Richard Barclay

Experience

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  British Army

  Jun 1998 - Sept 2011

  Team Leader

  Shift Leader• Shift leader responsible for Scotland and the North of England whilst also administering service persons in custody from Germany and Cyprus.• Responsible for liaising with local police and courts when a service person returns from a period of illegal absence.• Carried out immediate and ongoing risk assessments and where required care assessment plans on vulnerable service persons in custody, whilst ensure welfare issues were dealt with through the correct agencies. Team leader/Physical Training Instructor• Assisted in organising fitness programs for 100+ personnel.• Administered and organised a team of 6 whilst in the UK and abroad.• Responsible for producing detailed reports on day-to-day activities. Team member• Carried out various tasks whilst in the UK and abroad.• Worked as a small team, ensuring tasks and orders given were met thus ensuring continuity was maintained.• Continuously improved personal development in order to progress throughout career. Show less

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  NHS Tayside

  Sept 2013 - Jan 2014

  Physiotherapy Assistant

  • Support the physiotherapist’s by implementing prescribed care programmes with minimal direct supervision and assisting in a range of patient care, administrative and housekeeping duties.• Contribute to the maintenance of patient documentation records and statistical information to reflect care provided and agreed Physiotherapy standards.• As part of a team that aimed to ensure effective communication and delivery of care to predominately elderly patient caseload.

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  NHS Lothian

  Jan 2014 - Jun 2014

  Physiotherapy Assistant

  • Working with minimal direct supervision, implement programmes of care prescribed by the physiotherapist’s to maximise patients’ rehabilitation potential.• Maintain own caseload and report back to qualified physiotherapists on patient progress.• Carryout general housekeeping and administration tasks, ensuring patient records are kept up to date.

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  NSW Health

  Feb 2015 - Sept 2017

  Assistant Physiotherapist

  Within the physiotherapy team based at Graithwaite Rehabilitation Centre at Ryde hospital, As one of 4 assistant physiotherapists. Currently working with neuro and stroke patients as part of my rotation, My role is to support the physiotherapist in providing front line face to face care for all the patients currently residing as inpatients on the ward, I also manage a busy caseload of individual therapy and group therapy, where I am responsible for running the strength and conditioning group and circuit classes.My other responsibilities include the Hydrotherapy assistant, ortho/surgical rehab assistant and when on rotation as assistant physio based within the acute setting then my role is to cover the High Dependancy Unit (HDU), Coronary Care (CCU), Orthoepeadics, General Medicine and General Surgery. stock Managment of standard equipment, orthopaedic and mobility based aides. Furthermore, another role is conducting Lung Capacity assessment on patients prior to and during any period of stay. I am also a member of the Allied Health Education Commitee, where our responsiblity is to discuss, plan and facilitate all Internal/External information days, seminars, and guest speakers over each 12 month period for the entire allied health division based at Ryde hospital. Thus ensuring that all allied health professionals are kept informed of new developments and practises that effect patient care. Lastly I am currently chairing the committee as part of a rotational agreement, where one representative from each of the allied health discipline's are required to hold the position for a period of 6 months. Show less

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  Transport for NSW

  Sept 2017 - Feb 2019

  Transport Officer
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  Sydney Trains

  Aug 2021 - May 2023

  • Train Crew

    Feb 2019 - May 2023

  • Security Monitoring Facility Operator(Secondment)

    Aug 2021 - Jul 2022
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  Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade

  May 2023 - Aug 2023

  Inspector