The following Occupational Therapy Australia Qld Division members

The following Occupational Therapy Australia Qld Division members have recently listed their details with us for permanent or locum work. Please contact the member directly to confirm their availability. (List is sorted by date available newest at top) Sandra Kirkwood 0488 624 362 kirkwood13@bigpond.com 1981 B.Occ.thy; 2005 Bachelor of Music; 2009 Master of Philosophy FT, PT, Paediatrics, Adult Physical Rehabilitation, Mental Health Ipswich or Western Suburbs of Brisbane Paula Percy 07 4773 9228 0412 806 060 paula.percy@my.jcu.edu.au FT, PT, Work Experience Access therapy Services- (7 weeks)- Community Services Defence veteran affairs and other non govt organisations Case management, Home Modifications, equipment prescription and health promotion for clients across all life spans. The Townsville Hospital (7 weeks)- Geriatric Evaluation Management (sub-acute) Case management, cognitive and functions assessments, home modification recommendations for aged care clients. Adolescent Inpatient and Day Service/ CYMHS (10 weeks) Mental health inpatient and out patients. Cognitive and functional assessments, intervention plan completion of child and adolescents 4-18years. AEIOU (voluntary) early intervention program for children aged 2.5 to 6 years diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder Townsville Work : Paediatrics, Adolescents and Aged Care (acute and community. Have a keen interest in developing my skills further especially in sensory intergration. Continued on next page...7 February 2014

Genna Michelle Amos 0411 542 804 gennaamos@gmail.com FT, PT, Hospital: Bundaberg Base Hospital (2 nd year placement, 3 weeks). Medical Ward. Initial interviews, shower assessments, manual handling, cognitive assessments: MMSE, RUDAS, and MoCA. All of Qld Aged care: Churches of Christ Care, Bribie Island (3 rd year placement, 3 weeks). Main Duties: Client centred goal setting, documentation, planning and implementing daily activities, short and long-term treatment plans. Handover. Paediatrics: AEIOU Foundation for children with Autism, Bundaberg (3 rd year placement, 7 weeks). Main Duties: OT intervention sessions, family centred goal setting, functional (fine and gross motor) assessments, therapeutic listening, treatment plans, Applied Behavioural Analysis, Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), selfmanagement and social skills training techniques, intensive toilet training, self-help skills training, pretend play, gross motor obstacle course, table-top activities (e.g. writing tasks, puzzles, art, cooking) and sensory integration. Community-based: Chronic Disease Service and Transition Care Program (4 th year placement, 7 weeks). Main duties: Initial assessment, intervention and follow-up. Assessments completed: initial assessment, COPM, RUDAS, MMSE, MBI, shower assessment and ADL screen. Intervention provided: equipment provision, occupational performance coaching, energy conservation and work simplification, one-on-one education and group education (health education, pain management, ADL advice, exercise advice), home modification (grab rails, showers, ramps, stair lifts), compression therapies, exercise approaches, adjunct modalities, MASS applications. Mental health: Child and Youth Mental Health Service and Older Persons Mental Health Service (4 th year placement, 7 weeks). Main Duties: Case management, research, initial interviewing, assessment, 7 February 2014

writing treatment goals, documentation, one-onone education and group education, motivational interviewing and coaching. Tomas Hennessy 07 5448 4921 0403 343 938 tomas.hennessy@my.jcu.edu.au FT, PT,. -Hillcrest Private Hospital Rockhampton 23/07/12 07/09/12, 7 weeks (in/outpatient hand therapy, inpatient mental health group therapy) -Geriatric and Rehabilitation Services Rockhampton 24/09/12 09/11/12, 7 weeks (focused in/outpatient sub-acute rehabilitation) -Townsville Community Learning Centre 18/2/13 15/3/13, 4 weeks (public special school, developing life skills program for senior students) -Centre for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation for Disabled Children Ho Chi Minh city Vietnam 22/4/13 31/5/13, 6 weeks (capacity building with speech therapist) Brisbane and surrounds, Rockhampton Region, Townsville Region. Willing to relocate anywhere in Queensland for the right position. Dieu H Tran 0414 847 091 07 3375 3385 dieu.tran@uqconnect.edu.au dieutran91@yahoo.com FT, PT, Interested in furthering skills in all areas of Occupational Therapy practice Evolve Therapeutic Services: Final year group project developing specialised activity/ sensory therapy kits for assessment/ treatment in a CYMHS. Responsibilities: MDT liason, research and literature review, producing activity assessment/ treatment tool. QE II Hospital GARS: Stroke and neurological rehabilitation full inpatient client caseload. Responsibilities: Cognitive/ UL/ ADL/ home assessment, treatment planning, discharge services. Anglicare, Woollongabba: Community aged care. Responsibilities: Home assessments, ADL assessment, falls prevention, pressure care, equipment prescription, community services liason, maintenance of community elderly exercise program Child Development Services, Inala: Community child development. Responsibilities: Paediatric motor/ psychosocial Brisbane and surrounding areas

Tessa Armstrong 0439 610 975 tessa.armstrong@uqconnect.edu.au FT, PT, assessment, pre-prep skills group therapy, specialised research project (Beliefs of ethnic mothers in relation to feeding, play, independence and behaviours in children aged 0-8) Other: Brisbane Immigration and Transit Accommodation (BITA) Centre Responsibilities: Volunteering in OT program for young asylum seeker/ refugees in play-based therapy. Work preferences: Passion for working with people in special circumstances, including refugee resettlement, to be able to achieve occupational justice, independence, and improved QoL. Enthusiastic and motivated to add and improve skills in delivering psychosocial and emotional wellbeing support in the community. Work Experiences: Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (350 hours): Geriatric Assessment & Rehabilitation Unit. Adult caseload: brain injury, neurological, orthopaedic, age-related changes. Responsibilities: standardised/nonstandardised assessments (cognitive, ADL and home assessments); UL programs, equipment prescription, discharge planning, liaison with community services, quality improvement projects. Princess Alexandra Hospital (245 Hours): Cancer Care Team & Lymphoedema Service. Experience in three cancer-care setting including inpatient ward, inpatient/outpatient radiation and outpatient lymphoedema services. Responsibilities: psychosocial education/management, cognitive assessments, ADL assessments, equipment prescription, circumferential UL and LL measures, scar management. Brisbane and surrounding suburbs, Gold Coast Focus Rehabilitation - Toowong (245 Hours): Adult caseload: soft tissue treatment and work rehabilitation. Responsibilities: soft-tissue injury idenitification/treatment, worksite/workstation assessments, ergonomic reports/graduated return to work programs.

Work s: Having newly graduated I wish to expand my skills in all areas of OT. Particular interests include adult physical (acute and sub-acute settings) along with rehabilitation in the community setting (within a multidisciplinary team). Cleo Sheather 0422 837 024 cleosheather@gmail.com 2012 FT (3-4 month) / Locum January 2014 Work preference: paediatrics Areas of interest include scar management and also mental health. Rural Kiersten Jones 0409 130 000 kierstenj@bigpond.com 1993 PT/ 2014 Experience: Hospital (acute/physical), community health positions (mostly in Tweed/Byron Network, NSW Health). Also Aged Care Assessment Team (generalist assessor), community paediatrics (development assessment/therapy), and acting in senior positions. Vast experience in home safety assessments, home modifications recommendations, equipment trial/prescription. Lockyer Valley, QLD s: Community health centrebased or home visiting service. Would also consider therapy assistant position if in preferred location. Natalee Pcino 0431 804 316 natalee.pcino@uqconnect.edu.a u February : Mater Children's Hospital: Outpatient Hands & Scar management (trauma, surgical, congenital) Qld UQ Hypertonicity Clinic: Experience in interventions targeting hypertonicity in client of all ages with neurological conditions. 2012: Corinda Community Health Centre: Chronic Disease Domiciliary Team Royal Brisbane & Woman's Hospital: In Patient Plastics (trauma and surgical) & Intensive Care Unit 7 February 2014

Work : Acute & community based physical rehabilitation Lisa Chick 0417 689 502 lisa.chick@my.jcu.edu.au Locum Jan 2014 Student Placements in Adult Mental Health (community case management), Transition Care Program (community case management) and Child Development Services (paediatrics 0-6yrs old). s: Community based with any client group, vocational rehabilitation and paediatrics, however I am interested to work in any field. Townsville, Cairns, Gladstone. Willing to relocate anywhere in QLD for the right position. Kellie Rivers- Malet 0423 116 291 kellierm@hotmail.com 2012 Armadale Hospital: General Medicine and Surgical wards. Princess Margaret Hospital: peadiatrics (worked on acquired brain injury, orthopaedic and neonate caseload and on the outpatient early intervention outpatient program). Cathy Thomas Specialised Hand Therapy Services: Have worked with both outpatients and inpatients in hand and upper limb therapy- experience in implementing hand therapy programs and splint fabrication. Advanced Personal Management & Rio Tinto: Have worked in a vocational rehabilitation setting- experience conducting worksite assessments and implementing return to work programs and safe workplace strategies. Gold Coast and Central Brisbane. Work s: All areas within an acute Hospital setting Shannon McColl 0431 987 306 shannon.mccoll@uqconnect.edu.au Locum January 2014 Acquired Brain Injury Outreach Service: Case management and community outreach service to adults with brain injuries. Individual and group based intervention - Steps Program Leader (completed 6-week STEPS program to a group of people with ABI, family members, Gold Coast

carers) Ipswich Hospital: Rehabilitation unit caseload neurological (CVA) and orthopaedic. Experience in various assessments, upper limb group, individual therapy, case conference, ward rounds, inservice. CRS Australia: Vocational rehabilitation including case management, experience with early school leavers and adults with various health conditions and ergonomic assessments. Work s: Adult physical, acute, rehabilitation, community, neurological conditions, working within multidisciplinary teams. However, I am an enthusiastic and passionate new graduate occupational therapist who is motivated to gain experience in all areas of occupational therapy. Morgan McAllister 0439 728 986 morgzmcallister@gmail.com Late November Work Experience - Rehabilitation Unit, Carrara Health Centre. Paediatrics, Montrose Access. Chronic Diseases Wellness Program and Community Rehab, Helensvale Community Health. Acute, Subacute and Rehabilitation, Murwillumbah District Hospital. SunnyKids. Private Paediatrics, Coomera. Health Promotion Paediatrics, Montrose Access. Spinal Outreach Team, PA Hospital. Paediatrics, Southern Cross University Health Clinic. Gold Coast, Brisbane Work - Paediatrics, health promotion or acute hospital wards. However, I would be an enthusiastic and dedicated additional staff member to any OT area. Ryan Tyler 0427 769 764 ryan.tyler@my.jcu.edu.au Cancer care, Palliative, hands therapy, Community transition care program, aged care, paediatrics, ( cerebral palsy, autism Cairns, Townsville,

and developmental ) Mackay Chelsea Langford 0400 731 207 chels.jae@gmail.com FT December Work Experience- 7 years as sports massage therapist. Transition care program: community bases case management for adults. Vocational Centre: working with young adults holding group activities. Mental Health (QLD Health): Adult case management in community. Nambour general hospital (QLD health): adult outpatient hand therapy. Child and youth clinic (University of sunshine coast): Clinic and school based therapy for children aged 6-12 years. Toowoomba, Rockhampton (including areas surrounding for all) Work s-interested in working with all ages, preference for physical rehabilitation, community based group, working within multidisciplinary teams. Sara De Luchi 0432 640 838 sara.deluchi@uqconnect.edu.au December Transition Care Program - community based therapy and case management with older adults. Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit, Princess Alexandra Hospital - student led groups program. Spot 4 Kids - mobile pediatric therapy (children 2-7 years with Autism). Interested in: community programs (aged care), pediatric therapy, rehabilitation, chronic disease/pain management, working in a multidisciplinary team. Gold Coast Nuala Burke 0424 676 505 nuala.burke@uqconnect.edu.au FT November 1000 hours of clinical placement work Interested in all aspects of OT Gold Coast, Sydney

Roxanne Barry 0439 530 095 roxanne.barry@uqconnect.edu.a u Early Dec / Locum Early December Children s Life Skills Clinic: Paediatricsgroup and individual therapy. Logan Hospital: adolescent mental health ward and community child and youth mental health services. Redlands Hospital: Adult physical caseload- across the acute medical, surgical and cardiac wards. Experience in outpatient upper limb and cognitive rehabilitation. Blue Care: Community services and outpatient therapy. Experience in home assessments and recommendations, equipment prescription and outpatient occupational therapy with older adults. Work preferences: Adult and paediatric physical- acute, rehabilitation and community, equipment prescription, home assessment and modification, mental health. Brisbane and surrounds, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast. However, as an enthusiastic new graduate, I am highly motivated to gain experience in all areas of OT. Kathryn Martin 0423 037 641 kathryn.martin@uqconnect.edu.a u Nov / Locum Late Nov Mater Children's Hospital - inpatient rehabilitation - children with brain injuries and neurological conditions Princess Alexandra Hospital - outpatient rehabilitation - adults with brain injuries and strokes Ipswich or Western Suburbs Inala Housing Service Centre - communitybased setting, home modifications & housing recommendations Wk s: Hospital or community setting - broad interests including rehabilitation, paediatrics, family-based interventions, Indigenous Health, equipment subscription & disability support.

Jessica Hocking 0435 176 636 jessica.hocking@uqconnect.edu. au Dec December Clinical Placement Experience: : Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Acute Burns Caseload and UQ Life Skills Clinic - Paediatric experience in school based setting. 2012: Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (Paediatrics - individual and group based therapy and the provision of education to older indigenous peoples with chronic diseases) and Residential Transitional Care - Sub Acute Unit. : Paediatrics, indigenous health, adult physical, community and hospital services. I am willing to work in any field and am committed to gain new experiences to grow professionally as an occupational therapist. Brisbane and Surrounds Nikki Friend 0437 383 830 nikki.friend@uqconect.edu.au / Locum Late November Clinical placement experience in Adult mental health, Chronic diseases, Acute medical and Paediatrics. Other experience in intellectual disability, ATSI youth and sign language. Sunshine Coast Reeja George 0411 132 898 reej.george@gmail.com 2003 Jan 2014 Interested to work in a community setting within a multidisciplinary team. Particular interests in mental health, intellectual disability, homelessness, and older adults; however I am keen for opportunities in other areas that will build my knowledge and skills as a new OT Experienced in Occupational rehabilitation, ergonomics, training and safety. Prefer to enter into a clinical role. Currently holding a non-practising registration with AHPRA (due to maternity break), therefore seeking supervised work as a requirement for full general registration. Willing to volunteer. Keen to re-skill and gain clinical experience.. Brisbane

Rachael Priebbenow 0421 979 603 rach.priebbenow@gmail.com Dec FT/PT Late November Experience: Ipswich Hospital Inpatient Rehabilitation and Acute Stroke; Paediatrics school-based service; Toowoomba Hospital Acute Adult Mental Health Unit; Toowoomba Hospital Community Chronic Disease Team. : Adult physical rehabilitation, community, hospital services. I am willing to work in any field or setting, and would love to gain a variety of experiences as a new graduate Occupational Therapist, under direct or indirect supervision from a more experienced OT. Nation-wide. Anna Booth 0439 612 508 anna.booth@uqconnect.edu.au Dec Late November - Clinical Placements 2012: UQ Upper Limb Hypertonicity Clinic, and Sante Health Consultancy (Injury Prevention & Management, and Return to Work, Ergonomic Assessments and Training) Brisbane and surrounds, Gold Coast - Clinical Placements : Royal Hobart Hospital Acute Rehabilitation Unit, and UQ Life Skills Clinic (Group Therapy) Work s: Hand Therapy, Adult physical rehabilitation, Paediatrics, Indigenous Health, Refugees, Working with an interdisciplinary team. Although I have listed work preferences, I would be happy to take any opportunity that will enhance my professional development as a new graduate Occupational Therapist. Rachel D Arrigo 0407 056 263 rachel.darrigo@uqconnect.edu.a u 2012 Dec / Jan 2014 Hand therapy (private practice) Royal children's hospital Mater private rehab Prince Charles hospital Interested in rehabilitation and paediatrics. Brisbane Sunshine Coast Toowoomba Meredith Gardiner 0401 485 992 Meredith.gardiner@gmail.com Nov Dec Carrara Health Centre - OT Assistant, Robina Hospital - rehabilitation, Gold Coast Hospital - health promotion on acute wards, Longreach Hospital and community Gold Coast - willing to relocate for the 7 February 2014

Lindsay Taylor 0411 733 537 Lindsayctaylor89@gmail.com Dec F/T Dec outreach, Gold Coast Interdisciplinary Persistent Pain Clinic, Spiritus Robina - community care, Sensory Gym Camp Jabiru. Wanting to gain experience and skills in all areas of OT practice. Work Experience: hospital rehabilitation inpatient unit, hospital acute care, and pediatric outpatient clinic. Work s: Interested in all areas. right job Gold Coast & Sunshine Coast My career objective is to obtain a full time Occupational Therapy position in a professional setting with constructive mentors, team oriented employees and ultimately to enhance the life of my clients. Reeja George Natalie Bridgwood Ellen O Connor Serena Pires 0411 132 898 reej.george@gmail.com 2003 Casua l 0422 881 262 natz91@hotmail.com 2012 FT/PT 0423 166 045 ellen.oconnor@my.jcu.edu.au 2012 FT 07 3325 2425 0431 708 765 serena.pires@uqconnect.edu.au FT Early Experience in Occupational Rehabilitation, Training and Safety. Prefer working in any clinical role including paediatrics, palliative care, neurology, orthopaedics, hand therapy, aged care, pain management. Willing to volunteer to gain clinical experience. Keen to increase skills and knowledge. Community based rehabilitation, hospital (acute medical, palliative care, respiratory, vascular and infectious disease wards), mental health, paediatrics, and aged care. Interested and keen to expand knowledge and skills in all areas of OT practice. Palliative Care/Oncology, Paediatrics, Community, Hand Therapy, Pain management, Aged Care. Interested in Oncology, Rehabilitation, Pain Management, Aged Care Cerebral Palsy League, Redcliffe Hospital, UQ Children s Life Skills Clinic, St Vincents Aged Care Facility, Prince Charles Hospital, Disabilites Services Qld. Interested in Paediatrics work. Brisbane Gold Coast Brisbane/North Queensland Brisbane