Kristen Parker

Allied Health Assistant at Capecare
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(386) 825-5501
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia, AU

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Credentials

  • Leadership Course
    St Thomas More College UWA
    Oct, 2022
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Capecare
    • Australia
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Allied Health Assistant
      • Nov 2022 - Present

      Providing various forms of allied health support including running 'move and groove' classes, mobility walks and functional programs. This role also involves pain management such as heat pack application, soft tissue massage and splinting.

    • Care Assistant
      • Aug 2021 - Nov 2022

      I was a care assistant at both Busselton and Dunsborough CapeCare residential facilities. This is a role I absolutely adored as I am passionate and enthusiastic about geriatric care and found it highly rewarding. My role involved toileting, changing, showering, feeding, and providing resident support, as well as housekeeping duties. This role solidified by ability to focus on patient centred care and respond to specific patient needs. Through this employment I have become proficient in providing intimate care to those unable to care for themselves. This has greatly developed my confidence in healthcare provision through understanding many different types of people with largely differing care needs. I worked within a team of highly committed carers which was both inspiring and fulfilling to be a part of. Being able to maintain an individuals human dignity and assist them in vital everyday tasks with kindness and compassion continues to be highly satisfying and rewarding. Geriatrics is definitely an area I am interested in exploring further. Show less

  • Dunsborough Pharmacy
    • Australia
    • Retail
    • Pharmacy Assistant
      • Nov 2020 - Aug 2021

      This role involved working behind the medicine counter, communicating with clients, determining important information about their presentation and deciphering whether their needs would be met by over the counter medication or if they needed to be referred to the pharmacist for further investigation. I also worked in dispensary with senior pharmacists filling patient prescriptions using the robot, which involved highlighting contraindications, precautions and advice of use. This greatly developed by understanding of medications and their uses. In my role I also took blood pressure and blood glucose readings. My knowledge of medications, medical care and general mental and physical wellness grew exponentially throughout this employment. The differing patient cases evolved my understanding of all the different aspects and avenues of caring for individuals, which affirmed my calling to pursue a career in healthcare. Helping patients, alleviating their unease in certain situations, and educating patients was highly rewarding, I thoroughly enjoyed the patient interactions. I have achieved my S3/S2 certificate in pharmacy. . Show less

  • Coles Group
    • Australia
    • Retail
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Store Cashier
      • Nov 2018 - Nov 2020

      This role developed by ability to interact and communicate with all types of individuals from a young age. It gave me great insight into the lives of everyday people in the community and it is something I will take with me into healthcare. I thoroughly enjoyed serving and communicating with people. This role developed by ability to interact and communicate with all types of individuals from a young age. It gave me great insight into the lives of everyday people in the community and it is something I will take with me into healthcare. I thoroughly enjoyed serving and communicating with people.

  • Dunsborough Physiotherapy Centre
    • Australia
    • Medical Practices
    • Private Practice Physiotherapy Work Experience
      • Jan 2020 - Jan 2020

      This was a week long work experience giving me insight into the world of a private practice physiotherapist. It was very interesting to observe the way in which private practice physiotherapists were able to provide education, support and insight to patients within the community. We saw a range of patients including those with chronic back pain, acute injuries and patients who were post operative after a hip replacement. It was great to experience the role of private practice physiotherapists in the care of the community. Show less

  • Loft Haus Vasse
    • Busselton, Western Australia, Australia
    • Pilates and Physiotherapy Work Experience
      • Dec 2019 - Dec 2019

      This was 2 days of work experience with a physiotherapist who provides pilates based exercise classes to the community while sharing her physiotherapy knowledge through the exercises she implements. It was very interesting observing her work and understanding the anatomy and biomechanical theories behind her exercise choices. This was very insightful to witness another way physiotherapists can work within the community. This was 2 days of work experience with a physiotherapist who provides pilates based exercise classes to the community while sharing her physiotherapy knowledge through the exercises she implements. It was very interesting observing her work and understanding the anatomy and biomechanical theories behind her exercise choices. This was very insightful to witness another way physiotherapists can work within the community.

  • Bunbury Regional Hospital
    • Australia
    • Medical Practices
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Nursing and Midwifery Work Experience
      • Aug 2019 - Aug 2019

      This involved a week of work experience at Bunbury Regional Hospital through the GREaT program. This gave me experience in the maternity clinic providing both pre-natal and post-natal care, caring or babies in the neonatal special care nursery and working on the paediatric ward. I was also able to participate in the operating theatre observing a C-section. This was an outstanding experience which confirmed my desire to work in healthcare. This involved a week of work experience at Bunbury Regional Hospital through the GREaT program. This gave me experience in the maternity clinic providing both pre-natal and post-natal care, caring or babies in the neonatal special care nursery and working on the paediatric ward. I was also able to participate in the operating theatre observing a C-section. This was an outstanding experience which confirmed my desire to work in healthcare.

  • SensesWA
    • Australia
    • Individual and Family Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senses Australia Work Experience
      • Apr 2019 - Apr 2019

      This involved work experience with two physiotherapists within the community. We visited many people in their home including individuals with cerebral palsy and spinal cord injuries. We also took various patients with neurological disabilities to the hydrotherapy pool for exercise based sessions. This was such a fulfilling experience to be able to provide assistant to patients in the comfort of their own home. This involved work experience with two physiotherapists within the community. We visited many people in their home including individuals with cerebral palsy and spinal cord injuries. We also took various patients with neurological disabilities to the hydrotherapy pool for exercise based sessions. This was such a fulfilling experience to be able to provide assistant to patients in the comfort of their own home.

  • Stoke Mandeville
    • United Kingdom
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Physiotherapy Work Experience- London
      • Jul 2018 - Jul 2018

      This was two days of work experience in Stoke Mandeville Hospital in the UK. This involved work on the orthopaedic ward, neurological ward, respiratory ward and within the community. This encompassed helping people get out of bed after fracture/reconstruction/replacement surgery or spending long periods of time ICU, helping those with neurological conditions to build the strength and balance required to return home, assisting people with posture to increase lung capacity, utilising the bird machine and nebulisers, checking in on people at home after leaving hospital, prescribing at home strengthening exercises and referring other allied health specialties if required. This experience taught exposed me to the role of physiotherapists in both in hospital and community settings. I greatly enjoyed this experience and I treasure many of the patient interactions I had during this experience to this day. Show less

  • Busselton Health Campus
    • Busselton, Western Australia, Australia
    • Allied Health Work Experience
      • Apr 2018 - May 2018

      This involved 5 days of work experience with allied health members within the hospital including physiotherapists, speech pathologists, occupational therapists and social workers to treat both inpatients and outpatients. This involved MOCHA tests and group kitchen assessments with the occupational therapists, splinting and bracing in the hand clinic, swallow and thickness testing with the speech pathologists, conducting walk tests for those with respiratory failure, ultrasound therapy, rehabilitation exercise on the parallel bars, cough and huff coaching patients with pneumonia and both high and low dependency outpatient exercise classes with the physiotherapists. This was an experience I thoroughly enjoyed, it gave me great insight into all roles of the allied health team and the impact they have in patient outcomes. Show less

Education

  • The University of Notre Dame Australia
    Bachelor's degree, Physiotherapy
    2022 - 2025
  • St Mary Mackillop College
    ATAR, ATAR: 97.3
    2015 - 2020

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