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For Referrers

How obstetricians, GPs and specialists refer to Dr Jubal John, how families can request him specifically — including for an elective C-section — and the open-access clinical tools he has built.

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A short page for the people who send us families

Quick reference for obstetricians, GPs, midwives and specialists working with families who’d like Dr Jubal John as their newborn paediatrician, plus a section on how families themselves can request him directly (especially helpful when planning an elective C-section), and links to the open-access clinical tools he has built.

For all general practice contact: (03) 9007 2099 · admin@neopaeds.au · forms.neopaeds.au/register (newborn registration form for parents).

Sending a referral

Referral channels

  • HealthLink (preferred): EDI medped796pd. Secure messaging direct from your practice software; referrals, letters and results all welcome this way.
  • Fax: (03) 9348 1130
  • Email: admin@neopaeds.au
  • Phone: (03) 9007 2099 (Mon–Fri 9–5) for anything that needs a conversation first

A current Medicare-compliant referral (GP 12 months / specialist 3 months) lets the family claim the rebate. New antenatal referrals are typically reviewed within two business days; please mark anything time-critical and call.

For obstetricians

Dr Jubal attends at Frances Perry House in Parkville, with private practice rooms (Suite 9, Level 2, Royal Women’s Hospital, 20 Flemington Road).

The practical mechanism:

  • For elective deliveries, please nominate Dr Jubal by name at the time you book the admission with Frances Perry House. Earlier notification is always easier, particularly for weekday-hours bookings.
  • For emergent attendance during a delivery (NeoResus team activation, suspected respiratory distress, low cord gases, unexpected complications), the hospital’s paediatric on-call rota covers all hours; if Dr Jubal is the on-call paediatrician he will attend directly.
  • For a planned high-risk delivery where you’d like an antenatal consultation with the parents beforehand, please ask the family to book via (03) 9007 2099 or admin@neopaeds.au, or refer directly. We aim to see expectant families within 1-2 weeks of referral.

If you’d like a copy of the practice’s antenatal-consult letter template or anything else to streamline the workflow, please email admin and we’ll send it across.

For GPs

Two pathways:

Antenatal consultation: for an expectant family with a question worth a paediatric review before birth (e.g. previous baby with a complication, antenatal scan finding, family history that warrants planning). Standard specialist referral works; the family books in directly. The for-expecting-parents page covers what an antenatal consult typically involves.

Post-discharge follow-up: newborn issues are often subtle at first and only declare themselves on serial review, so the early weeks are a series of checks rather than one sign-off. The MCH schedule, first visit ideally in the first week home, and your 6–8 week check are essential, and a paediatric review at 6 weeks is recommended (a new GP referral supports this); we bring babies in earlier where jaundice, weight, feeding or a flagged finding warrants it. If something specific needs paediatric continuity (e.g. a borderline ultrasound, a feeding problem that hasn’t settled, an early-infancy growth or developmental concern), please refer back to the practice and we’ll book in.

Scope note: the practice doesn’t take referrals for behavioural concerns, ASD or ADHD assessment, or school-age general paediatrics — those are better served by a general or developmental paediatrician with a practice built around them.

For pathology / imaging results we’ve ordered, our admin emails or SMSes the family directly within a week of receiving the report. We ask families to contact us if they haven’t heard back after an investigation, and to book a telehealth or clinic review to discuss the results; if a family mentions to you that they’re still waiting on one, please let us know.

How families can request Dr Jubal specifically: including for an elective C-section

The most practical route is to ask your obstetrician at the time of booking the admission. Frances Perry House operates a paediatric on-call panel; your obstetrician can request Dr Jubal by name for your delivery. Doing this at booking rather than closer to the date usually makes planning easier, particularly for weekday-hours elective lists.

If you’ve already booked and would like to add a request:

  1. Tell your obstetrician that you’d like Dr Jubal John to attend. They’ll communicate this with the hospital paeds-on-call coordinator.
  2. Optionally book an antenatal consultation: meet Dr Jubal before the birth. Useful for reassurance, planning, and any specific questions about your baby. Email admin@neopaeds.au or call (03) 9007 2099.
  3. Fill in the newborn registration form at any point, it gives our practice the information we need before your baby arrives.

A note on availability: paediatricians can’t always be guaranteed to attend a specific delivery because other deliveries, illness or leave may affect the roster. If Dr Jubal can’t attend, another paediatrician from the Frances Perry House paediatric panel will. Either way, you can also book a clinic review with Dr Jubal for after the birth.

Tools by Dr Jubal John

A small set of open-access clinical tools developed or co-developed by Dr Jubal, used by neonatal teams and families in Australia, New Zealand and internationally.

Open-access tools

  • NIC-PREDICT: outcomes calculator for extreme preterm babies, drawing on Australian and New Zealand outcome data. For clinicians and families considering the trajectory after a very preterm birth.

  • AIROPLANE Trial: multi-centre randomised trial in delivery-room respiratory care. Dr Jubal is an associate investigator and built the data-acquisition software for the trial.

  • SepsisCalc.org: neonatal early-onset sepsis risk calculator, supporting the move away from automatic antibiotics for all “rule-out sepsis” babies toward a stratified approach.

  • PIPER neonatal electronic resuscitation calculator: used by the Royal Children’s Hospital PIPER retrieval service for around a decade. Replaces manual dose calculations during transports of the sickest newborns. (The hosted version is currently being updated.)

  • paedsportal.com: Ballarat / Grampians regional paediatric resource portal that Dr Jubal built during his fellowship there in 2014. Still used in the region as a structural reference for clinicians and GPs.

  • Earlier work included contributions to electronic prescribing platforms during a stint as product manager at Orion Health.

If you’re building something in neonatal or paediatric care and think Dr Jubal might help, a prototype, a data-tooling need, please get in touch.

Get in touch

(03) 9007 2099 (Mon–Fri 9am–5pm) · admin@neopaeds.au · Newborn registration form: forms.neopaeds.au/register

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