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Allied Health Week: Meet Doyel Khaleque 05 November 2020 It's Allied Health Week at CAHS (2 November - 8 November) and we're meeting some of our allied health professionals at CAHS! Meet Doyel Khaleque, a Senior Occupational Therapist at CAMHS. What do you do? My role involves assessment and intervention for young people with complex mental health concerns, from an occupational therapy perspective. This involves getting to know young people, assessing their mental state, risk and functioning, and then helping them to identify goals that they would like to work on. As an Occupational Therapist (OT), I focus on what the young person wants to do, what they need to do and how they can learn the required skills or adjust their environments to make daily living more manageable. My role also involves consultation with the wider team about sensory processing, developmental issues and functional living skills. How did you get into this job? I trained c... -
Celebrating our nurses: Chelsey Catchpole 14 October 2020 International Year of the Nurse & Midwife celebrates the invaluable contribution that nurses and midwifes make to global healthcare. At CAHS, we're profiling the diversity of roles and people that make up our nursing services. Meet Chelsey Catchpole. Chelsey is the Staff Development Educator for Ward 5A, CAMHS Inpatient Unit at Perth Children's Hospital. Tell us about your background and how you became a nurse Before I became a nurse, I worked in lots of different roles including as a waitress, retail assistant, health care assistant, working on a sheep station… however while travelling throughout Australia when I was in my 20’s, I decided to stay in Perth and applied as an international student to complete my nursing degree. I am a real 'people person' and love being able to help, so nursing just seemed to fit. I love the variety it brings and the wonderful stories I g... -
Three questions about research with Dr Sarah Cherian 29 September 2020 Dr Sarah Cherian, Clinical Lead of the Refugee Health Service and General Paediatrician, has worked at Perth Children's Hospital and the former Princess Margaret Hospital since 2000. Until recently she was also the Director of Clinical Training in the Department of Postgraduate Medical Education, which she held for more than a decade. Dr Cherian is a proud champion of research into refugee health who said receiving a Telethon Fellowship in 2006 was a pivotal shift in her career and gave her a springboard to transform her research into a PhD. The Telethon Fellowship allowed me to devote one year to dedicated research, but also helped develop my scientific writing and leadership skills, Dr Cherian said. Four years after receiving the Fellowship, Dr Cherian achieved the notable honour of becoming the first candidate to be awarded a PhD in paediatric refugee health in Australia. Dr Cherian... -
Dynamic duo bring leading international bone marrow transplant experience to Perth Children’s Hospital 23 September 2020 Two new cancer and blood disorder consultants with highly specialised bone marrow transplant training are joining our Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology and Haematology. Dr Michelle Ng and Dr Vasant Chinnabhandar are united in life as a married couple and in their shared passion for work and are part of an select group of paediatric bone marrow specialists in Australia. They have relocated to Perth following a competitive appointment process after completing specialised fellowship training at the University of Minnesota in the United States (US), an internationally renowned centre for bone marrow transplants. Dr Ng and Dr Chinnabhandar both expressed excitement about their new appointments at PCH, particularly given the change and growth within their speciality field at this time. Within the field of bone marrow transplant each doctor brings a distinct sub-speciality int... -
Celebrating our nurses: Trent Davey 17 September 2020 International Year of the Nurse & Midwife celebrates the invaluable contribution that nurses and midwifes make to global healthcare. At CAHS, we're profiling the diversity of roles and people that make up our nursing services. Meet Trent Davey. Trent is a Registered Nurse with CAHS Community Health, Swan Region School Health. What’s a typical day for you? In high school I provide social and emotional support to students from years 7 to 12. This includes health advice and guidance relating to: mental health, sexual health, emotional regulation and many other topics. As a School Health Nurse, I work closely with staff from Department of Education and liaise with case managers from Department of Communities - Child Protection and Family Support. In the district team, I have been allocated several primary schools where I provide health screening to kindergarten and pre-primary ag...
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22/06/2021