Multi-purpose rooms
Multi-purpose rooms in the Wattle Building
Interview room
Purpose:
Quiet and confidential space away from patient bedside areas for private conversations.
There is no technology installed in the interview rooms. Mobile devices can be bought in as required.
Who can access the space? Any CHW employee
Bookable or non-bookable? Non-bookable
Multi-therapy room
Purpose:
Designed to facilitate Allied Health assessments and interventions for patients away from the bedside.
Who can access the space?
- Allied Health staff
- Patients/Parent/Carer – under the supervision of an Allied Health staff member
Bookable or non-bookable? Non-bookable and bookable times available
Playrooms
Purpose:
A patient and sibling space used for:
- Relaxation activities like yoga (including palliative care patients)
- Socialisation through play experiences
- Respite from clinical settings
- Satellite Starlight sessions and Hospital School activities
No clinical care will be provided to patients in the playroom.
Allied Health staff may observe a child in this space, and Child and Music Therapists can use the room with patients and siblings (without occupying the whole room if others would also like to use it).
Who can access the space? Patients and families
Bookable or non-bookable? For services like Starlight or the Hospital School to use the space, the Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) of the IPU is to be contacted.
Adolescent recreation room
Purpose:
A non-medical space where adolescent patients can relax, socialise, and take a break from the clinical environment to spend quality time with friends and family outside of the ward.
Who can access the space?
- Patients
- Parent/Carer
- Sibling
- Hospital School with a patient
Bookable or non-bookable? Non-bookable
Winter gardens
Purpose:
Outdoor spaces designed to provide a calming environment for families, patients, and staff.
Who can access the space?
- CHW staff members working in the attached departments
- Patients/parents/carers of patients being cared for in the attached IPU
Bookable or non-bookable? Non-bookable
