Instructions This presentation will help Physiotherapy students and other

interested parties by giving them an introduction to the Physiotherapy Department of Wodonga Regional Health Service (WRHS) before their clinical placement.

There are a number of hyperlinks within the presentation that will take you to specific areas. All slides however can be viewed by going through one after the other.

Students should note the expectations that WRHS Physiotherapy Department has of them in terms of professional behaviour.

We hope you enjoy your placement at WRHS. We look forward to meeting you.

Welcome Wodonga Regional Health Service

Allied Health

Undergraduate Physiotherapy Student Placement Information

Welcome to Wodonga Regional Health Service

Wodonga Regional Health Service

Allied Health Teams

Physiotherapy Team

Clinical Education

Professional Behaviour

Aim: To provide quality, cost effective hospital and community based health

care services to meet the health needs of those communities in North

Eastern Victoria and South Western New South Wales with relationship to

the City of Wodonga and the City of Albury.

WRHS is proud of the culture it has maintained since its origins in the

1950’s. As a Health Service that has grown from the community it has

retained a strong sense of community service.

WRHS fosters an environment with a strong sense of teamwork, integrity,

accountability and respect.

Allied Health Teams

Acute Team

Community Rehabilitation Team

Community Health and Health Promotion Team

Inpatient Rehabilitation

Rural and Allied Health Team

Pain Management Program

Hospital Admission at Risk Program (HARP)

Post Acute Care

Acute Team Acute Unit

22 beds, including a 5 bed high

dependency unit. Provides more

intensive Nursing following medical or

surgical procedures. General Unit

32 beds, general medical or surgical

patients often elective admissions. Obstetric Unit

One of the largest units in Rural

Victoria catering for an estimated 1600

births each year.

Inpatient Rehabilitation

Inpatient rehabilitation program servicing

a 10 bed ward

Aims to assist clients to achieve

optimum independence and quality of life

Offers an integrated care program

including Allied Health, Medical and

Nursing care

Community Rehabilitation Team Multidisciplinary team which aims to

enable clients who are disabled,

frail, chronically ill or recovering

from traumatic injury to achieve and

retain optimal functional

independence.

General rehabilitation

Falls Prevention

Cardiac rehabilitation

Pulmonary rehabilitation

Upper limb/hand therapy clinic

Community Health/Health promotion Team

Multidisciplinary team providing

outpatient services to enable Victorian

residents suffering from a range of

conditions to achieve and maintain

optimal functional independence.

Involved in the delivery of a variety of

health promotion activities including

Diabetes Education, New parents Group,

Chronic diseases self management and

Aquatic physiotherapy.

Rural and Allied Health Team Provides a range of professional

services to people of all ages having difficulty staying at home independently

Comprehensive service which supports and liaises with clients, carers and community service providers

Services are usually provided in the clients home and aim to restore maximum independence.

RAHT operates in Wodonga, the shires of Towong and Indigo, and the Kiewa Valley.

Pain Management Program

Provides timely and efficient intervention to

individuals, which meets best practice and

uses a multi disciplinary and consumer

focused approach.

Three week residential cognitive behavioral

modification and physical reactivation

program based on the biopsychosocial

model of chronic pain and conducted by an

interdisciplinary team.

Physiotherapy TeamSue (Director of Allied Health)

John Liesa Sally

Jana Anna Lyn (AHA)

Simone Isabel Lucas

Carolyn Brett Pam (AHA)

Anne Sarah Jeff (AHA)

Melanie Jamie

Sue B.App.Sc.(Phys)

Director of Allied Health

Over 20 years experience

Experience in both metropolitan and

rural settings

Areas of special interest include

rehabilitation, gerontology and

chronic disease management

John Grad Dip Phys

Pain Management Program

Trained in England and has worked

extensively overseas including

England and Canada

Accredited McKenzie therapist

Has special interest in sport

physiotherapy

Physiotherapist to local soccer

team

Liesa Grad Dip Phys

Works in Rehabilitation

Trained in England and has

extensive experience in England

and Canada

Trained in Bobath techniques for

neurological deficits

Special interest areas include

lymphodema and neurology

Sally B.App.Sc.(Phys)

Rural Allied Health Team Physiotherapist

Graduated from The University of Sydney in 2001

Experience in Continence and Women’s Health, Falls and Balance, Intensive Care, Cardiothoracic surgery/rehabilitation, Rural/Remote Physiotherapy

Special interest in Continence and Women’s Health and Rural/Remote Health

Jana B.App.Sc.(Phys)

Inpatient rehabilitation and obstetric

wards

Has been employed at WRHS for many

years and has worked on all available

rotations

On several WRHS committees

Special interest area is obstetrics

Completed Certificate IV in workplace

assessment in training and involved in

staff training for multiple areas.

Anna B.Science(Physiotherapy)

Community Rehabilitation Team

General rehabilitation and co-ordinates

Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

Varied experience in England and

Canada including TMJ clinics

8 years in private practice

Special interest areas include:

Psychosocial aspects of physiotherapy

Orthopaedics

Compliance with exercise

Lyn (Div II Nurse, AHA)

Extensive allied health assistant

experience

Previous nursing background

Allied Health Assistant for Acute and

Community Health programs

Hydrotherapy Leader Certificate.

Simone B. Physiotherapy (Hons), PhD

Part time Community Rehabilitation Team

co-ordinating Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Program

Runs Fit for Birth classes

Special interest areas include rehabilitation,

exercise therapy, chronic disease factors

influencing adherence and self

management with health interventions,

antenatal and postnatal exercise.

Isabel B.Physiotherapy

Completed degree at Charles Sturt University, Albury

Extensive experience in sports

coaching

Interested in sports physiotherapy, Pilates and dry needling

Hobbies include sports, music and outdoor activities

Lucas B Physiotherapy

Grade one physiotherapist

Completed Physiotherapy Degree at Charles Sturt University (Albury) 2004

Employed at WRHS since 2005

Rotating through: acute (medical and surgical) wards, community rehab, community health and Tallangatta Health Service

Carolyn B. Physiotherapy

Grade One Physiotherapist.

Graduated from LaTrobe University Bundoora 2005

Currently working in Hospital Admission Risk Program (HARP) - Chronic Disease Management, Post Acute Care, Community Rehabilitation, Tallangatta Health Service outpatients

Main Areas of Interest: Community Rehabilitation; Women's Health; Good coffee

Brett B.Physiotherapy

Community Health Physiotherapy

Graduated Charles Sturt University (Albury) 2003

Patient No-Lift trainer

Semi Automatic Emergency Defibrillator (SAED)

trainer

Manual Handling trainer

Physiotherapy students Contact person

Areas of Interest: Rehabilitation and Musculoskeletal

Involved in Chronic Diseases Self Management

Pam Bartel RN / Div 2

Allied Health Assistant

Extensive allied health assistant

experience

Comes from a nursing background

Area of special interest includes

exercise rehabilitation for older people

Anne B. App Sc. Physiotherapy, B. App Sc. OT, Post grad Dip

Manip. Therapy, Grad cert continence and Pelvic floor rehab.

Sessional Physiotherapist in

continence Clinic.

Areas of special interest:

Men's health

Women's Health

Continence

Self empowerment of our patients

Jeff RN DIV2/AHA

Extensive experience in Medical and Rehabilitation nursing.

Interests – walking aids and Rehabilitation equipment.

Hobbies – Pushbike riding and tournament poker.

Melanie B. Physiotherapy

Completed Bachelor of Physiotherapy at Charles Sturt University in 2007

Major undergraduate placements at St. George Hospital, Westmead Rehab Centre and John Hunter Children's Hospital

Areas of interest include women's health, obstetrics and rehabilitation

Experience working with a variety of local sporting teams

Trained at Cumberland

University (Sydney)

Working in the Community

Rehabilitation Centre

Coordinates Falls and Balance

Program

Has an interest in aged care

and rural health.

Jamie B.App.Sc.(Physio)

Clinical Education at WRHS

Philosophy

Student focused learning

Student responsibilities

Philosophy

The concept of the clinical educator being a facilitator rather than an information giver is fundamental to clinical education at WRHS. Consequently the primary goal of clinical education is to facilitate student learning and engender in students a passion for lifelong learning. Clinical educators are therefore challenged to keep students in the centre of and actively engage them in the learning process.

The skill of lifelong learning, which fosters competent and independent practice, is particularly vital for practitioners destined to work in rural areas. Rural practitioners are often isolated from peers, have barriers to accessing professional development and therefore rely more fully on their intrinsic reflective abilities to improve their practice.

While on placement at WRHS students are encouraged to be active participants in their learning and are provided with opportunities to be involved in the structuring of their own learning activities and to take control of their own learning.

Fundamental to effective learning is the learning environment; at WRHS every effort is made to create a student friendly learning environment, so that students will be comfortable and gain maximum benefit from their clinical placement.

Student Focused Learning The clinical education program at WRHS aims to be student

focused. Students are involved in determining the structure and

content of the placement depending upon their individual learning needs.

Clinical educators are aware of students’ varied learning styles and accept that teaching is a creative activity that will vary according to the learning style of the student.

Ongoing constructive and timely feedback is provided to students throughout their placement.

Procedures are established for gathering regular feedback from students, both formally and informally. Students experiencing difficulties should feel comfortable in the knowledge that a process exists for approaching the clinical educator with their concerns.

Student Responsibilities Students should be aware of their individual learning needs. Prior to

commencing placement you should reflect on your strengths and weaknesses and identify those areas which would most benefit from assistance.

Students are required to be aware of their preferred learning style and preferred learning strategies and be able to provide input into the structure of learning activities while on placement.

Students are required to be able to accept and act upon constructive feedback provided by the clinical educator.

Students are strongly encouraged to ask questions and seek reassurance as they test skills at putting theory into practice.

Students are strongly encouraged to maintain a learning journal while on placement to engender reflective practice skills, identify gaps in knowledge and to track growing competence.

Students are expected to be able to approach the clinical educator with any concerns while on placement. If their concern relates to the clinical educator they should approach the senior physiotherapist.

Professional Behaviour

Punctuality

Dress standards

General tidiness

Student rapport with patients and colleagues

Respect for patient’s dignity

Consideration of legal issues

Documentation

Punctuality

Arrive at clinic 5 minutes prior to start

time, to allow you to put your belongings

in your locker and be ready to start on

time.

In the event that you are delayed, or

unable to attend due to sickness

telephone reception (6051 7400) and

inform staff of your estimated arrival time

and advise of any action that is required

to minimise inconvenience to your

clients.

Dress Standards University uniform to be worn at all times and must be neat, clean and

tidy, never stained or crushed Closed in shoes are an Occupational Health and Safety requirement University ID card must be worn at all times Bracelets, bangles, rings with stones are not to be worn Watches may be worn but are preferably removed during patient

treatment and hand washing Fingernails are to be short and clean Hair shoulder length or longer must be tied back Men may have a beard or be clean shaven, no stubble As a consideration to our patients facial jewellery is preferably removed

General Tidiness

Wherever you are working in the hospital, always leave treatment areas

clean and safe.

When treatment is completed pull curtains back, remove any soiled

linen, tissues etc and return pillows to the head of the treatment table.

Wipe the bed with antibacterial solution after each patient.

Return any equipment you have used during treatment to where you

found it.

Rapport with patients and colleagues

The patient will primarily view the student as their physiotherapist.

The student will demonstrate an understanding of the limitations to a

patient’s lifestyle that their illness or disability will cause.

The student will monitor the patient’s tolerance to treatment and

respond to their reports of distress.

The student will be able to liaise with other healthcare professionals to

ensure the patient’s needs are met.

The student will treat all other healthcare workers with courtesy and

respect.

Patient Dignity

Respect patients’ personal choices eg dress, religious and / or

cultural belief system.

Refrain from questioning the patient about their condition in

waiting or reception areas.

Ensure curtains are pulled when appropriate.

Only disrobe the patient as necessary.

Use towels or blankets to drape the patient as necessary to

preserve dignity.

Respect patients choices in relation to treatment.

Legal Issues Always obtain informed consent from

the patient prior to proceeding with any

assessment or treatment procedure.

Informed consent requires an

explanation of the intervention and the

possibility of any positive or negative

reactions.

Only discuss the patient’s case with the

clinical supervisor or those directly

involved in the patient’s care.

Ensure all documentation is completed

in a timely and accurate manner.

Documentation Complete medical records legibly

and accurately using black pen

Complete medical records in a timely

manner, preferably on the day of the

physiotherapy intervention

All medical record entries to be

signed and dated by student and

countersigned by clinical supervisor

Complete discharge or referral letters

with guidance as required

Contact Us

If you have any further questions contact:

Jamie Saines (Acting Senior Physiotherapist) Ph: (02) 6051 7400

Brett McRitchie (Clinical co-ordinator) Ph: (02) 6051 7400