Services at Country Health Connect - Coonalpyn and Tintinara clinics

The following services are available:

Community nursing services

These services are provided by our Registered Nurses (RN) and Enrolled Nurses (ENs) who can provide care to you at our clinics, or in your home.

  • Wound care
  • Injectable medications
  • Post-acute care such as drain management
  • PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter) line care
  • Supra pubic catheter care.

Please note that ear syringing, ECG (electrocardiogram), and therapeutic ultrasound services are no longer available at the Coonalpyn and Tintinara clinics. These services are still available from other local health providers, and transport assistance may be available to some consumers. 

Phlebotomy (blood taking) services continue to be available for consumers who are unable to access a pathology collection centre. 

If you need help locating a service provider, please contact our friendly team for information. 

Other services

Community members also have access to a range of specialist services available from visiting nurses.

  • Continence Nurse provides advice, support and management for both children and adults experiencing problems with bladder and/or bowel control.
  • Prostate Cancer Specialist Nurse provides support, information and care from the time of diagnosis. The nurse can be with you and your family throughout the treatment experience including during chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery, rehabilitation, counselling, and follow-up survivorship services.
  • Diabetes Nurse Educator provides education and care of diabetes management.
  • McGrath Breast Care Nurse provides support, information and care from the time of diagnosis. The nurse supports you and your family with any treatment, including chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery, rehabilitation, counselling and follow-up services.
  • Provision of services to manage lymphoedema
  • Palliative Care Team helps people maintain their quality of life as much as possible while living with a progressive life shortening or terminal illness and uses a multidisciplinary approach to assess and provide services and support to the client and their family.

Allied Health

  • Dietitian
  • Podiatrist
  • Social worker
  • Speech pathology
  • Physiotherapy
  • Occupational Therapy.

Healthy Aging Team

Non-Aboriginal consumers over the age of 65, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers over the age of 50, also have access to a range of healthy aging services.

  • Home Care Packages
  • Transport (for shopping/pharmacy/medical appointments etc.)
  • Social support, individual or group (this can include shopping or 1:1 assistance with medical appointments)
  • Personal Care
  • Domestic Assistance
  • Meals
  • Mobility Aids.

How to make an appointment 

From Monday 22 January 2024, the Coonalpyn and Tintinara clinics will transition from a drop-in service to an appointment-only service.

This will ensure community members can access care when and when they need it, as our nurses are often travelling within the community providing care. 

The clinic will be open in accordance with community needs, for example, if there is a clinical need for you to receive injectable medications on a Saturday. Home based services will continue to be provided by appointment. You can nominate to access care in-clinic or at your home.

To book an appointment, please contact our Country Health Connect office on (08) 8535 6800 during business hours (Monday to Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm).

Accident and emergency

The Tintinara and Coonalpyn Country Health Connect clinics do not provide emergency services.

Your nearest Emergency Department (ED) is located at Meningie and Districts Hospital.

Alternatively, you can access the Urgent Care Centre at Keith and District Healthcare between 9:00 am and 6:00 pm.  No appointment necessary. Please call (08) 8755 1555 to speak with the Nurse Practitioner or Nurse in charge (after hours).

Always call Triple Zero (000) in an emergency