Occupational Therapist

• Jan 2022 - Present

Occupational Therapy Student

• Jul 2021 - Sep 2021

Practice area: Underwent placement at Latrobe regional hospital in a sub-acute rehabilitation ward. Client group: Worked with people who have elective surgery, stroke, neurological disorder, cognitive impairment and back pain. Working experience: Worked in a team of occupational therapists. Worked in a multidisciplianry team, including occupational therapists, physiotherapists, social workers, speech pathologists, nurses and doctors. Communicate with family members to achieve client's goals Provide assessment independently such as initial assessment, monofilament assessment, manual muscle testing, home assessment, shower assessment and meal preparation assessment. Provide intervention independently such as upper limb rehabilitation, fall education, long handled aid education, energy conservation education, pain management education, lower body dressing education, equipment prescripetion Streghten time management skills such as organising patient's timetable,. Consolidate skills in documating SOAP notes and clinical reasoning. Consolidate skills in representing occupational therapy such as explaining the purpose of occupational therapy. Consoildate skills in communcation such as active listening Complete home visit and home modification with fieldwork educator. Attempted manual handling for the stroke patients with physiotherapists. Show less

Disability support worker

• Mar 2020 - Jun 2021

Practiced area: Worked as a private disability support worker Client group: Children with austism spectrum disorder (ASD) and Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Older Adult aged 60, and having significant physical impairment Working experience: For the children: Communicated child needs to teachers, occupational therapists and parents to increase child health and happiness. Collaborated with parents on home care and support for children with ADHD and ASD. Worked with children and parents to closely monitor and record social, behavioral and academic growth. Consulted with Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapist and Music Therapist to assess cases and enhance care. Attempted to participate occupational therapy sessions with different childeren everyweeks. Observed the interaction between an occupational therapist and children with special needs such as assessment and intervention. Provided support for occupational therapists in compleing sensory assessment such as sensory profile. Assisted children with daily living needs, including bathing and personal grooming, to maintain self-esteem and general wellness. Offered social support by transporting individuals to events and activities, in addition to medical appointments and shopping trips. For the elderly: Provide assistance in daily activities including self-care tasks such as eating, grooming, bathing, dressing, toileting and medication manageement. Provide assistance in domestic ADLs participation such as housework, gardening and meal preparation Provide assistance in community ADLs such as shopping and travelling Show less

Project Manager

• Aug 2020 - May 2021

Practice area: Wokred two days per week as a project manager in Frankston Mornington Peninsula Primary Care Partnership. Client groups: Local sporting clubs and sporting clubs member in Frankston and Mornington Peninsula region who are experiencing lack of opportunity in health promotion participation Working experience: Collaborate with different stakeholders such as health promotion team in Peninsula health and Good sport Created a survey with takeholder, and completed interviews with stakeholder, and presented the deliverable to the health promotion team Created a project report as a deliverable for the company and the stakeholders Show less

Occupational Therapy Student

• Jul 2020 - Dec 2020

Practice area: Underwent telehealth for 225 hours with the patients in peninsula health and alfred health. Client groups: Patient who have experienced stroke, arthritis, social isolation, chronic pain. Working experience: Worked with patients with muliple condition with an occuaptional therapist. Gather information independently such as completing multple assessment Provide treatment under fieldwork educator supervision such as coping skills, stress management education, pain management education and relaxation techniques education Improve time management skills such as organising follow-up appointment with patients Improve communication skills such as weekly presentation to other health professionals. Show less

Rehabilitation Assistant

• Dec 2019 - Mar 2020

Practiced area: Worked in Hong Kong at Ng Siu Mui Home Cum Care and Attention Unit for the Elderly for three months Worked with physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social worker, persoal carer and nurses. Client group: People who has dementia, stroke and physical deterioration Work Experiences: Assessed physical, mental and vocational statuses of clients to develop rehabilitation plans under supervision from occupational therpaists Worked with occupational therpaists such as equipment prescription, funcational assessment and group training Provided adequate support to clients to increase their physical abilities with physiotherapists Provide manual handling for people with sereve stroke. Show less

Occupational Therapy Student

• May 2019 - Jun 2019

Practice area: underwent placement at Monash health - Kingston Centre in a community rehabilitation setting for three weeks. Client groups: Worked with patient who experienced stroke, aquired brain injury, balancing issues or nuerological disorder. Working experience: Worked in a multidisiciplinary team including physiotherapist, social workers, allied health assistant, speech pathologists, doctor, nurses and exercises physiologists Provide assessment such as intital assessment, upper extremity functional index (UEFI) and canadian occupational performance measure (COPM) Provide intervention under supervision from fieldwork educator such as upper limb rehabilitation and meditation Attempt home visit and home modification with fieldwork educator Facilitate group dynamic in different groups (i.e. Falls education group, cardiac group) Show less