NSW Health / Expression of Interest - SWSLHD PEACH Program - RFT-10056981

Provision of palliative care home support comprising;

• Registered Nurse (RN) - 6 hour evening service shift (100% of patients)
• The RN will visit clients who are in deteriorating and terminal phases
• The RN to provide clinical care
• The RN will receive clinical referral notes and clinical handover from SWSLHD service team
• access to SWSLHD Medical After Hours on call palliative care medical specialist
• provision of services for End of Life Care
• Optional day time care worker to provide personal care/some respite (60% of patients)
• Co-ordination for the intake to the Program via the SWSLHD Triple I (Hub)
• Review of new referrals
• Ensuring home visit risk and safety is addressed
• Planning of home visits
• Recording of data, completion of progress notes and escalation of clinical needs
• Provision of a daily list detailing client status
• Maximum 10 clients serviced at any one time (5 in each Hub)
• Maximum of 7 days of services delivered to each client, reviewed for possible 7 day extension
• Total maximum service provision of 14 days for each client, reviewed for possible further extension
• Services to be provided by appropriately qualified personnel
• Attendance at operational and contractual meetings

NSW Regions: South West Sydney

Expression of Interest for Specific Contracts - An invitation for Expression of Interest (EOI) for pre-registration of prospective tenderers for a specific work or service. Applicants are initially evaluated against published selection criteria, and those who best meet the required criteria are invited to Tender (as tender type Pre-Qualified/Invited).

Respondents to this EOI shall detail, and be assessed against, the following criteria;

• Previous experience in providing home palliative care services
• Demonstrated capacity to meet the service requirements detailed above, including details of qualified personnel
• Demonstrated capacity to service either, or both, of the LGA Hubs

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