Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health

Adolescent Transition Care Statewide Clinical Network

The Adolescent Transition Care SCN aims for young people from all backgrounds and walks of life, to have a healthcare system which works with them and for them to meet their needs and fulfill their potential, enabling equitable outcomes for all.

Page Contents

  • Related news
  • Vision and goals
  • Steering Committee
  • Current projects and collaborations
  • Related information
Vision and Goals

Vision

The Ado­les­cent Tran­si­tion Care SCN aims for South Aus­tralian young peo­ple from all back­grounds and walks of life, to have a health­care sys­tem which works with them and for them to meet their needs and ful­fill their poten­tial, enabling equi­table out­comes for all.

Goals

  • Young peo­ple have access to care that is flex­i­ble, inclu­sive, equi­table and main­tains con­nec­tion with their fam­i­ly and friends
  • Com­mu­ni­ca­tion and col­lab­o­ra­tion to achieve con­ti­nu­ity of care of young people
  • Young peo­ple are at the cen­tre of sys­tem and design
  • Improve data insights to Ado­les­cent Tran­si­tion to help deter­mine needs and dri­ve change

Ado­les­cent Tran­si­tion Care Net­work Vision and Aims Easy Read (581 KBPDF)

Ado­les­cent Tran­si­tion Care Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­work Steer­ing Committee

The Steer­ing Com­mit­tees pro­vide over­sight of the devel­op­ment, imple­men­ta­tion and eval­u­a­tion of the net­works’ activ­i­ties.

The Steer­ing Com­mit­tees are con­struct­ed to reflect a bal­ance of expe­ri­ence across met­ro­pol­i­tan and coun­try as well as from with­in and out of hos­pi­tal sec­tors. The Steer­ing Com­mit­tees are led by Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­work Leads.

For more infor­ma­tion, refer to Ado­les­cent Tran­si­tion Care Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­work Terms of Ref­er­ence (790 KBPDF)

Dr Jemma Anderson

Adolescent Transition Care Statewide Clinical Network Clinical Co-Lead

Staff Specialist and Medical Unit Head, Adolescent Ward, Women's and Children's Hospital

Dr Jem­ma Ander­son is a staff spe­cial­ist and med­ical unit head of the ado­les­cent ward at the Wom­en’s and Chil­dren’s Hos­pi­tal and the first Ado­les­cent Physi­cian in South Aus­tralia. She also holds a spe­cial­ist qual­i­fi­ca­tion in Pae­di­atric Endocrinol­o­gy and is a senior lec­tur­er with the Uni­ver­si­ty of Ade­laide. She is the cur­rent edi­tor for ado­les­cent med­i­cine with the Jour­nal of Pae­di­atrics and Child Health. Jem­ma has a long­stand­ing pas­sion for sup­port­ing healthy ado­les­cent devel­op­ment and is com­mit­ted to com­mu­ni­ty and youth engage­ment in devel­op­ing mod­els of care and research for young peo­ple. She is the lead for Pae­di­atric Eat­ing Dis­or­ders and Gen­der Med­i­cine at the Wom­en’s and Chil­dren’s Hos­pi­tal and has a spe­cial inter­est in sup­port­ing and empow­er­ing young peo­ple in their tran­si­tion across health services. 

Dr Jenna Paterson

Adolescent Transition Care Statewide Clinical Network Clinical Co-Lead

General and Acute Care Medicine Adult Physician, Northern Adelaide Local Health Network

Dr Jen­na Pater­son is a spe­cial­ist in adult inter­nal med­i­cine and peri­op­er­a­tive med­i­cine. She is cur­rent­ly a staff spe­cial­ist in the Gen­er­al Med­i­cine Unit at the Lyell McEwin Hos­pi­tal and Mod­bury Hos­pi­tal in South Aus­tralia. She has com­plet­ed a Grad­u­ate Diplo­ma in Ado­les­cent Health and Wel­fare to bet­ter enable her to pro­vide holis­tic and ongo­ing med­ical care to younger patients with com­plex med­ical comor­bidi­ties who are tran­si­tion­ing into the adult health­care sys­tem. She is pas­sion­ate about engag­ing and empow­er­ing young peo­ple in their tran­si­tion across health ser­vices, and in bring­ing the whole health­care team togeth­er to help smooth the often dif­fi­cult and chal­leng­ing move­ment between health sectors.

Steering Committee members
Dr Jem­ma Ander­sonCo-Chair
Dr Jen­na PatersonCo-Chair
Ms Abby EdwardsClin­i­cal Care Coor­di­na­tor, South Aus­tralian Intel­lec­tu­al Dis­abil­i­ty Service
Ms Allyson RappensbergNurse Con­sul­tant MACS Clin­ic, CALHN
Dr Bet­ty-Jean Dee-PriceResearch (UNSW) ses­sion­al work (Flinders), Flinders Uni­ver­si­ty, Uni­ver­si­ty of New South Wales
Prof Cather­ine HillCon­sul­tant Rheuma­tol­o­gist, CALHN
Dr Chad CollinsGP Liai­son, Ade­laide Pri­ma­ry Health Network
Ms Chari LaneENT Nurse Prac­ti­tion­er, WCHN
Mr Damon FenechNurs­ing Ser­vice Man­ag­er, RDNS
Ms Dianne EdwardsNurse Prac­ti­tion­er, SALHN
Dr Emi­ly Rox­burghGP Liai­son and Inter­gra­tion Consultant
Mrs Georgina Pater­sonNurse Unit Man­ag­er, Tho­raci­cs OPDCALHN
Ms Jil­lian Lyon-GreenNurse Con­sul­tant- Diabetes
A/​Prof Josephine ThomasCon­sul­tant Gen­er­al Physi­cian NALHN
Ms Katha­line SpaldingNurs­ing Direc­tor, WCHN
Dr Mark FriswellCon­sul­tant, WCHN
Ms Mary But­lerPro­fes­sor, UniSA
Ms Kate TurpinNurse prac­ti­tion­er — Long term fol­low up/​transition, WCHN
Dr Michael Brif­fa

Pal­lia­tive Care Ser­vices Con­sul­tant, SAL­HN & WCHN 

Ms Nicole KyrkouBasic Physi­cian Trainee, NALHN
Ms Pauline SpenceClin­i­cal Project Man­ag­er — New WCHN Project
Ms Rebec­ca Cook­seyPae­di­atric Rheumatologist

Ms Suja­ta Mylvaganam

Coor­di­na­tor Youth Men­tal Health Con­sul­ta­tion Liai­son Ser­vice, Rur­al and Remote Men­tal Health Service
Ms Susan NumPsy­chol­o­gist, Youth Men­tal Health Service
Ms Usha RitchieAsso­ciate Direc­tor of Phar­ma­cy, CALHN

includ­ing rotat­ing mem­bers from the CEIH Youth Advi­so­ry Group.

Sub groups

Youth Advi­so­ry Group

The Youth Advi­so­ry Group is a group of young peo­ple between the ages of 12 – 25 years who reg­u­lar­ly engage with health­care ser­vices. The group pro­vides rep­re­sen­ta­tion on the Ado­les­cent Tran­si­tion Care SCN as well as col­lab­o­rat­ing with the oth­er Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­works. The group help us under­stand the voice and health­care expe­ri­ences of young South Aus­tralians, to dri­ve change and improve their health­care out­comes. The Youth Advi­so­ry Group (YAG) is a joint ini­tia­tive of the CEIH and the Ado­les­cent Tran­si­tion Care Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­work (SCN).

Current Projects and Collaborations

  • The Ado­les­cent Tran­si­tion Frame­work and Action Plan. The pur­pose of the frame­work and action plan is to improve health out­comes for young peo­ple with life-long dis­abil­i­ty and or chron­ic con­di­tions in South Aus­tralia through improved qual­i­ty, con­ti­nu­ity and con­sis­ten­cy of ado­les­cent tran­si­tion care.
  • Health Jour­ney Map­ping project. This is a research project with the aim is to iden­ti­fy the chal­lenges faced by young peo­ple with com­plex med­ical con­di­tions in tran­si­tion from child to adult health ser­vices in South Aus­tralia. In particular:
    • The needs of young peo­ple dur­ing transition
    • The ele­ments that con­tribute to a suc­cess­ful transition

Have a question?

Or want to know more about the Ado­les­cent Tran­si­tion Care Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­work? Please email CEIH.​AdolescentTransition@​sa.​gov.​au