Physiotherapy Work Experience
May 2022- Present
Care Management Leader, Acquired Brain Injury Program, GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre
Responsible for facilitating clients' inpatient rehabilitation across the continuum of care, from admission to discharge. Coordinate and collaborate with the interprofessional and medical teams to ensure safe and effective discharge plans and appropriate outpatient follow up for clients with Acquired Brain Injuries, while providing direction to the team on appropriate level of care and sustainable community care plans
August 2019- May 2022
Physiotherapist II. Team Lead-Hospitalist Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital
Responsible for providing day to day coordination of services and just in time learning opportunities for the hospitalist medicine team of physiotherapists and rehab assistants, in addition to managing a full clinical caseload.
2019
Acting Team Lead, Foothills Hospital
Acting Clinical Lead during extended absences of my own Clinical Lead at Foothills hospital. involved in the scheduling and managing of physiotherapy staff for ICU, trauma, burns/wounds and orthopedics
December 2015-August 2019
Physiotherapist, Rotator, Foothills Hospital
Full time “Rotator” position, where I oriented to a new service/area every 6 months. Experienced and competent treating patients in: ICU/trauma, cardiovascular ICU, cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, ortho, medicine, and acute neurology (focusing in stroke and spinal cord injury) with extended terms in ICU and acute neurology
Project Involvement
2020-2021
Acute Re-ablement Project
Quality improvement initiative aimed at increasing nursing involvement in mobility and working towards a cultural shift amongst staff on hospitalist units to have patients more involved in their care. Involved in working groups in the planning and implementation stages. Collaboration with researchers at the University of British Columbia and interdisciplinary staff at Vancouver General Hospital
2020- Present
iPACE champion
Active member of focus groups in project with the goal of integrating Goals of Care discussions into daily practice. Helped to ensure the success of the project by coordinating inservices and education for the hospitalist allied health team
2020
Developer- Competency and Skill Evaluation
Creation and implementation of a new departmental orientation checklist and comprehensive skills assessment document, which is now being used to on-board new hires to the department as well as assess performance of current members of the hospitalist team
2019
Working Group- PSS program
Contributing member of working group leading to the implementation of a new community program to bridge the gap between acute care and community (PSS: Personalized Support and Stabilization)
Teaching and Leadership Experience
June 2020- 2022
Weekend Team Lead
Coordinate the delivery of Physiotherapy services at Vancouver General Hospital on the weekend
2020- 2022
Lead- Nursing Education Initiative
Initiated an interdisciplinary collaboration to identify gaps in nursing knowledge/skills pertaining to mobility, then assisted in the planning and execution of mobility education sessions with unit nurses (as part of the Acute Re-ablement Project)
2016- present
Clinical Preceptor
Clinical preceptor for Physiotherapy students from the University of British Columbia and the University of Alberta. Provided student placements in Cardiovascular ICU, Inpatient orthopedics and Medicine settings. Also acted as supervisor for rehabilitation assistant students from various colleges in Alberta and BC
August 2019-Present
New Staff Support/Supervision
Responsible for all unit-based orientation of new physiotherapy hires to the Hospitalist Medicine Program. Also acted as supervisor and support to physical therapists under interim licenses
January-April 2021
Frontline Leadership Program
40 hour certificate program provided by Vancouver Coastal Health. Three over-arching themes through 6 full day sessions: leading from your strengths, leading others, and leading in a changing and complex organization