Rina Rahmat

Providing comprehensive assessments and treatments of children that were referred with developmental motor delays, head shape concerns/torticollis, talipes, gait concerns, hypermobility of joints and DCD.

Planning, implementing and evaluating individual or group paediatric programs based on the needs of the individual clients.

Coordinating, implementing and supervising the running of Plagiocephaly/Head shape Information groups every week at Armadale CDS.

Completing Service Planning appointments (either via phone/face to face/video) and evaluating clients/families/schools concerns with approved guidelines/referring criteria for CDS interdisciplinary services.

Providing continuity of care within Physiotherapy Clinical Pathways and liaising with referring agencies or other healthcare professionals to provide a comprehensive and individualise care to clients and their families.

Participates in various internal/external meetings (Team huddles, Room meetings, Case Discussion meetings, Aboriginal health team meetings and CAMHS) as well as Physiotherapy Metrowide meetings and Senior Physiotherapy meetings.

Working as a multidisciplinary team member and encouraging liaison to provide support and optimal care for the clients and families through joint clinical appointments, case discussion meetings and family/school meetings as needed.

Planning and developing clinical resources such as handouts/home programs (both individual or group) as well as selecting appropriate assessment tools (such as AIMS, MABC-2, HELP, NSMDA, TGMD2 and BOT-2) to complete assessments or treatments appropriate for the clients/families/schools/daycares.

Acting as a consultant for multidisciplinary team members at CDS as well as healthcare professionals working externally to support best care for clients/families.

When appropriate contacting and liaising with external health care professionals to support clients/families in transitioning to a different funded programs such as IBIS, ESIP, NDIS/Wanslea or private Physiotherapy services.

Promoting and facilitating Physiotherapy programs both internally and externally. This has been enhanced through my past presentations at CDS Occupational Therapy Meetings, Physiotherapy Forums, and Forums for Child Health Nurses.

Encouraging inter-agencies networking and teamwork by inviting Child Health Nurses to attend Plagiocephaly Educational Groups as well as any individual/complex clients/families that require collaborative support.

Demonstrates effective time management skills through years of experience in managing high number of client referrals and meeting high demand for timely Physiotherapy services. Examples of effective strategies included prioritising P1 clients, using a combination of group interventions vs 1:1 services, as well as using Healthdirect vs phone interventions, formulating strategies to share workload within PT team, using Outlook diary and reminders to allocate clinical and non-clinical work, delegating some aspects of work through the use of Therapy assistant/P1 PT, using different templates for completing PT reports and allocating sufficient administrative time for sending out appointment letters and completing discharges and completing supervision meeting/support for P1 PT.

Displays strong effective interpersonal skills (including conflict resolution, negotiation, and verbal/written communication skills) through honest and respectful communication, using family-centred approach and coaching techniques when dealing with anxious clients/families or colleagues on a day-to-day basis. Some other effective strategies that have been used in the past included: being flexible, modifying communication styles to suit different situations clinically and showing empathy through discussions or meetings with families. In an environment where it can be stressful to meet clinical demands, sometimes it is necessary to be patient and work out effective team management strategies to fix shortage of clinical space on site or negotiate so that the PT team is able to achieve adequate clinical space to provide clinical interventions.

Demonstrates confidence in completing Physiotherapy consents/notes/reports/communications/ISOBAR handovers by utilising the recommended Child Development Information System (CDIS).

Coordinating and managing new Physiotherapy referrals and evaluating suitability of referrals based on CDS guidelines and procedures.

Working closely with Clinical Intake Specialists(who manages external referrals) and other team members at CDS (who refers internally) to maintain Physiotherapy Allocation and ensuring referrals are meeting Physiotherapy guidelines.

Reviewing and managing wait times to ensure clients are being offered services in a timely manner and coordinating staffing levels to meet this demand.

Promotes and keeping abreast with current knowledge and legislative requirements on Equal Opportunity, Disability Services and Occupational Safety and Health regulations/Acts, and the importance of ensuring that no one is discriminated against on the basis of their age, gender, ethnicity, religion, previous legal conviction, sexual orientation and disability. As a Coordinator of Physiotherapy, l believe that l would be expected to promote a workplace culture that values diversity and making sure that strategies are in placed to ensure the recruitment/selection process is fair and promotes people from different backgrounds into the Health workforce. As a trained Worksafe OSH representative, l believe l am in a unique and privilege position to encourage staff and managers alike to consider the importance of maintaining a safe work environment for everyone including the clients and visitors to the centre.

Collating and reporting relevant priority wait times and daily occasions of service required by Physiotherapy management.

Reporting monthly PT group statistics and data to CDIS team.

Participates in student or new staff orientation or training on-site and supporting them to achieve their placement or work/career goals.

Awaiting formal training in recruitment and selection through Child and Adolescent Health Service before being eligible to participates in recruitment process for CDS team.

Reviewing and ordering Physiotherapy assessment tools and resources every month or as needed.

Reviewing and monitoring linen supplies and liaising with external contractor.

Participates in operational strategic reports through giving feedback to discipline managers and completing relevant surveys offered by management teams.

Initiates and participates in any quality improvement activities within the PT team (such as the recent need to review and configurate PT Gym through ordering sit to stand desk, hot desk and storage space) as well as any providing OSH/safety feedback to team members (with recent need to shift hotdesks accomodate more staff on site).

Participates in performance management and regular supervision meetings to gain/share feedback with discipline manager in order to maintain high level of clinical care within PT team.

Coordinates performance management and supervision meetings for P1 Physiotherapists and also Allied Health Therapist.

Participates to attend any managerial - related training offered by CACHS to maintain/support staff in PT team.

Assessing and treating children that were referred with developmental motor delays, head shape concerns/torticollis, talipes, gait concerns hypermobility of joints and DCD.

Coordinating and managing new referrrals to site and liasing with referring agencies.

Managing waitlist and coordinating staffing levels based on current resources.

Organising and running Plagiocephaly Information Groups fortnightly on site.

Participating in various meetings within PT Department as well as Multidisciplinary team.

Acting as a Consultant with PT staff, other team members, external providers, schools and families.

Reviewing waitlists, collating and reporting PT statistics and data to Discipline Manager every month.

Supervising Physiotherapy Students as well as P1 Physiotherapists on site.

Developing and presenting at PT Forum and Forum for CHNs and SHNs during their annual meeting.

Monitoring and ordering Physiotherapy resources as required on site.

Coordinating and participating in new staff orientation as well as organised specific trainings.

Participating in various pilot projects on site including G-Aices and Key Contact.

Acting as an OSH representative for staff on-site and to assist with reporting OSH issue and completing Workplace Inspection with management every 6 months.

Assessing and treating children that were referred to specific CDS site with developmental motor delays, headshape concerns/torticollis, talipes, gait concerns hypermobility of joints and DCD.

Coordinating and managing new referrrals to site and liasing with referring agencies.

Managing waitlist and coordinating staffing levels based on current resources.

Organising and running Plagiocephaly Information Groups fortnightly on site.

Offering serial casting intervention for idiopathic toe walkers.

Participating in various meetings within PT Department as well as Multidisciplinary team.

Acting as a Consultant with PT staff, other team members, external providers, schools and families.

Reviewing waitlists, collating and reporting PT statistics and data to Discipline Manager every month.

Supervising Physiotherapy Students as well as P1 Physiotherapists on site.

Developing and presenting at PT Forum and Forum for CHNs and SHNs during their annual meeting.

Monitoring and ordering Physiotherapy resources as required on site.

Coordinating and participating in new staff orientation as well as organised specific trainings.

Acting as Consultant for staff on-site and management to assist with reporting OSH issue and completing Workplace Inspection every 6 months.

Assessing and treating children that were referred to specific CDS site with developmental motor delays, headshape concerns/torticollis, talipes, gait concerns, hypermobility of joints and DCD.

Implementing individual or group programs including Plagio groups and parent information workshops.

Offering joint appointments with other disciplines.

Offering serial casting as an intervention for idiopathic toe walkers.

Running community programs or talks ie New Mothers Group

Assisting with supervising Physiotherapy students.

Attending internal and multidisciplinary meetings.

Acting as a consultant with staff and management to assist with OSH issues on site.

Assessing and treating children that were referred to specific CDS site with developmental motor delays, headshape concerns/torticollis, talipes, gait concerns hypermobility of joints and DCD.

Coordinating and managing new referrrals to site and liasing with referring agencies.

Managing waitlist and coordinating staffing levels based on current resources.

Organising and running Plagiocephaly Information Groups fortnightly on site.

Offering serial casting as an intervention for idiopathic toe walkers.

Participating in various meetings within PT Department as well as Multidisciplinary team.

Acting as a Consultant with PT staff, other team members, external providers, schools and families.

Reviewing waitlists, collating and reporting PT statistics and data to Discipline Manager every month.

Supervising Physiotherapy Students as well as P1 Physiotherapists on site.

Developing and presenting at PT Forum and Forum for CHNs and SHNs during their annual meeting.

Monitoring and ordering Physiotherapy resources as required on site.

Coordinating and participating in new staff orientation as well as organised specific trainings.

Acting as Consultant for staff on-site and management to assist with reporting OSH issue and completing Workplace Inspection every 6 months.

Assessing and treating children that were referred to specific CDS site with developmental motor delays, headshape concerns/torticollis, talipes, gait concerns, hypermobility of joints and DCD.

Implementing individual or group programs including Plagio groups and parent information workshops.

Offering joint appointments with other disciplines.

Running community programs or talks ie New Mothers Group, Baby Massage groups.

Assisting with running Pre-Term Playgroups with PT - Rosalie Mori at KEMH whilst based at West Perth CDS.

Supervising Curtin University and Notre Dame Physiotherapy students on clinical placements.

Assisting with serial casting intervention for idiopathic toe walkers.

Attending internal and multidisciplinary meetings.

Acting as a consultant with staff and management to assist with OSH issues on site.

Assessing and treating caseload children with a range of neurological or developmental conditions such as cerebral palsy, down syndrome, spinal muscular atropy, smith-lemli opitz syndrome, agenesis corpus callosum, traumatic brain injury, developmental motor delays, DCD.

Implementing home/school intervention programs.

Multidisciplinary assessments and programs with OT, SALT, Paediatrician and Portage services.

Providing and supervising the use of mobility or postural equipment such as walkers, standing frames and sleep systems.

Joint Monthly Orthopaedic Clinics with a Consultant.

Assisting with Orthotics Clinic every month.

Attending multi-disciplinary or multi-agency meetings.

Covering maternity wards for infants with Talipes, Erbs Palsy and Torticollis.

Covering acute neurological ward and providing follow-up rehabilitation in the outpatient department i.e post stroke, acute neurological conditions.

Providing group interventions such as after school gym and developmental coordination groups for school age children.

Managing hydrotherapy programs for caseload children.

Assessing and providing appropriate postural equipments together with an Occuptional Therapist and a Technician.

Offering tummy time and baby massage groups within the community.

Assessing and treating children that were referred to specific CDS site with developmental motor delays, headshape concerns/torticollis, talipes, gait concerns, hypermobility of joints and DCD.

Being the sole practitioner on site meant all clinical and non-clinical programs were being planned, developed and evaluated with the support of a Senior Physiotherapist that works off-site.

Implementing individual or group programs including Plagio/Baby/ School-age as well as any parent/teacher information workshops.

Offering joint clinical as well as group appointments with other disciplines such as OT and SP.

Running monthly community programs or talks collaboratively with Child Health Nurses ie Tummy time and Baby Massage groups.

Supervising Curtin University Physiotherapy students with their clinical placements.

Attending internal - intake meetings and multidisciplinary meetings on-site.

Attending Physiotherapy meetings and professional development presentations held in the meetings.

Acting as a consultant with staff and management to assist with OSH issues on site.