Experience

Northeast Health Wangaratta

• Australia
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Occupational Therapist - Hand Therapist

  • May 2022 - Present

  Working casually for NHW hand and upper limb clinic in Wangaratta. Working casually for NHW hand and upper limb clinic in Wangaratta.



Flexout Health

• Australia
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Accredited Hand Therapist/Occupational Therapist

  • Mar 2021 - Present

  Full time Occupational Therapist/Hand Therapist in Albury, Wodonga & Wangaratta. Administering wound care, scar management, splint fabrication, patient education and home exercise programs for chronic, acute and post operative hand and upper limb conditions. Also conduct driving assessments for medical fitness to drive and vehicle modifications. Completed the following: - Accredited Hand Therapist (as awarded by the AHTA). - OT Driving assessor (Medical Fitness to Drive - Driver Rehab). - AHTA Immobilisation and Mobilisation orthosis (splinting) courses. - AHTA Fundamentals of Hand Therapy - AHTA Advanced Trauma Open and Closed. - Action Rehab courses (Wrist tips and tricks & advanced fracture management with Sarah Mee and Ben Cunningham). - Dry needling accredited with Physioselect



Advance Therapy Solutions

• Australia
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Occupational Therapist/Practitioner of Hand Therapy

  • Mar 2018 - Feb 2021

  Full time Occupational Therapist/Hand Therapist in southern Brisbane. Working in various clinics administering wound care, scar management, splint fabrication, patient education and home exercise programs for chronic, acute and post operative hand and upper limb conditions. Also conduct driving assessments for medical fitness to drive and vehicle modifications. Completed the following courses. - OT Driving assessor (Medical Fitness to Drive - Driver Rehab) - AHTA Immobilisation and Mobilisation orthosis (splinting) course - AHTA Fundamentals of Hand Therapy - AHTA Advanced Trauma Open and Closed. - Action Rehab courses (Wrist tips and tricks & advanced fracture management with Sarah Mee) - Due to complete AHT Mentorship in December 2020



Northside Hand and Upper Limb Clinic

• Occupational Therapist/Practitioner of Hand Therapy

  • Dec 2017 - Feb 2018

  Part Time Locum position in North Brisbane as a Hand Therapist/Occupational Therapist. Worked within therapy clinics and in Surgeon clinics administering wound care, scar management, splint fabrication, patient education and home exercise programs for a chronic, acute and post op Hand and Upper Limb conditions. Part Time Locum position in North Brisbane as a Hand Therapist/Occupational Therapist. Worked within therapy clinics and in Surgeon clinics administering wound care, scar management, splint fabrication, patient education and home exercise programs for a chronic, acute and post op Hand and Upper Limb conditions.



Active Hand and Upper Limb Therapy

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Occupational Therapy Assistant

  • Jan 2017 - Aug 2017

  As apart of my Bachelor of Occ Thy (Hons), I conducted a placement at Active Hand and Upper Limb Therapy for 10 weeks, which eventuated into employment as a Casual Junior Hand Therapist (OTA). My duties and responsibilities involved administration, stock taking, reception, assisting treating Hand Practitioners in session and providing treatment according to a junior Hand Therapist client load (under Supervision from an Accedited Hand Therapist). As apart of my Bachelor of Occ Thy (Hons), I conducted a placement at Active Hand and Upper Limb Therapy for 10 weeks, which eventuated into employment as a Casual Junior Hand Therapist (OTA). My duties and responsibilities involved administration, stock taking, reception, assisting treating Hand Practitioners in session and providing treatment according to a junior Hand Therapist client load (under Supervision from an Accedited Hand Therapist).



Ambrose Treacy College Indooroopilly

• Australia
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• AFL Juniors coach/Tutor

  • Feb 2015 - May 2016

  Coach of the Under 11's AFL team for Ambrose Treacy College. Co-ordinating match day activities and facilitating the children's optimal engagement levels within their team. Manage and organise football trainings as well as mitigating difficulties that children experience at home and at school. This gives me a great experience working with children and enhances my communication skills in a team environment. I was very fortunate to have been offered this position as it helped me in my career as an Occupational Therapist, with regards to working with children and their family in a private clinic.



Australian Army

• Australia
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Cavalryman

  • Feb 2008 - Sep 2012

  Joined an Army Cavalry Regiment (2/14 LHR QMI), initially taking up a role as an ASLAV driver and later taking on responsibilities as a 2IC of a Cavalry Scout Section. Worked abroad in Baghdad, Iraq for 9 months under challenging operational conditions. Responsible for vehicle operations, tactical transport planning, technical administration and end user maintenance of a multi-million dollar specialist vehicle. Worked long and irregular hours, often working for months on end in high-pressure situations without a single day off. Established a reputation for going well beyond the scope of my role to help people and get the job done. Developed strong interpersonal and communication skills through liaising with people at all levels from all walks of life. Qualifications within the workplace include - Combat First Aider, Military Self Defence, multitude of firearms and pyrotechnic qualifications, Private Security Detail Driver, Army Drug tester and specialist weapon courses.