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Introducing

Vivienne Barton registered nurse and NUrse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioners can bring a unique element to each client's health care team. Working with the other members of your health care team, they are able to assess, investigate, prescribe and refer clients. They can also support clients as health care coaches and provide clients with assistance to navigate an often complex health system.

why we have used the name karri

To Karri Health, the karri tree is a symbol of strength and resilience. From the seed of its youth, the Karri tree grows high when in healthy soil. It is part of our local ecosystem, it is resilient and holds strong even in the event of fire. It provides protection for life beneath it, enabling it to grow strong also. Karri trees are a spectacular part of the many incredible forests that are part of the southwest ecosystem.

Nurse practitioners

Provide services rebated through MEDICARE PRESCRIBE medications through Medicare (the PBS) ORDER XRays and diagnostic tests REFER patients to hospitals and specialists COLLABORATE with a patients existing health care team
Nurse Practitioners as a profession are in an important part of a modern integrated health care system. They have practiced in Australia for 21+ years and provide health care in all states and territories in Australia. A Nurse Practitioner (NP) is a Registered Nurse with the experience, expertise and authority to diagnose and treat people of all ages with a variety of acute or chronic health conditions. NPs have completed additional university study at Master’s degree level and are the most senior and independent clinical nurses in our health care system.  The title "Nurse Practitioner" can only be used by a person who has been endorsed by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. National standards for practice ensure that Nurse Practitioners are capable of providing high quality, patient centred care. They are also capable in clinical research, education and leadership as applied to clinical care and health service development.
meet our nurse practitioner

Vivienne Barton NP RN An expert in youth care, health coaching and family support

Vivienne has lived in the Busselton community for 28 years having trained as a Registered Nurse in the UK in 1982. She possesses post graduate qualifications in Counselling, Child and Adolescent Health and a Masters Degree in Nursing – Nurse Practitioner. She has completed multiple other short courses. For the last 16 years Vivienne has been locally working as a School Nurse. During this time, she has developed a passion for working with young people and their families. Vivienne's focus in her practice is helping young people to be as healthy as possible, so that they can grow and learn and achieve optimal wellbeing. She does this by one on one mentoring and counselling with a young person, addressing physical, emotional and social health needs that may be impacting their wellbeing and supporting families with the challenges of parenting youth. Vivienne works and liaises with other agencies in Busselton in order to support the young person and their family further. Vivienne works in a culturally sensitive manner and has an interest and experience working in Indigenous health. Other areas of interest are sexual health, gender diversity, eating disorders, mental illness, trauma and neurodevelopmental disorders. Vivienne sees young people aged 15-24. For their wellbeing, where Vivienne considers there is a risk of harm to a person under 18 years of age, Vivienne will make contact with the parent or carer.
Vivienne Barton
Master Nurse Practitioner, Registered Nurse, Grad. Dip. Counselling, Grad. Cert. Child and Adolescent Health
Member ACNP