Sophia Tran

I have a strong passion for inpatient acute care surgical, and trauma/orthopaedic, as well as outpatient musculoskeletal presentations. I am enthusiastic about helping my clients achieve their goals using patient-centered care. I naturally build relationships with clients with my easy-going and humorous personality, and I find it rewarding to see patient improvement and smiles. I strive to continue on working on my client-facing skills, enhancing my experience working closely with health care professionals to assess and treat complex conditions.

Royal Melbourne Social committee member + Wellbeing crew - 02/2024 - ongoing

• Assisting in organisation of staff events, volunteer work and fundraising
• Assisting in wellbeing newsletter (Royal member physiotherapy staff newsletter)

Community Therapy Service - musculoskeletal restructure quality improvement project - 02/2024 - 05/2024 

• Participated with AHP 2, AHP3, AHP4 + AHA remodeling of the CTS MSK service
• Commenced caseload discussion project, aimed at managing caseload amongst CTS MSK team, as well as distribution of new referrals/ patient
• Ongoing: communicating with EPIC builders regarding consistent template across CTS MSK team B
• Brainstorming and assisting in commencement and design of hip and knee surgery group exercise classes. Thus, enabling patients to access additional therapy in conjunction to 1:1 physiotherapy session.

Interpretation/ clinical reasoning of prioritization criteria for rotational staff, NALHN Acute physiotherapy, 03/2023

• Participation in rotation staff discussion re: prioritization criteria aligning with best clinical practice.
• Brainstorming strategies and suggestions - providing formal documentation of the lateral.

Head Social Committee member, NALHN Acute physiotherapy service (Lyell McEwin + Modbury Hospital), 09/2022 -10/2023

• Providing considerate ideas for social events for the physiotherapy department.
• Organisation of the proposed social calendar, meetings and identifying the skill sets required.
• Reviewing venues, equipment, staffing, catering, and potentially funding requirements.
• Planning and delivery of events - once approved by the board.
• Head writer of the NALHN acute physiotherapy monthly newsletter 'Mac & Mo.' Tasks include interviewing staff members, past & upcoming staff events, photography, celebrations, etc.

Physiotherapy Learner guide - NALHN Allied Health Assistance, NALHN Acute physiotherapy, 11/2022

• Assisting AHP3s in completion of a clinical guide to provide necessary knowledge, and foster the skills required to assist a physiotherapist in delivery and monitoring for client specific intervention such as mobility, practice, and exercise program.
• Providing details of evidence-based training and practice, currently used within inpatient services at NALHN., Assisted proofreading and correcting generalized discourse errors or writing inconsistencies.

Falls Champion, NALHN Acute, 10/2022 - 12/2022

• Collection and entry of required data sets and participating in evaluation Falls key performance indicator (KPI) within the acute NALHN physiotherapy department., Clinical report via case-note screening and referral review on Oasis.

• Chronic disease and co-morbidities in diverse population, CPDPhysios, 2022
• Dementia Every physiotherapist's business, eTALK, 2022
• Achilles rupture non - op vs op orthopaedic team education presentation, Physiotherapist Zeb Kenny, 2022
• GLAD Program, NALHN SA Health, 2022
• CHAMP - Chronic condition hospital avoidance, NALHN SA Health, 2022
• ACL rehabilitation in-service, NALHN SA Health, 2022
• Challenging behaviour module, NALHN SA Health, 2022
• Peripheral Nerve Injuries following Orthopaedic Trauma [Lower limb Injuries], Sophie Watt, 2023
• Peripheral Nerve Injuries following Orthopaedic Trauma [Upper limb], Paul McEniery and Po-Sheng Yang, 2023
• Improving function and mobility after hip fracture surgery, Clinical physiotherapist Rebecca Ferrier, 2023
• Fundamentals of Airway Clearance Techniques (ACT) for Physiotherapist managing Chronic Lung Disease, Clinical A/Prof Brenda Button, 2023
• Clinical education training, NALHN SA Health, 2023 - 'Determining the level of supervision to provide students and how to identify gaps', 'How to write effective formal feedback' and 'Building resilience in clinical education'.
• Spinecare Royal Melbourne - undertaking March 2024 - August 2024 (anticipate completion)

UniSA Art Club, Committee Member, 06/2019 - 12/2021

• Organisation of Art-based workshops (e.g., painting, water-colouring, outdoor sketching, drawing, pottery…)
• Coordinating with UniSA Club Association board for social event and workshop planning.

Jennifer Langford, Grade 4 Physiotherapist, Royal Melbourne - Royal Park campus

• Contact details: Jennifer.langford@mh.org.au

Georgina Bennet, Grade 2 Physiotherapist Workforce + CTS MSK

• Contact details: Georgina.Bennet@mh.org.au
• Phone number: 0417968460

Ramza Moukachar, Senior Physiotherapist of Medicine and Surgery, Lyell McEwin and Modbury Hospital

• Contact details: Ramza.Moukachar@sa.gov.au