to cancel them. We will offer you an alternate session or a full refund.
The Kingways and Kareena Rd
Caringbah NSW 2229
Lunch and refreshments can be purchased from The Street Canteen located within Sutherland Hospital. For details click here
-34.0371135, 151.1148321
Babies bring much joy, love and wonder, but becoming a parent also means some big life changes and new challenges for couples to navigate.
This session includes:
- Realistic expectations of parenthood.
- Planting seeds that support coping and growing as individuals and as a couple.
- Equipping participants with knowledge and skills that support parents’ and babies’ mental, emotional and relationship wellbeing and whole family bonding.
- Providing awareness for both parents to external support resources.
This session is facilitated by an experienced midwife and/or social worker and is a 2 hour session run across two evenings from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. This session is offered either as a face to face or virtually interactive session.
This session is ideally attended by all couples who are expecting a baby.
If this is your first baby this session is best attended from 28 weeks gestation. If you already have children you can attend this session anytime.
The Having Your Baby sessions are comprehensive labour, birth and parenting sessions that are run by a midwife and a physiotherapist and include a tour of the Maternity unit. The Becoming Us sessions complement this session by focusing on the transition into parenthood. Babies bring much joy, love and wonder, but becoming a parent also means some big life changes and new challenges for couples to navigate. This session helps give couples the tools to manage the challenges that come with parenthood.
This session is available as an evening session over seven weeks from 6:30pm to 8:30pm with a mixture of virtual and face to face sessions.
Or, as a weekend session over two Saturdays 9:30am to 3:30pm face to face and two Thursdays 6:30pm to 8:30pm via a virtual platform.
The Having your Baby sessions include information on:
- Physiotherapy session
- Labour and birth
- Self help measures in labour
- Pain relief in labour
- Preparations for other journeys in birth
- Postnatal changes
- Early newborn care
- Breastfeeding
- Sleep and settling
- Postnatal depression
- Community resources
- Tour of Maternity Unit
The Becoming Us sessions include information on:
- Realistic expectations of parenthood.
- Planting seeds that support coping and growing as individuals and as a couple.
- Equipping participants with knowledge and skills that support parents’ and babies’ mental, emotional and relationship wellbeing and whole family bonding.
- Providing awareness for both parents to external support resources.
Ideally this session should be commenced between 26-30 weeks gestation.
Active birth is a session run to support and help empower women achieve a normal birth using active birth techniques. This is a 3 hour session run by an experienced midwife in the evening from 6:00pm to 9:00pm.
This session includes:
- The normal process of labour and birth
- Self help measures to cope with labour and birth
- Ways in which your birthing partner can support you
- Good positions and handy hints for various stages of labour
- Recognising the role of hormones in labour
- Techniques to stay calm and relaxed
Ideally this session should be attended from 28-34 weeks gestation.
The breastfeeding session is held to encourage and support mothers who wish to breastfeed their baby. This session can also be of great use to women who have had previous difficulties breastfeeding. This is a two and a half hour session run by a lactation consultant in the evening from 6:30 to 9:00 pm. This session is offered either as a face to face or virtually interactive session.
This session includes :
- The first breastfeed after birth
- Breast changes during the first few weeks
- The role of rooming in and baby-led feeding assisting in the establishment of breastfeeding
- How partners can support breastfeeding
- How to position you and your baby
- How to tell if your baby is getting enough milk
- How to overcome challenges
Ideally this session should be attended after 28 weeks gestation.
Calmbirth® is a highly acclaimed childbirth education program which embodies the connection between the mind-body and family.
Learn how to embrace and work with the wonders and challenges of birth. Calmbirth® gives couples the knowledge, confidence and tools to work with life as it unfolds. The Calmbirth® program is suitable for first time or subsequent births.
This session run by a highly trained facilitator and is available as a two day program on weekends from 9:30am to 5:00pm. Morning tea and refreshments will be provided.
This session includes:
- The Psychology of Birth
- The Physiology of Birth
- Tool Boxes for Birth
- Connection: to Body, Birth, Baby & Each other
Ideally this session should be commenced between 24-34 weeks gestation.
The cost for two people to attend is $550.00.
When you first bring your newborn baby home from hospital, it is both an exciting and daunting time. Being prepared and confident in your ability to provide first aid for your child is an important skill to learn. This first aid information session is for families with newborns to children 8 years of age and is run by an experienced facilitator.
This session includes:
- CPR (hands on practice)
- Choking
- Burns
- Poisons
- Head Injury
- Common childhood illnesses including but not limited to fevers and febrile convulsions
- Breathing illnesses and allergies
This is a one-off 3 hour information session from 9:30am to 12:30pm.
A virtual interactive stand alone online session 'Just for Dads' running on one Thursday evening from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. This session is facilitated by an experienced Midwife.
This is your opportunity to ask questions and gain information in a safe environment with other expectant dads.
This session includes:
- What it means to be dad
- Dad's role in labour and birth
- Infant communication, bonding, caring for your baby
- Dad's role in supporting breastfeeding
- Changing relationships and roles
This one day session focuses on meeting your new baby and the first few days with your newborn running on the weekend 9:30am to 3:30pm. This session is facilitated by an experienced Midwife.
This session includes:
- Breastfeeding
- Early days with newborn baby
- Sleep and settling
- Newborn behaviour
This session is ideally attended by those who are doing 'Active Birth' or 'Calmbirth®'.
Ideally this session is best attended from 28 - 36 weeks gestation.