Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Interests
Timeline
Hobbies and Interests
Training
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Anthea Wood

Yanchep

Summary

Outgoing and personable individual with a good sense of humour excels in organizing workload. Excellent communication skills, client centred approach allowing ease of developing rapport with service users. A creative thinker who enjoys problems solving and thrives on challenges, I enjoy developing fresh ideas that drive improvement.

Passionate about bringing a unique perspective to problem-solving, contributing positively to team dynamics and project outcomes.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Occupational Therapist

Joondalup Health Campus
02.2019 - Current
  • Completion of initial, functional and cognitive assessment
  • Functional rehabilitation, including carer training
  • Completion of home visits
  • Equipment prescription to ensure safe discharge and for ward based rehabilitation
  • Prescription and measure for home modifications
  • Seating and pressure care assessments
  • Completion of documentation, reports including outcome measures FIM, Aus Toms.
  • Communicating with team other agencies, attending team and family meetings
  • Ensure use of evidence based practice, attending professional education and ensure compliance with mandatory competencies
  • Supervision of P1 OT and OTA
  • Student and P1 OT education

Community Rehabilitation – Senior Occupational Therapist

Maximum Independence Occupational Therapy
10.2007 - Current
  • Functional assessments
  • Pre and post home assessments to ensure safe discharge
  • Consultancy provided to Complete Injury Management, Insurance Commission of WA, Silver chain and Southern Cross Care for clients with complex needs such as acquired brain injury, stroke, complex moving and handling issues.
  • Cognitive assessments used are PRPP, OTAPST, and MMSE.
  • Measurement and prescription of simple and complex home modifications
  • Provision of house plans for modifications required for wheelchair access in line with Australian Standards
  • Assessment and prescription of equipment
  • Responsible for staff supervision and training
  • Ergonomic assessments
  • OT Cover provided at Mount and St John of God Hospital when required

Senior Occupational Therapist

Glengarry Private Hospital
05.2012 - 02.2019
  • Completion of initial, functional and cognitive assessment
  • Functional and cognitive rehabilitation, carer training.
  • Assess and goal set with patients on Rehab, Palliative care and surgical wards.
  • Completion of documentation, reports, outcome measures
  • Home assessments
  • Seating and pressure care assessments
  • Measurement of and prescription of home modifications and equipment prescription
  • Running of therapy groups
  • Completion of Timed Upper Limb assessments
  • Ordering and hire of specialised equipment
  • Communicating with team, attending team and family meetings
  • Supervise P1 OT, manage and order equipment for ward.
  • Improve quality of OT service provision (patient satisfaction surveys, education of nursing staff re slings, patient hand outs)
  • Evidence based practice, attending professional education and ensure compliance with mandatory competencies

Vocational Rehabilitation – Rehabilitation Consultant

Konekt
08.2007 - 10.2007
  • Worksite assessments
  • Completion of return to work plans
  • Ergonomic assessments
  • Pre-employment assessments
  • Completion of reports
  • Liaising with all parties to ensure safe return to work.

Senior Occupational Therapist

Westwood Hospital
12.2005 - 08.2007
  • Community Rehabilitation, including stroke, orthopaedics, head injuries, elderly.
  • Assisted in setting up a pulmonary rehabilitation clinic for Hull and East Yorkshire Trust.
  • Evaluated occupational therapy service following client discharge, use of survey and goals achieved.
  • Home, functional and cognitive assessments
  • Functional rehabilitation for patients following stroke, head injury, orthopaedic surgery, functional decline.
  • OT driver assessments
  • Set up the use of the Biometrics upper limb assessment and therapy tool within the Intermediate Care Service.
  • Supervision of occupational therapy staff


General Medicine – Senior Occupational Therapist

Hull Royal Infirmary
10.2005 - 12.2005
  • Palliative care, surgical ward, and orthopaedic, pulmonary wards covered.
  • Completion of functional, cognitive and home assessments
  • Attending case conferences
  • Discharge planning liaising closely with multidisciplinary team, referral to other agencies.
  • Delegation of tasks to support staff

Hull Acute Home Therapy Service – Senior Occupational Therapist

Hull Royal Infirmary
03.2005 - 10.2005
  • Community rehabilitation referrals for clients with stroke, head injury, elderly clients, orthopaedic conditions.
  • Completion of functional, cognitive and home assessments
  • Upper limb rehabilitation during functional activities
  • Goal setting with clients
  • Used Modified Barthel Index as an outcome measure
  • Evaluation of occupational therapy following discharge through evaluation of goals achieved and client survey.

Stroke Rehabilitation

Castlehill Hospital
09.2004 - 03.2005
  • Completion of Assessments, Rivermead Behavioural Memory Assessment, COTNAB, MMSE, MEAMS, Biometrics, Rivermead Perceptual Assessment Battery.
  • Completion of functional and home assessments.
  • Functional rehabilitation with clients
  • Lead client goal setting meetings and reviews.
  • Lead case conferences for clients with complex needs, liaised with multidisciplinary team for discharge planning.
  • Provision of moving and handling education for carers and staff.
  • Maintenance of hospital statistics

Renal Medicine

Hull Royal Infirmary
09.2004 - 03.2005
  • Completion of functional, cognitive and home assessments
  • Discharge planning liaising closely with multidisciplinary team
  • Delegation of tasks to support staff

Acute Stoke Assessment Unit

Hull Royal Infirmary
03.2004 - 09.2004
  • Completion of neurophysical and cognitive assessments.
  • Completion of functional assessments
  • Goal setting with clients
  • Delegation of tasks to support staff
  • Discharge planning, liaising with the client, family, multidisciplinary team and other agencies for ongoing therapy and support following discharge.
  • Attended ward rounds
  • Maintenance of statistics

Elderly Rehabilitation

Castlehill Hospital
08.2003 - 03.2004
  • Functional assessments, equipment and adaptation prescription.
  • Home assessments
  • Access visits, assessing for wheelchair access, access for hoists and hospital beds
  • Discharge planning meetings completed weekly with multidisciplinary team.
  • Referral to other agencies for further rehabilitation and support on discharge.

Education

Bach Hons - Occupational Therapy

York St John College
York, UK
06.2003

Skills

  • Comprehensive assessment skills
  • Holistic approach, goal setting
  • Performance task evaluation
  • Advanced clinical reasoning skills

Accomplishments

  • Wrote an article for clinical governance newsletter.
  • Produced an occupational therapy web page for the hospital trust
  • Formulated and implemented clinical documentation in line with trust and COT standards.
  • Developed the Occupational Therapy role within the pulmonary rehabilitation clinic
  • Developed a client satisfaction survey to evaluate OT service.
  • Setting up the use of a Biometrics upper limb tool for use with clients following stroke.

Interests

Underwater photography when scuba diving is one of my hobbies Also in my spare time I create sea life inspired pottery models and items that I sell on Etsy

Timeline

Senior Occupational Therapist

Joondalup Health Campus
02.2019 - Current

Senior Occupational Therapist

Glengarry Private Hospital
05.2012 - 02.2019

Community Rehabilitation – Senior Occupational Therapist

Maximum Independence Occupational Therapy
10.2007 - Current

Vocational Rehabilitation – Rehabilitation Consultant

Konekt
08.2007 - 10.2007

Senior Occupational Therapist

Westwood Hospital
12.2005 - 08.2007

General Medicine – Senior Occupational Therapist

Hull Royal Infirmary
10.2005 - 12.2005

Hull Acute Home Therapy Service – Senior Occupational Therapist

Hull Royal Infirmary
03.2005 - 10.2005

Stroke Rehabilitation

Castlehill Hospital
09.2004 - 03.2005

Renal Medicine

Hull Royal Infirmary
09.2004 - 03.2005

Acute Stoke Assessment Unit

Hull Royal Infirmary
03.2004 - 09.2004

Elderly Rehabilitation

Castlehill Hospital
08.2003 - 03.2004

Bach Hons - Occupational Therapy

York St John College

Hobbies and Interests

I am a qualified Divemaster, and enjoy underwater photography when diving. My other interests are ceramics, cooking, travelling and dancing.

Training

  • Aug '25 Safety For Self, Joondalup Health Campus
  • April '25 Parkinsons Disease, MOOC
  • March '25 Leadership Masterclass, Joondalup Health Campus



Anthea Wood