Nurse-led Clinics at East Care
A nurse-led clinic is an outpatient service run by the nursing team including a nurse practitioner. From wound dressing to plaster casting, our nurses can help.
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What is a Nurse-led clinic?
Sometimes it’s not necessary to see a doctor when coming to our clinic. Fortunately, we have an amazing team of nurses who can help you with all sorts of health care needs. Often you’ll be referred to a nurse led clinic for aftercare – or you might know the term “outpatient care“. This means you might need to pop back for a check-up, dressing change or test following an initial consultation.
What is a nurse practitioner?
Did you know that qualified Nurse Practitioners can provide almost all prescription medicine? This is because a Nurse Practitioner will have undergone further in-depth study to understand prescription medicines. Seeing a Nurse Practitioner is especially useful if you need a prescription for a long-term condition like diabetes or a common ailment like a UTI or Infection such as Cellulitis or an Eye infection.
Our nursing team is led by the highly experienced Nurse Practitioner Tania Farrell.
East Care has registered nurses working in a range of positions. We have Staff Nurses, Registered Nurse Prescribers and Nurse Practitioners.
Working under the guidance of a Doctor, Nurse Practitioners are able to prescribe from a large schedule of medications to treat common and long term conditions.
Nurse Practitioners have advanced education, clinical training and the demonstrated competence and legal authority to practise beyond the level of a registered nurse. This means Nurse practitioners work autonomously and provide a wide range of assessment and treatment interventions, ie:
- ordering x-rays,
- blood tests
- prescribing medicines.
At East Care our Nurse Practitioners manage the same common and complex conditions as our doctors
What type of ailments can a Nurse led clinic help with?
As always, we assess everyone who comes to our clinic carefully and then decide the treatment path.
You might go to a nurse-led clinic for:
- Ear Suctioning
- Phlebotomy – blood tests
- Wound care management, including dressing changes
- Plaster cast checks
- Aclasta Infusions for Osteoporosis
- ECG – Electrocardiogram
Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday from 7 am -11 pm
Including Public Holidays
Contact details:
Phone: (09) 277 1516
Email: info@eastcare.co.nz
Complementary onsite services
At our Botany Road premises, we offer a number of onsite services including a Pharmacy and Radiology to ensure your visit to the Centre is as stress free as possible.
Pre-register online before you arrive
Pre-registering saves you time in check-in.
Frequently asked questions
To join our clinic, you first need to fill out the patient enrolment forms to register with the PHO that we belong to. This is a Ministry of Health requirement. You will need to provide proof of identity and eligibility which may include the following forms of identification:
- NZ Passport or NZ birth certificate
- International passport with resident visa OR work visa of minimum 24-month duration
On the enrolment form you need to indicate which of our doctors (currently taking new patients) that you would like to be registered with.
Yes. As part of completing your enrollment, we request that you have a new patient screening appointment with one of our Nursing or Medical Centre Assistant team members.
This new patient appointment enables our team to work with you to better understand your current health and wellbeing.
Following the new patient appointment as above, you can book your first consultation with your nominated doctor.
The length of your first appointment with your new doctor will be as follows:
| Age | Screening appointment | GP appointment | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-13 yrs | - | 15 minutes Free |
15 minutes Free |
| 13-17 yrs | - | 15 minutes $13.00 |
15 minutes $13.00 |
| 18-39 yrs | 15 minutes $10.00 |
15 minutes* $19.50 |
30 minutes $29.50 |
| 40+ yrs | 15 minutes $10.00 |
30 minutes $39.00 |
45 minutes $49.00 |
* Note: if you have a chronic condition, please make a booking for 30 minutes.
Payment is required at the time of consultation
You will get full access to the patient portal “My Indici” once you have completed your screening appointment.
Payment is required at time of consultation. Please note that unpaid accounts will incur an additional $10 monthly administration cost.
There may be additional costs for treatments/tests/materials
We recommend that you book your future appointments via your patient portal My Indici.
If you need an urgent appointment, then please phone the clinic. We have doctors available to discuss your urgent health needs on the day.
All consultations are by appointment only.
Patient portals are secure online sites where patients can access their health information and interact with their general practice. Please give us call on (09) 265 1325 or send us an email at info@ormistonmedical.co.nz, and we can set up your account.
14-17 years $14
18+ years $16
Urgent prescription $27.50
We are open Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm.
For health services after hours visit East Care Accident & Medical, 260 Botany Road, Golflands, Auckland 2013. Their phone is 09 277 1516.
These are consultation prices only.
Under 14 Years - Free 14 - 17 years - $14 18 years & over - $16
Note charge is the same for in person or by phone or video as you are still receiving the same high quality health provider assessment, diagnosis and planning.