Margaret Tobin Centre at Flinders Medical Centre

The Margaret Tobin Centre is a 38 bed mental health inpatient area consisting of an 8 bed Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit and two Acute Care Units that can admit a total of 30 consumers.

Mental Health consumers can either be admitted in a planned manner through Community Mental Health Services, through an emergency department or via a general medical/surgical pathway.

Staff

Staff work closely with all other service providers including those that are community and/or hospital based - eg general practitioners.

Consumers can expect a patient centric approach delivered by a caring and supportive multidisciplinary team that includes Consultant Psychiatrists, Psychiatric Registrars, Mental Health Nurses, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers and Peer Specialists.

Treatment

A range of therapies and activities are offered to support recovery from acute episodes of mental illness.

Families and carers are encouraged to be involved in their consumer's assessment, treatment and discharge planning. Discharge options include 'stepping down' to the Intermediate Care Centre located at Noarlunga for up to a fortnight to support transition back to the community, or directly back home

How to get to Margaret Tobin Centre

Exciting redevelopment works have commenced at Margaret Tobin Centre to deliver a brand-new 12-bed Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit.

To allow the redevelopment works to occur, the external footpath that leads to Margaret Tobin Centre is currently unavailable. Please use the internal linkway accessed through Flinders Medical Centre when visiting.

Download our Directions to Margaret Tobin Centre (774 KB) and Directions from Margaret Tobin Centre (946 KB) resources, which includes a map and step by step guide to help you find your way.

Contact details

Telephone: (08) 8404 2570

Location: Flinders Medical Centre - Service Road, Bedford Park
Map: Flinders Medical Centre Site Map (PDF 133KB)