Olivia Rebellato
2 Harrison Street Warners Bay,NSW
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Physiotherapist
John Hunter Hospital
01.2017 - Current
- Have extensive casting experience and the ability to manage a high-paced fracture clinic.
- Possess hand therapy clinical skills and knowledge, including the management of hand-based conditions involving fractures, tendon injuries, and nerve conditions, and the fabrication of thermoplastic splints.
- Serve as an Emergency Department Primary Practitioner for after-hours services, diagnosing and managing musculoskeletal conditions.
- Work competently in various clinical areas including surgical, neurology, orthopaedics, intensive care unit, emergency department, trauma, and outpatients.
- Develop individualised treatment plans in an outpatient setting, utilising evidence-based practice for musculoskeletal and vestibular conditions.
- Have paediatric physiotherapy experience in orthopaedic, developmental, intensive care, and respiratory areas, both in ward and outpatient settings.
- Hold the current JHH Physiotherapy Level 1-2 Representative role: liaison between junior staff and the senior management team, running monthly meetings, and organising social events.
- Supervise and mentor physiotherapy students and junior staff.
- Collaborate closely within physiotherapy and multidisciplinary teams.
- Participate in secondments to rural sites, including Moree District Hospital and Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital.
Senior Paediatric Intensive Care Unit Physiotherapist, Paediatric Brain Injury Rehabilitation
John Hunter Children’s Hospital
01.2021 - 01.2023
- Assess and manage complex PICU patients with respiratory, neurological, surgical, or orthopaedic conditions.
- Proficient in managing PICU patients on mechanical ventilation and non-invasive ventilation.
- Facilitate developmental care in the PICU.
- Provide paediatric brain injury rehabilitation and work closely with the multidisciplinary brain injury team to assist in discharge planning.
- Manage inpatient and outpatient oncology patients.
- Assess and treat general paediatric conditions seen in outpatient clinics, including plagiocephaly and torticollis, toe-walking, and post-orthopaedic surgery.
- Handle complex discharge planning involving external agencies such as NDIS, community rehab teams, and private therapists.
- Train junior physiotherapy staff in PICU and ensure all physiotherapists working in PICU are competent and confident.
- Served as a member of the National PICU Physiotherapist Working Group.
- Champion the Early Mobility project in PICU, educating nursing and medical staff on its practice. Involved in the Agency for Clinical Innovation Early Mobility project.
Physiotherapy Assistant
Toronto Private Hospital
01.2016 - 01.2016
- Administered individual rehabilitation programs
- Worked in day rehabilitation and hydrotherapy for outpatients requiring higher level exercise prescription
Education
Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours) -
University of Newcastle
01.2016
Higher School Certificate - undefined
St Philip’s Christian College Waratah
01.2012
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St Mary’s Primary School Warners Bay
01.2006
Certification
- AHPRA Registration
- Registration number: PHY0002069297
Training
- 2025 upcoming Imaging Course Australian Hand Therapy Association
- 2024-present Orthopaedic Hand teaching sessions
- 2017-present Department in-services JHH
- 2017-present Professional Development Day JHH/JHCH
- 2024 Moving Safely Trainer
- 2022 Paediatric Grand Rounds John Hunter Children’s Hospital
- 2022 Cough Assist Training Clinical Application Specialist – Philips
- 2022 PICU Networking Group Online monthly seminars
- 2022 WeeFIM Training University of Wollongong
- 2022 Family and Infant Neurodevelopment Course
- 2020 Cystic Fibrosis Physiotherapy Online Course
- 2020 Paediatric Professional Development Day John Hunter Children’s Hospital
- 2020 Lightbox Radiology Couse Online
- 2017-2018 Professional Development Day John Hunter Hospital
- 2018 Lightbox Radiology Course John Hunter Hospital
- 2016 Introduction to dry needling seminar APA
- 2016 First Aid Certificate Vital First Aid
- 2016 Mackenzie Method Seminar APA
- 2016 Practical Orthopaedics Hunter Seminar APA
- 2015 Introduction to APPI Pilates Rehab Model APA
University Placements
- 2016 Women’s Health Clinical Placement Royal Hospital for Women Randwick
- 2016 Emergency Department Clinical Placement: Manning Rural Referral Hospital
- 2016 Cardiopulmonary Clinical Placement The Maitland Hospital
- 2016 Neurological Rehabilitation Clinical Placement Toronto Private Hospital
- 2015 Musculoskeletal Outpatient Clinical Placement Lithgow Health Service
- 2014 Stroke and Medical Ward Clinical Placement Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital
- 2013 Observational placement Belmont Hospital
Timeline
Senior Paediatric Intensive Care Unit Physiotherapist, Paediatric Brain Injury Rehabilitation
John Hunter Children’s Hospital
01.2021 - 01.2023
Physiotherapist
John Hunter Hospital
01.2017 - Current
Physiotherapy Assistant
Toronto Private Hospital
01.2016 - 01.2016
Higher School Certificate - undefined
St Philip’s Christian College Waratah
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St Mary’s Primary School Warners Bay
Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours) -
University of Newcastle
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