An enthusiastic Occupational Therapy student, aspiring to join a team of passionate and motivated therapists that employ client-centred, holistic care. Experienced in patient assessment, goal setting, and intervention planning for paediatric, geriatric, and mental health patients caseloads, I am committed to leveraging interpersonal skills to deliver best quality patient care to patients over a variety of settings within an interdisciplinary team.
• Provide acute inpatient management of clients aged 18 to 65 years experiencing mental illness, to assist their transition into community-based rehabilitation.
• Administer comprehensive assessment of patient’s cognitive, emotional, and functional states.
• Evaluate patient’s medical history, limitations, and enablers to develop and implement client-centred interventions.
• Provide individual and group therapy sessions, targeting areas such as functional skills, personal care, cooking, sensory modulation, social skills, and community integration
Key responsibilities:
• Assisted the transition of older adults from hospital to residential aged care or home via a transitional care program.
• Administered initial assessments and cognitive screening upon admission to develop appropriate discharge plan within a fast-paced environment.
• Administered functional assessments in areas of personal care, including showering and toileting, to evaluate physical abilities and impact of cognition on ADLs.
• Observed interdisciplinary team meetings between patient, patient’s family, occupational therapists, speech therapists, nursing staff, and physiotherapists, as part of the discharge planning process.
Key responsibilities:
• Conducted initial occupational therapy assessments, PEOP analysis and COPM assessments to advise goal setting and intervention planning sessions.
• Maintained weekly comprehensive and accurate documentation of client progress.
• Provisioned education of energy conservation strategies throughs strong written communication schools.
Key responsibilities:
Key responsibilities:
Interpersonal communication:
Strong written communication skills, evident through the production of comprehensive and accurate formal documentation within a transitional care program, paediatric, and mental health setting Strong verbal communication skills, evident through liaison with teaching staff, client families, and other members of interdisciplinary team throughout a paediatric practicum
Teamwork:
Highly competent implementing an interdisciplinary approach to therapy This is evident through participation in multi-disciplinary team meetings to plan patient discharge throughout transitional care program practicum, and liaison with teaching staff and patient’s families to develop therapy goals and create individual and group therapy sessions throughout paediatric practicum
Critical thinking and problem solving:
Use of strong initiative and quick-thinking to attend and respond to client behaviour, resulting in increased engagement in assessment processes Ability to thoroughly evaluate a client’s limitations and enablers and how they integrate within a PEO framework to develop relevant strategies
Organisation:
Capable of managing client caseloads within a fast-paced environment This was demonstrated at a clinical practicum at Carinya of Bicton, where I was required to prioritise tasks to meet the deadlines of a 12-week transitional care program Throughout placements, I demonstrated commitment to managing patient admission and discharge dates, by ensuring completion of initial, cognitive, and functional assessments prior to final multi-disciplinary team meetings
Grace Whiltshire – Occupational Therapist at Down South Therapy: 0447 098 390
Blanquita Howard – Tropical Twist Manager: 0449 725 270