Physiotherapist

• Mar 2021 - Present

Care Assistant

• Dec 2020 - Mar 2021

Comfort House is a nursing home situated in West Denton, Newcastle Upon Tyne. It is a home for residents who are able to do activities of daily living, independently as well as residents who have dementia or Parkinson’s and need some or lots of assistance from care staff. Responsibilities included: · Bathing or showering residents · Assisting them with activities of daily living such as getting dressed, brushing their teeth and hair, helping them eat their meals, assisting them to the bathroom. · Doing fun activities with residents to keep them busy. · Attending appointments with residents.

Locum Physiotherapist

• Apr 2020 - Oct 2020

Locum physiotherapist working at Blaauwberg Hospital and a rehabilitation center called Spescare. Hanri Van Wyk Physiotherapy specializes in orthopaedics, therefore the patients I saw were total hip replacements, total knee replacements, knee arthroscopy, total shoulder replacement and rotator cuff repairs. Responsibilities included: • Patient assessment and treatment • Physiotherapy session planning • Issuing of assistive devices as indicated • Adaptation of treatment • Educate and counsel patients and family • Attend meetings with the multi-disciplinary team • Patient discharge planning • Weekend physiotherapy services. • Complete any required reports, including adverse events, injury on duty

Locum physiotherapist

• Jan 2020 - May 2020

Locum physiotherapist who worked 1 or 2 weekends a month at Blaauwberg Hospital. While working for NSA i worked in all wards. I had exposure to pardiatrics, neurology, adult ICU, respiratory conditions as well as orthopaedics. Locum physiotherapist who worked 1 or 2 weekends a month at Blaauwberg Hospital. While working for NSA i worked in all wards. I had exposure to pardiatrics, neurology, adult ICU, respiratory conditions as well as orthopaedics.

Community Service physiotherapist

• Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

Community Service Physiotherapist working at the Tertiary Hospital in Kimberly, Northern Cape. Whilst working at Kimberly Hospital Complex I worked in the following wards: medical, surgical, neurological, orthopaedic, burns wards, adult and paediatric ICU, OPD (Out Patient Department.) Responsibilities included: • Patient assessment and treatment • Physiotherapy session planning • Issuing of assistive devices as indicated • Adaptation of treatment • Educate and counsel patients and family • Attend ward rounds, discussions and meetings with the multi-disciplinary team • Assess, monitor, prescribe patient treatment regimens at ward and OPD level • Patient discharge planning • Weekend physiotherapy services. • Complete all administration related to patient care eg. record keeping, statistics, follow up appointments, ordering of assistive devices, referrals • Completion of patient adverse events forms if necessary • Complete any required reports, including adverse events, injury on duty • Participate in basic supervision of students and Physiotherapy Assistant / Technician • Identify ward staff training needs • Educate ward and clinic staff in allocated areas as appropriate