Occupational Therapist

• Feb 2023 - Present

Occupational Therapist

• Sep 2021 - Feb 2023

Receptionist

• Dec 2018 - Sep 2021

This role involves coordinating the care of clients, with the duties including organising and scheduling appointments, processing payments, taking notes during consultations and managing the phones. An essential aspect of the role is to ensure the client has a comfortable and welcoming experience in the practice, and this is facilitated with good communication and rapport building skills. This role involves coordinating the care of clients, with the duties including organising and scheduling appointments, processing payments, taking notes during consultations and managing the phones. An essential aspect of the role is to ensure the client has a comfortable and welcoming experience in the practice, and this is facilitated with good communication and rapport building skills.

Support Worker

• Aug 2018 - Sep 2021

The role involves supporting a young individual with an intellectual disability and visual impairment with fine and gross motor goals, school tasks, social participation and general life skills. The role also involves working in unison with the individual’s family to set these goals and to continually evaluate progress. The role involves supporting a young individual with an intellectual disability and visual impairment with fine and gross motor goals, school tasks, social participation and general life skills. The role also involves working in unison with the individual’s family to set these goals and to continually evaluate progress.

Occupational Therapy Student

• Mar 2020 - May 2020

Prince of Wales Hospital | Spinal Unit | Student Placement • Managed an inpatient caseload in acute and rehabilitation settings with supervision and developed, implemented and documented client centred intervention plans for individuals with complex needs following a spinal cord injury. • Created a community access map to assess cognition and wheelchair use with appropriate routes to use during COVID19. • Conducted and documented home assessments and completed the connected scope of works for both minor and major home modifications according to the Australian Standards, with supervision. • Completed a range of equipment prescriptions for powered and manual wheelchairs, high pressure care commodes, mattresses and cushions, with supervision. • Designed and implemented evidence based upper limb therapy programs for individuals with varying needs and goals following their spinal cord injury. • Completed complex ADL retraining with individuals following their spinal cord injury.

Occupational Therapy Student

• Nov 2019 - Dec 2019

Prince of Wales Hospital | Spinal Unit | Student Placement • Implemented a range of assessments including initial assessments, ADL assessments, visual screens, the OT-APST and MOCA. • Assisted with a weekly outpatient cognitive rehabilitation group. • Organised and ran bi-weekly group programs in conjunction with the physiotherapy team and coordinated bi-weekly breakfast groups. • Facilitated community access opportunities for individuals with varying mobility and cognition, with supervision. • Worked with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals with complex mental health needs.

Occupational Therapy Student

• Jun 2019 - Jul 2019

St Lucy’s School | Paediatric | Student Placement • Implemented the Handwriting Without Tears program and the Zones of Regulation program with children on an individual and group basis. • Created activity boxes with a variety of evidence based and creative fine motor activities for the school to utilise. • Created and implemented gross motor programs for children with varying mobility, communication methods and behaviours. • Assisted with community access opportunities and worked with the speech pathologist to facilitate functional communication in a variety of environments. • Created a presentation for staff on a student with complex communication needs, complex behaviour and reduced mobility who had been unable join peers in the playground as a result of his complex needs. Liaised with the speech pathologist to identify communication techniques and the physiotherapist to document how to safely mobilise with the child in the playground and enable his participation. Presented this to the staff and assisted with the creation of a roster to support the child to participate each recess and lunch.