Occupational Therapy

The Occupational Therapy service at our hospital was the first of its kind in Western Australia and we have a long and proud history.

We are leaders and specialists in clinical Occupational Therapy and provide advanced teaching and training in collaboration with others. We also undertake research, evidence-based practice and quality improvement activities that provide customer-focused services.

We operate at our Wellington Street Campus and also incorporate the Inner City Geriatric Service Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) and Rehabilitation in the Home (RITH) team.

State-wide specialities:

• trauma
• spinal
• Neurosurgery
• HIV
• Emergency Department (ED)
• Acute Assessment Unit (AAU).

Our tertiary-level specialties:

• Neurology
• Plastics
• Orthopaedics
• Rheumatology
• Internal Medicine
• Oncology
• Psychiatry
• Geriatric Medicine
• General Surgery
• Respiratory Medicine
• Vascular
• Cardiology
• Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT).

Specialist Occupational Therapy:

• Rehabilitation in the Home (RITH)
• domiciliary care
• equipment prescription
• home modification and adaptation
• splinting and upper limb management
• scar management
• lymphoedema management
• wheelchair assessment, prescription and training
• stress management
• cognitive/perceptual rehabilitation
• aged care
• physical rehabilitation
• amputee rehabilitation
• pain management
• acute trauma
• Well-Tel rehabilitation
• care coordination (CCT).