Helen Woodward

• Family and outdoor sports orientated clinic, engaged with variety of clinical cases with a focus on paediatrics, hiking and trail running injuries, diabetic care, elderly falls prevention intervention.
• Participated actively in professional development opportunities such as conferences, in-house journal clubs and short courses, online courses and lectures to stay informed about industry advancements.
• Led workshops for local aged care facilities on best practices in podiatric care, sharing knowledge on falls prevention and foot health.
• Received mentoring from senior colleagues.
• Up-skilled in the use of shockwave and laser therapies, in-house orthotic manufacturing.

• Principle Podiatrist at Burpengary clinic, managed high volume patient load. Across all Podiatric disciplines; biomechanical/MSK, paediatrics, diabetes and general foot care.
• Working within a multidisciplinary practice frequently teamed with other allied health specialists (Physiotherapists and Exercise Physiologists) to provide well-rounded patient care for complex cases.
• Quickly learned new skills required for working in multi-disciplinary practice and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
• Expanded professional working relationships with local GP's and Orthopaedic/Podiatric surgeon's. Expanding referral network for the clinic.
• Supervised clinical students and work experience students.

Podiatrist at family based private practice, providing both in-clinic, community and home visit services.

• Busy clinic with 8 Podiatrists, experienced mentoring from senior practitioners in new-graduate role.
• Predominately general foot care, nail surgery, diabetic wound care, falls prevention and footwear prescription.
• Worked independently across several outreach locations, in semi-rural areas seeing transition care, aged care and hospital-outreach patients.
• Learnt high level communication and problem-solving skills working within a limited resource environment.

Patient facing reception role for busy clinic with Podiatrists and Audiologists. Part-time whilst studying Podiatry.

• Coordinated patient scheduling, check-in, check-out and payments or billing for DVA, Medicare and NDIS.
• Managed multi-line phone system and pleasantly greeted patients.
• Helped patients complete necessary medical forms and documentation.
• Experience with Front-Desk and Cliniko medical software.

Casual role whilst studying Podiatry.

• Significant exposure to wide range of athletic, school, work wear and running shoe brands.
• In-depth knowledge of major athletic use footwear models.
• Extensive training in shoe selection and correct fitting.