Clinical Operations
Director Clinical Operations: |
Bernard Deady |
Telephone: |
(02) 4734 1366 |
Facsimile: |
(02) 4734 3737 |
Location: |
Sydney West Area Health SWAHS Administration Building Nepean Hospital Derby Street PENRITH NSW 2751 |
Service Outline:
The responsibilities of the Directorate of Clinical Operations are to plan, establish, manage, develop, monitor and report on all aspects of the clinical services, and to oversee the health care facilities located within the boundary of the SWAHS.
The Directorate of Clinical Operations consists of two components. The first component is Clinical Networks which span the whole of the SWAHS; the second component is groups of facilities within a defined geographic area.
In summary, the Directorate of Clinical Operations is arranged as follows.
The Director Clinical Operations (DCO) is responsible for the operation of all aspects of the clinical services and associated support arrangements. This position is directly responsible for the management of 4 senior positions titled Cluster Director Clinical Operations (CDCO). Each CDCO will be responsible for managing a mix of clinical networks and services and a number of health service facilities in a defined geographic area, which combined form a “Cluster”.
The DCO is the single point of organisational accountability of clinical operations including overseeing the financial monitoring and reporting of 14 clinical networks. Information about how the Networks and Clusters are arranged is provided below.
Clusters within the Directorate of Clinical Operations:
There are 14 Clinical Networks within Clinical Operations and they are listed as follows.
Clinical Network |
Clinical Departments |
Access and Logistics |
Intensive Care, Emergency Services, Patient Flow Units, Patient Transport, Post Acute Care, Bookings |
Acute Interventional Medicine |
Renal and Urology Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, |
Aged Care and Chronic and Complex Medicine |
Aged Care, Chronic and Complex Medicine |
Cancer Network |
Haematology, Medical Oncology, Palliative Care Services, Radiation Oncology, Translational Oncology, Psycho-Oncology, Familial Cancer |
Cardiovascular |
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, General Cardiology, Invasive Cardiology, Cardio-Thoracic Intensive Care |
Drug and Alcohol |
Detoxification Service, Nepean Youth Drug and Alcohol Service, Centre for Drug and Alcohol Medicine, Gateway Opioid Treatment Service Clinic, Diversion Assistance Team, Opiate Treatment Services, General Treatment Services, Forensic Services |
Imaging |
Nuclear Medicine, Radiology |
Mental Health |
Cumberland, Pialla, Bungarribee House, Westmead (C4a/b) |
Oral Health (Dental) |
Ambulatory Surgical Unit, College of Dental Therapy, Community Clinics, Dental Laboratories, Dental Informatics, Endodontic Unit, Emergency Dentistry, Forensic Dentistry, General Practice, Informatics, Institute of Dental Research, Information System for Oral Health Business Unit(IBU), Paediatrics /Orthodontics, Periodontics, Prosthodontics, Sedation services, Special Care Unit, Specialist Dental Centre, Undergraduate General Practice |
Pathology Service (ICPMR) |
Pathology Anatomical Pathology, Chemical Pathology Haematology, Immunopathology, Microbiology, Forensic Medicine Analytical Food and Water Public Health, Forensic DNA, Drugs and Driving, Physical Evidence |
Primary Care and Community Health |
Community Health Centres |
Rehabilitation Medicine, Pharmacy and Allied Health |
Rehabilitation Medicine, Pharmacy, Allied Health, Research |
Surgery & Anaesthetic Network |
General Surgery, , Endoscopy, Orthopaedic, Neurosurgery, Vascular, Breast & Endocrine, ENT, Thoracic, Colorectal, Ophthalmology, Plastic & Reconstructive, Trauma, Anaesthetics, Pain Management, |
Women's and Children's Network |
Maternity Services, Perinatal Ultrasound, Gynaecology, Gynaecology Oncology, Neonatal, Paediatrics, |
