Subcutaneous Injections
PowerCare delivers subcutaneous injections for NDIS participants as a high-intensity support, following the prescribed regime. Delivered by registered nurses, or by support workers with high-intensity training working under registered-nurse supervision.
Yes, we can give subcutaneous injections
Subcutaneous injections are one of the seven high-intensity supports PowerCare is registered and audited to deliver, under NDIS registration group 104 and Practice Standards Module 1.
If a participant needs a regular injection and the household has been quietly carrying that job for years, it does not have to stay that way.
Who delivers the care
Subcutaneous injections are delivered either by registered nurses, or by support workers who hold high-intensity training and work under registered-nurse supervision — depending on the participant’s clinical needs and circumstances.
A registered nurse sets the support up, trains the workers against the participant’s own prescribed regime, and remains responsible for how it is delivered.
What a shift actually looks like
The injection is a few minutes of a much longer day. It is given at the prescribed time, at the prescribed dose, by the prescribed route, with sites rotated as the regime requires, and it is documented every single time.
The rest of the shift is personal care, the household, getting out, being company — the ordinary life the support exists to make possible.
Workers know the participant’s plan for missed doses, adverse reactions and equipment problems, and escalate to the supervising registered nurse rather than deciding for themselves.
How to start
Call us and tell us what the injection is, who prescribed it, and how often it is needed.
A registered nurse reviews it and we tell you honestly whether we can deliver it and when. Workers are trained against your specific regime before the first shift, so the start date we give you on that first call is a real one.
Common questions
Can a support worker give an injection, or does it have to be a nurse?
Both are possible under the NDIS high-intensity framework, and which applies depends on the participant’s clinical needs and circumstances. Subcutaneous injections are delivered either directly by registered nurses, or by support workers who hold high-intensity training and work under registered-nurse supervision. Never by an untrained worker.
Do you prescribe or change the medication?
No. The prescription and the regime come from the participant’s prescriber. We deliver what has been prescribed, exactly as prescribed, and we escalate anything that looks wrong. We do not adjust doses.
Does this cover insulin?
Subcutaneous injections as a high-intensity support are delivered against the participant’s individual prescribed regime, and a registered nurse reviews that regime before we accept the support. Tell us what is prescribed on the first call and you will get a direct yes or no, not a maybe.
Can this be combined with other supports?
Yes — most participants who need injections also need personal care, community access or household support, and they should not need three providers to get them. All of it can come from one team.
Which NDIS funding pays for it?
Subcutaneous injections are a high-intensity daily personal activity funded from the Core supports budget (registration group 104).
One team, not a referral chain.
Most participants need more than one of these. Every support below is delivered by the same PowerCare team, under the same registration.
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