Health Professionals

This section provides information for health professionals on services provided at St Vincent's Hospital, how to refer your patient, pre-referral guidelines, important contacts, and news and events.

GP Liaison

GP-Liaison-Unit

The GP Liaison Unit assists general practitioners (GPs) to navigate the services provided by St Vincent’s Hospital. The team also works to improve communication between the hospital and general practice.

Emergency Department

Emergency-Department

St Vincent’s Emergency Care Centre provides emergency advice and care for all referred and self-presenting patients.

Cancer Services

CancerServices

The focus of cancer care services at SVHM is to manage all patients in a multidisciplinary setting bringing together expertise from a range of disciplines and specialists. Dedicated facilities and personnel support the conduct of multidisciplinary cancer meetings across a broad range of tumour streams.

Palliative Day Services

Palliative-Care-Services

St Vincent’s Palliative Care Inpatient Services are located across two inner Melbourne campuses - Caritas Christi Hospice in Kew (28 beds), and the Palliative Care Unit in Fitzroy (8 beds).

Allied Health Services

Allied-Health-Careers

Allied Health services at St Vincent’s provides a broad range of career opportunities across all professional groups, for new graduates and those with more experience looking to further develop and progress their career.

Referral Templates and Pre-Referral Guidelines

Referral-Templates

The referral templates and pre-referral guidelines page will give you you all the guidance you need when making a referral to St Vincent's Hospital.

Specialist Clinics

Specialist-Clinicsss

St Vincent's Specialist Clinics provide over 90,000 non-admitted patient appointments per year across 20 different medical and surgical specialties.

Diagnostic Services

DiagnosticServices

St Vincent's offers the following Diagnostic Service's: Bowel Screening, Cardiac Investigations, Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Imaging, Neurophysiology, Pathology, Respiratory

Community and Aged Care

Aged-and-Community-Care

Community and Aged Care at St Vincent's consists of: Health Independence Program (HIP), Home Based Allied Health Service, Hospital in the Home (St Vincent's at Home), Aged Care Assessment Service (ACAS), Aged Psychiatry Assessment and Treatment Team, Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) and our Aged Care Facilities.

Mental Health

Mental-Health

St Vincent’s Mental Health (MH) is a comprehensive adult area mental health service for people aged between 16-64 years who live in the inner urban east area of Melbourne (Cities of Yarra and Boroondara).

Elective Surgical Waiting List Enquiries

Surgical-Waiting-List

GP Hotline for elective surgery waiting lists at St Vincent's

Credentialing

Credentialing

All SVHA facilities operate under By-laws approved by the St Vincent’s Health Australia Board. The By-laws apply to all Accredited Practitioners and are an integral part of the clinical governance system at SVHA.