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Occupational Therapist
Sarah Johns
BSc. HK (Hons), M.OccTherapy, GradCert Ch Pain, GradCert Neuro, ALA Accredited Lymphoedema Therapist.
"As an Occupational Therapist, I am passionate about assisting clients in overcoming barriers to achieve their goals. Whether they are recovering from injury, illness, or a change in lifestyle I work with them to reach success. "
Sarah commenced her career in occupational rehabilitation in 2012. As a Rehabilitation Consultant, Sarah assisted clients with their return to work post injury providing case management, suitable duties plans, vocational assessments and job-seeking, fitness for duty assessments, pre-employment functional assessments, and functional capacity evaluations.
Following this, Sarah began working within the hospital system as a part of the Chronic Pain Team running the Chronic Pain Program at St Vincent’s Hospital Brisbane while completing her Graduate Certificate in Chronic Pain.
From here, Sarah expanded her clinical skills working in Private Hand Therapy managing upper limb and hand injuries through custom splinting, oedema management, and exercise provision. While there, she completed her training in Lymphoedema Therapy, inclusive of bandaging, garment prescription, and manual lymphatic drainage.
From here, she decided to return to the hospital system at The Wesley Hospital and St. Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital located in Brisbane. Here, she is able to apply her breadth of clinical knowledge across all areas of the hospital. From acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient rehabilitation, and long covid clinic, Sarah is able to apply her clinical skills and expertise across a range of patients and conditions.
In addition to her role as a medicolegal occupational therapist at MLEA, Sarah continues to provide clinical services within the hospital system.
FOCUS AREAS
- Medical (e.g. Ross River Fever, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)
- Musculoskeletal (e.g. whiplash, lumbar strain)
- Neurological (e.g. head injury)
- Orthopaedic (e.g. fractures)
- Respiratory (e.g. silicosis, asbestosis, black lung)
- Spinal (e.g. spinal cord injury, spinal fractures)
- Surgical (e.g. hysterectomy)
- Terminal (e.g. lung cancer, mesothelioma)
- Urological (e.g. events causing damage to the reproductive organs and/or urinary system)
- Assistive Technology
- Functional Capacity Evaluation
- Upper Limb
MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
- Member of OT Australia
- Australian Lymphoedema Association
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