Through my years of working as an Occupational Therapist, the varied patient profiles which I have worked with in the various settings, have indeed broadened my clinical horizons. This further reinforces my work mantra of "If you give a man a fish, you'll feed him for a day. If you teach him to fish, you will feed him for a lifetime." My goal for all my patients is to be equipped and supported with the necessary skills to participate in their daily occupations, while continuing to live purposefully and well-engaged within the community.
Integrated General Hospital
-Involved in management of inpatient caseloads consisting of Fast Med, Geriatric patients
-Main lead in running of weekly Geriatric outpatient clinic service - for fall preventions, equipment prescription, cognitive rehab, caregiver training
-Given various talks to stakeholders (eg. caregivers, community partners) on topics relating to management of geriatric patients (How to increase memory in older people? Activities for cognitive engagement)
-Clinical Educator to SIT students on clinical placements
-Primary Supervisor to new staff on AHPC conditional registration
-Advisor to Therapy Assistants (TA) in the team- management of manpower, trainer to upskill TAs in their individual roles to better serve the team's needs
2014-2015 Rehab Stroke Team
-Involved in inpatient rehab care plans of patients with complex rehab and medical needs
2015-2016 Centre for Advanced Rehabilitation Therapeutics (CART)
-Outpatient specialised rehab setting which focuses on providing the continuum of care for patients as they transit from inpatient setting back into the community
2016-2017 Rehab Spinal Cord Injury Team
-Inpatient rehab setting which focuses on providing holistic care and rehab to patients who have sustained spinal injuries (traumatic/ atraumatic)
2018-2019 Rehab Orthopaedics Team
-Inpatient rehab setting which focuses on providing rehab to patients post- surgery (TKR, THR) and patients who have undergone lower limb amputations
2019-2020 Integrated Care Hub (ICH) Trial ward
-Involved in setting up of new OT service as part of the ICH masterplan for HealthCity Novena
2020-2022 TTSH main-site- Subacute Wards
-Inpatient setting which focuses on providing rehab to patients in geriatric population
-Involved in home visits for fall preventions
Other roles and responsibilities
-Mentoring of newly rotated staff into team
-Clinical Educator role to SIT students on clinical placements
-Champion for the TTSH Rehab Code Blue workgroup