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Perioperative Services at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital incorporates a range of services.
These are: five operating theatres, an endoscopy unit, the Pre-Admission Clinic, the Day Surgery Unit and the Recovery Unit. The philosophy of Perioperative Services at
HKHS is to care for each individual patient’s physical, emotional and spiritual needs before, during and after surgery.
 Who are we?
Perioperative Services at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital.
Perioperative Services at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital incorporates a range of services:
- Operating Theatres: you can read more about our well-equipped theatres on our
special unit information page.
- Endoscopy Unit: you might like to read more about this specialised unit.
- Pre-Admission Clinic: Some patients who are booked in for an operation are asked to attend the Pre-Admission Clinic before their day of operation.
- Day Surgery Unit: All patients booked for an operation are admitted through the Day Surgery Unit’s pre-op area.
You can learn more about the Day Surgery Unit on our
special unit information page.
- Recovery: The Recovery Unit is where patients are taken post-op (after an operation). You
might like to read more about this unit.
- Outpatient Clinics: these clinics provide post-operative review for patients who have been operated on at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital.
Perioperative Services at HKH performs an average of 500 surgical procedures per month. These consist
of 1/3 emergency and 2/3 booked cases. The service employs 59 full-time equivalent staff, which includes four ancillary staff.
What do we do?
The philosophy of Perioperative Services at HKH is to care for each individual patient’s physical,
emotional and spiritual needs before, during and after surgery. Our objectives are as follows:
- To provide the safest possible environment for patients and staff
- To provide the highest quality patient care
- To constantly review and research nursing practice in perioperative nursing
- To provide undergraduate, post graduate and continuing education for all levels of staff and encourage ongoing educational and professional opportunities
Some of the specific procedures performed at HKHS are:
You can find more information on the types of procedures performed at HKHS here.
How you can access our service
There are three ways to access our service: as an elective operation booked by your surgeon,
through referral via a GP to one of the hospital’s outpatient clinics, or through the emergency department at HKHS.
- Elective operation: In the first instance, patients visit their GP. If it is decided that an operation is required, the GP will refer you to a specialist surgeon.
You will be booked in at a time convenient for both you and your surgeon.
- Outpatient Clinic: these clinics provide post-operative review for patients who have been operated on at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital.
Some patients may be referred by their GP directly to the consultant-led Ear Nose & Throat clinic. If it is deemed necessary for you to have an operation,
then an operating theatre time will be booked for you.
- Emergency: If you present to the emergency department with a condition that
requires surgery, you will be seen by the relevant medical team who will book you into the
operating theatre at the earliest available time, depending on the seriousness of your condition
and operating theatre availability. Operating theatre staff are rostered on-call every day of the
year, so no matter what time of the day or night an emergency operation is required, there is
staff available.
Where you can find us
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital Operating Suite is located at the eastern edge of the hospital campus, bordered by Derby Road.
Access to the Pre-Admission Clinic and the Admissions office is via Gate 8 in Derby Road.
What are our hours?
The hours of HKHS Perioperative Service are 7.00am to 9.30pm seven days a week, with on-call availability at all other times.
How you can contact us
- Phone: 9477 9145 (Day Surgery Unit. Note: Day Surgery Unit staff do notify relatives of pickup times for patients, so a telephone call may not be needed.)
- Phone: 9477 9382 (Admissions office will be able to put you through to the appropriate ward for patients staying overnight or longer)
- Phone: 9477 9123 after 5.30 pm
When you arrive
After you have been checked-in by Admissions, you will be called into the Day Surgery Unit to prepare
for surgery. A nurse will take your observations and check your paperwork. You will then be required to
change into a theatre gown, hat and booties in preparation for surgery. Before you go to the operating
theatre you will be seen by an anaesthetist, who will assess your anaesthetic needs then formulate a
specific anaesthetic plan for you.
You will be asked several times by different people (the admitting nurse, the anaesthetist, the
anaesthetic nurse, the scrub nurse, the surgeon) your name, your date of birth, what operation you are
having and whether you have any allergies. This may seem excessive to you, however it is done as a
precautionary measure to make sure there are no misunderstandings each time you are handed over to a
different area.
When you enter the operating theatre you will be taken to the anaesthetic bay attached to the theatre.
Here you will have an intravenous infusion ("drip") commenced, some medication to help you relax may be
given to you through the drip. The anaesthetic nurse will attach monitoring equipment, he/she will make
sure you are comfortable and warm until it is time to go into the operating theatre.
More information
We have another information page on our specialised perioperative units,
which includes more information on the procedures performed at HKHS.
Perioperative Services at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital is always grateful for donations from the
public to boost the funding provided by the government, so that we can provide the highest level of care for our clientele: you the local resident.
Hospital equipment is always expensive and we take great pride in being able to offer state of the
art equipment for our patients’ use. Generous and ongoing donations from local clubs, organisations,
personal donations and bequests have enabled the purchase of equipment such as:
- vital sign monitors
- electric operating tables
- Day Surgery trolley beds
- Day surgery recliner chairs
- electro-surgical equipment
- computers
- anaesthetic machines
- hover mats for patient transfers
- educational equipment, including overhead projector, cameras and a video player
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