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Description

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The Hospital is committed to providing you with quality health care in a warm and compassionate environment From initial diagnosis and consultation to recovery you have the best in hospital care from St Vincents highly qualified staff

Patients can be referred to St Vincents by their General Practitioner for medical treatment We provide 24 hour Medical Staff cover to ensure the highest level of care

When you require surgery ask your doctor for admission to St Vincents Private Hospital Our operating theatres are fully equipped to cater for major surgical procedures

Located within the grounds of St Vincents Private Hospital is St Josephs Aged Care Facility St Josephs is a 60 bed high care facility catering for dementia specific frail aged and palliative care of the elderly

The FriendsChild Care Centre located on the northern extremity is a long day care centre which provides quality child care for babies toddlers and a full preschool program for 3 5yr olds

Mission Values amp Vision
Mission
St Vincents Hospital

established by the Catholic Diocese of Lismore in
1921

is a community working together

in faith hope and charity

providing quality health care

marked by compassion and respect for the human
person

in the spirit of Jesus Christ

Values
We believe in and cherish

COMPASSION
as the core value within our services
We are committed to

RESPECT and TEAMWORK
These values empower our actions
in the spirit of St Vincents and enable healing

Vision
Conscious that human life is a precious gift from
God St Vincents Hospital Lismore

seeks to provide whole of life health services of
the highest quality

to support and enrich individual and community life

in accordance with the teaching of the Catholic
Church

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History

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St Vincents Private Hospital was established by His Lordship the Most Reverend John Carroll DD It was the first nonmetropolitan Catholic hospital to be founded in New South Wales The hospital was entrusted to the care of the Sisters of Charity from 1921 until 1980 The Presentation Sisters then assumed responsiblility for providing a continuous religious presence through the current Pastoral Care Service

The original hospital was in a weatherboard building located on site It is still standing today and known as Tarmons

In 1923 a convent was built in the hospital grounds and in 1931 a two story brick building was opened now known as the Ryan Wing

The first student nurses began their training in 1932 with many nurses graduating from St Vincents until the final group in 1987 when nurse training was transferred to Universities

1966 saw the establishment of a 25 bed Rehabilitation Unit and in 1982 St Josephs Nursing Home was opened A Day hospital facility known as the Carroll Centre at the Avondale Avenue entrance to the hospital grounds was opened in 1985

The hospital was privatised in 1990 following the completion of new accommodation The Specialist Medical Centre and Coffee Shop was added in 1997