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Senior physiotherapist with eight years in adult hospital care, five of them leading respiratory care across two acute medical wards. Experienced in airway clearance, supporting patients on non-invasive ventilation and weekend respiratory on-call. Supervises junior physiotherapists and students.

Assess and treat a daily caseload of 10 to 14 adult inpatients with COPD exacerbations, pneumonia and post-operative chest complications, and agree airway clearance plans with the medical team on ward rounds.

Listed first: weekend and overnight respiratory on-call for a 600-bed hospital, one weekend in five, including referrals from the intensive care unit and emergency department.

Senior Physiotherapist (Grade II), covering the medical and respiratory intensive care units, including patients on CPAP and BiPAP (non-invasive ventilation).

General registration with the Physiotherapy Board of Australia (Ahpra), no conditions. Needs employer sponsorship (Skills in Demand visa, subclass 482). Eight-week notice period.

On a weekend on-call shift I was referred a 68-year-old man admitted with a COPD exacerbation who was struggling to clear secretions and becoming more drowsy. I assessed him, discussed his rising carbon dioxide level with the medical registrar, and we agreed a trial of BiPAP alongside airway clearance. I treated him twice that day, adjusted his positioning with the nursing team and handed over a clear plan to the weekday physiotherapist. He was weaned off BiPAP two days later. I cover this kind of referral one weekend in five, including patients in intensive care.

Operating Department Practitioner (the UK role that includes anaesthetic technician work) with eight years in theatres, six of them in anaesthetics at a major trauma centre. Experienced across elective, emergency and trauma lists, including rapid sequence induction and difficult airway support. Takes part in the on-call rota.

Prepare and check the anaesthetic machine, airway equipment and monitoring before each list, and assist the anaesthetist through induction, maintenance and emergence for general surgery, trauma and orthopaedics.

Listed first: emergency and trauma lists at a major trauma centre, including rapid sequence induction, the difficult airway trolley and massive transfusion support.

Senior Operating Department Practitioner (Band 6, a senior clinical grade), anaesthetics, covering the emergency (CEPOD) theatre at a major trauma centre, including rapid sequence induction.

HCPC-registered Operating Department Practitioner (UK). Anaesthetic technicians aren’t registered through Ahpra, so I’d welcome your assessment of my BSc against the role’s qualification requirement. Needs employer sponsorship (Skills in Demand visa, subclass 482). Three-month notice period.

During a night-time trauma call, the anaesthetist planned a rapid sequence induction for a patient with facial injuries. I prepared the difficult airway trolley and video laryngoscope before the patient arrived, confirmed suction and the backup plan at the team brief, and applied cricoid pressure as directed. When the first view was poor, I passed the bougie and the patient was intubated on the second attempt. Afterwards I restocked the trolley and raised a missing size of supraglottic airway, which was replaced the next morning.

MRI technologist with eleven years in medical imaging, the last seven in a busy hospital MRI department. Scans across neuro, musculoskeletal, body and cardiac protocols on 1.5 T and 3 T systems, leads safety screening for implants and devices, and cannulates and gives contrast. Holds a postgraduate MRI qualification.

Scan 16 to 20 patients a day, including inpatients and emergency referrals, and adjust protocols with the reporting radiologist when a finding needs further sequences.

Listed first: hospital MRI, 2019 to present, with safety screening and on-call. General radiography and CT summarised below.

MRI Technologist (senior grade), including MR cholangiopancreatography (MRCP), MR angiography and diffusion-weighted imaging.

General registration as a diagnostic radiographer with the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia (Ahpra). Needs employer sponsorship (Skills in Demand visa, subclass 482). Two-month notice period.

Registered nurse with a post-basic qualification in psychiatric nursing and eight years on an adult acute inpatient unit. Experienced in admission assessment, risk and safety planning, verbal de-escalation and discharge planning with families and community teams.

Complete nursing admission assessments, contribute to risk and safety plans with the multidisciplinary team, and use verbal de-escalation as the first response to escalating distress.

Listed first: eight years in acute inpatient mental health, including shift coordination. The medical ward role is summarised below.

Senior Nursing Officer (a senior staff nurse grade) in a specialist psychiatric hospital. Registered nurse and registered psychiatric nurse in Nigeria.

Registered nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (Ahpra), general registration. Needs employer sponsorship (Skills in Demand visa, subclass 482). Six-week notice period.

A young man admitted the previous night became increasingly agitated at the nurses’ station, asking to leave. I moved us to a quieter space, asked what was worrying him, and learned he was anxious about his younger brother, whom he looked after. With his agreement I phoned his aunt, who arranged care, and he settled. I updated his risk assessment and safety plan with what had helped, and the team used the same approach later in his admission. No restrictive intervention was needed.

Senior occupational therapist with nine years’ experience, the last five in a community rehabilitation team covering a mixed town and rural area. Experienced in home assessments, equipment and minor adaptations, and follow-up after hospital discharge. Supervises staff-grade therapists and students.

Assess transfers, daily routines and access in people’s homes within days of discharge, agree goals based on what matters to the person, and trial equipment and adaptations before recommending them.

Listed first: five years in community rehabilitation, with home visits across a rural catchment. Inpatient rehabilitation follows.

Senior Occupational Therapist with the Health Service Executive (Ireland’s public health service), community rehabilitation and the community intervention team, focusing on activities of daily living.

General registration with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia (Ahpra). Full clean driver licence. Needs employer sponsorship (Skills in Demand visa, subclass 482). One-month notice period.

A woman in her eighties was discharged after a fall, and her family were worried she couldn’t manage at home. I visited two days later, watched how she moved around the house and asked what she most wanted to keep doing. We agreed on a perching stool in the kitchen and a second stair rail, and I arranged a review with the physiotherapist. At follow-up three weeks later she was cooking her own meals again and had had no further falls. Her family said they felt more confident about her staying at home.

MRI technologist with seven years in a busy hospital department, scanning inpatients, emergency referrals and patients under general anaesthetic.

MRI technologist with seven years’ experience, including high-volume musculoskeletal lists and a focus on helping anxious patients through their scan.

Neuro and stroke · Body and MRCP · Safety screening for implants and devices · Cardiac

Musculoskeletal and sports · Neuro and spine · Patient experience and anxious patients · Safety screening

Take part in the after-hours on-call rota for urgent inpatient and emergency scans, including patients under general anaesthetic.

Scan 16 to 20 patients a day, keeping lists on time while explaining each scan and agreeing how patients will let me know if they need to stop.

Your mix of inpatient, emergency and planned work, and scanning patients under general anaesthetic, is very close to my current role.

I’d like more outpatient musculoskeletal work, and your clinic’s focus on patients’ experience of their scan is something I care about too.