Ciara Wright Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, VIC, AU

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Working closely with the allied health manager as part of the allied health management team. Allied Health Team Leader and Physiotherapist - ongoing role from the transition from BlueCross Aged Care to Opal Healthcare.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Support team lead to allied health clinicians across 31 residences in Melbourne.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Casual Physiotherapist

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Deliver outbreak support to residences to ensure resident and staff safety.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Physio locum across different aged care residences in Melbourne metro. These included;Regis Aged CareTLC Healthcare Arcare

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Contracted to Revita Health for Seniors (via ACM Agency) mainly based at Regis East Malvern. Duties included;
• Pain management treatments involving therapeutic massage, stretching, exercise therapy, and heat therapy as per the ACFI directives.
• Conducting group exercise classes for the residents on a daily basis, and assisting the lifestyle team with walking groups within and outside the facility.
• Promoting and engaging residents in physical activity to improve quality of life.
• Assessments of residents including post-hospital reviews, mobility, pain assessments, bed pole assessments, electric scooter assessments.
• Ensuring documentation is accurate and completed as per requirements for ACFI directives, which included 3-monthly care plan reviews.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Contract via ACM Healthcare working full-time as a Physiotherapist across two Melbourne-based RACF.
• Physiotherapy treatments involving therapeutic massage, stretching, exercise therapy, heat therapy and electrotherapy.
• Compliance as per the ACFI directives for therapy interventions and documentation.
• Running exercise classes for the residents of the aged care facility and assisting lifestyle team with other physical activity groups such as walking groups.
• Assessments of residents including initial review, post-hospital reviews, mobility and pain assessments.
• Falls prevention assessments, education and reviews of residents as indicated.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Fixed-term contract, 40 hours per week, working as part of a physiotherapy team in an aged care facility. My main role with this company was pain management for a geriatric population and becoming accustomed to the documentation for the ACFI standards within aged care. Falls prevention education, mobility assessments, equipment provision and prescribing.

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

• Worked within scope of practice acting autonomously to assess, analyse, and provide clinical diagnosis for individual patients who may have complex needs, to determine their need for physiotherapy intervention.
• Acted independently to plan, implement, evaluate, treat and progress patient care to maximise rehabilitation potential and facilitate timely discharge.
• Independently managed an individual caseload of patients liaising as required with senior staff to gain support and direction in the organisation of allocated caseload.
• Worked part of a ward and outpatient team to ensure effective communication and delivery of care and communicate with and make recommendations to all relevant disciplines of staff.
• Worked across different weekend and on call services in either the respiratory, orthopaedic or medical specialties.

Bsc Sports And Exercise Science, First Class Honours

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Kinesiology And Exercise Science

Study abroad semester and work placement

Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy, Distinction

Placements - Spinal Injuries Unit Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow - Acute care/women’s health Raigmore Hospital Inverness.