Services We Provide - Surgical & Ambulatory Care Services

Surgical Services - Burns Service

OUR VISION

The South Auckland Burns Service is a multi-disciplinary based service that is a centre of excellence and leadership in burns care regionally, nationally and internationally.

We will pursue this vision by:

• Providing a comprehensive, seamless, service integrating all phases of treatment including acute, rehabilitation, reconstructive and outpatient follow-up, utilising a multi-disciplinary team approach.
• Designing a burn centre with facilities that are operationally flexible and maximises the use of resources.
• The predominant emphasis of these facilities will be the care of patients requiring burn intervention.

OUR VALUES

• It is recognised that our major resource is staff with expertise in managing the needs of patients requiring burn care.
• Contributions from the multi-disciplinary team are critical to successful patient outcomes.
• Our responsibility in caring for patients is a shared partnership with patients and family.
• We have a commitment to learning and innovation, to keeping at the forefront of advances in practice.

OUR GOALS

• To utilise resources to achieve maximum efficiency with capacities that accommodate flexibility and future proofing for increasing acute volumes.
• A focus on provision of acute care, utilising planning processes to facilitate early discharges.
• Enhance "Hospital in the Home" concept to include provision of burn care by skilled practitioners to facilitate early discharge.
• Integrating burn care into a comprehensive seamless service for all phases of care including the acute, rehabilitation, reconstruction and outpatient segments.
• Retention of skilled staff with expertise in Plastic Surgery and Burn Care.
• We will maintain a teaching focus that supports a centre of excellence vision and provide training opportunities to develop and retain staff.
• To achieve regional / national / international recognition in the scope and standard of work undertaken.

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Published:  16-Dec-2008  |  Website enquiries:  Publishing Co-ordinator