I am Ahpra - general registered Physiotherapist with over 7 years of experience working at aged care, community settings, private practice and hospital. With a passion for delivering client-centered care, I expertise in designing rehabilitation plans and provide hands-on treatment based on evidence based practice.
-To manage sites in southeast Melbourne and South Australia.
-To maintain good rapport with customers/sites and clients.
-To provide onsite support to team including immediate coverage.
-To assess and provide treatment to private clients in home and community settings.
-To ensure to deliver best evidence practice treatment to client.
-To conduct 1:1 meetings and performance reviews of the clinicians along with RM.
-To regularly attend meetings with RM and Operation Team.
-Physiotherapy assessment for aged care and community clients including initial review, annual review, transfers, and mobility review, pain review, falls, and provide pain management physiotherapy, exercise prescription to clients.
-Working with NDIS, DVA, AN-ACC, Medicare, HCP, STRC, CHSP clients.
-Building rapport with clients, identifying potential risks, educating clients, using suitable outcome measures to track the progression of clients and giving referrals to appropriate healthcare professionals as required.
-Managing the sites and conducting meetings with facility/home managers and clinical managers regularly
-Attending regular team meetings and discussing general queries or complex clinical cases with other clinicians in the team.
-Attending PDs regularly (both internal and external), upskilling.
-Providing manual handling training to aged care clinical and non-clinical staff. Educating staff about pressure care, fall prevention, oedema prevention strategies.
-Providing support to new graduates/staff, LR physios and AHAs as required.
-To conduct assessments and provide treatment to clients with musculoskeletal, neurological, and cardiac conditions.
-To work closely with other multidisciplinary team and making necessary referrals as required.
-To document assessments, ACFI paperwork, and treatments delivered in both written forms, and on a computer.
-To provide manual handling training every month to the aged care workers.
-To improve quality of life of residents in aged care by improving/maintaining their mobility, making necessary modifications and providing education to clients and families.
-To perform assessment and treatment of various neurological and musculoskeletal cases including sports injuries.
-To document patient records on the computer.
-To provide treatment to clients covered with EPC, work cover, TAC, private health insurance.
-To educate clients on the importance and use of orthopedic appliances such as corset, braces, and splints if necessary
-To administer manual therapy, mobilisation, dry needling, taping, electrotherapy, massage, exercises and education to the client.
-To use appropriate outcome measures to track the progression of clients and book follow up appointments as required.
-To modify the treatment in complex situations with experience and consultation with seniors/doctors.
-To provide GLA:D program to clients with OA including hydrotherapy classes every week.
-Performed assessment and examination of patients with different conditions and provide treatment using modalities and exercise.
-Worked in various departments like ICU, postoperative, general, orthopaedic ward.
-Made necessary referrals to doctors, dieticians, social workers as required.
-To encourage and motivate clients both physically and mentally, planning for discharge with multidisciplinary team.
-Physiotherapy assessment and treatment for orthopaedic, cardio-respiratory, and neurological conditions across all age groups.
-Assisted with neurological rehabilitation of rare conditions like MND, ALS, MDs, and so on.
-Suitable pain relieving treatment for clients using electro-therapeutic modalities such as IFT, TENS, Ultrasound, Muscle stimulation.
-Superficial modalities like Wax Therapy, Contrast Bath, Moist Heat Therapy, Cryotherapy, and providing essential exercises
-Assessment and treatment of clients with occupation-related conditions like mechanical neck pain, back pain, and postural management and environmental modifications.
-Physiotherapy management and rehabilitation in conditions related to surgeries (both pre and post), amputations, tendon repair, burns, head injuries, stroke.