Steve Barrett
CASE Sales Consultant
Area Serviced – Sydney Metro, Central & North West NSW
Steve has an Electrical Repair Background and has over 20 years experience in the custom wheelchair and seating equipment Industry. |
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Lyn Barrett
CASE Sales Support
Lyn has 15 years experience in the industry with previous background in NSW Health Administration.
Lyn supports our CASE Specialist Team with admin support from appointments to quotes to purchasing. Lyn has a great rapport with therapists and end users who value her assistance in making it happen. |
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Andrew Thurtell
OT & CASE Sales Consultant
Area Serviced – Sydney Metro & North Coast
Andrew is an Occupational Therapist with 4 years experience in the clinical field. He has come to Aidacare from a public hospital, where he worked in both an inpatient and community rehabilitation setting. Andrew brings extensive knowledge of neurological and orthopaedic conditions and has developed a keen interest in seating and mobility. |
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Brad Ewert
Electrical Technician CASE Specialist
Area Serviced – Sydney Metro & Southern NSW
Brad is an Electrical Technician who trained with Toshiba Corp on hospital medical equipment. Brad has 25 years experience within the general rehab market with the last 10 years specialising in seating, manual and power wheelchair prescription for adults and paediatrics. |
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Jessica Hafey
Administration
Jessica is relatively new to our CASE Team and assists with the general administration duties for the team. Jessica has worked in the industry for 3 years and has a good understanding of the needs of our clients. |
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Victoria
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Joelle Clamp
OT & Vic Clinical Consultant
Area serviced - Metropolitan
Joelle is an Occupational Therapist with 8 years experience in the clinical field, specializing in adult neurological populations. Joelle joined the Aidacare team 4 years ago and moved specifically into posture and seating training in the past few years. Joelle now works as the Victorian Clinical Consultant to assist with seating issues and to coordinate the education and training programs.
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Andy Harborne - Rehab Engineer
CASE Sales Consultant
Area serviced - Metropolitan East
Trained in the UK, Andy has 15 years experience working as a rehab engineer in the area of seating and mobility. Andy has extensive clinical experience with neurological, spinal and paediatric populations. Andy has completed the required specialized training in Matrix 3 Seating and has worked with this product extensively in the UK, and now assists in bringing it to the Australian populations. Andy joined the Aidacare team as the Manager of the CASE (Customised And Specialised Equipment) Department in late 2007. |
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Sarah Casey
CASE Sales Consultant
Area serviced - Metropolitan North
Sarah is an Occupational Therapist who joined the Aidacare team in April 2010 after moving from her hometown of Perth. Sarah has extensive experience in equipment provision and has worked in a number of different clinical areas throughout her 9 year career. Prior to her position at Aidacare, Sarah was employed as a Senior Occupational Therapist at the Rehabilitation Engineering Clinic in Perth where she specialised in powered wheelchair and seating prescription. Sarah has a broad product knowledge and a passion for working with clients with complex needs.
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Jon Reading
CASE Technical Support
Jon has been at Aidacare for 6 years. He has a trade in upholstery and a degree in furniture design. Jon’s current role is technical support for the CASE team, assisting with assembly, modifications and fabrications |
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Doug Gilham
CASE Sales Consultant
Area serviced - Geelong and South West Victoria
Having worked 10 years in the health and disability sectors as a nursing attendant and then as a qualified allied health assistant, Doug joined the Aidacare team in 2004. Doug’s experience and keen interest in the area of customised equipment has led him to join our CASE team at LHC in the past few years. Now based from our Geelong Office, Doug regularly travels around the Geelong, Ballarat and Warnambool regions performing equipment trials.
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Bill Scott
CASE Sales Consultant
Area serviced – Central and Northern Victoria
With a 7 year history as an A Grade Electrical Mechanic, then 24 years nursing in public and private health systems, Bill brings a broad and unique skill set and knowledge base to his role in the CASE department. Bill manages the Bendigo Branch and provides a commitment to resolving complex seating issues in partnership with therapists and clients.
Utilizing our technical support contacts, bespoke customized components may offer solutions to previously unresolved issues, improving quality of life for our clients.
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Michael Andrews
CASE Sales Consultant
Area serviced - Northern Victoria & Southern NSW
Moved to Australia form Ireland in 2006 and has been working with the Company since then, Michael has over 12 years of experience in working with wheelchairs and seating.
Michael works with both adult & paediatric clients and enjoys the challenge of working with complex seating.
Based in Albury, Michael travels through out Southern NSW and North East Victoria.
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Queensland
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Leigh McBurnie
CASE Sales Consultant
Area serviced - Brisbane & District
With a background of Paediatric Physiotherapy Leigh McBurnie has a strong focus on children’s equipment. Drawing on 10 years clinical experience as a practitioner and 6 years as a seating and mobility specialist Leigh provides families and their therapists with equipment solutions for their children’s needs.
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Tennille Bignell
CASE Sales Consultant
Area serviced - Brisbane & District
Tennille is our newest member to the Aidacare CASE team in August 2010. She is a 2003 Veterinary science graduate from University of Queensland. She spent 2005-2010 running a veterinary surgery in London. Tennille decided to change career paths on her return to Australia. She spent many weeks intensively training for this new role. Tennille is passionate to help assist the therapists of Queensland to develop customised solutions for mobility and seating. She aims to take an innovative and thorough approach to CASE management and prides herself on providing excellent customer service.
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Kevin Ross
CASE Sales Consultant
Area serviced - Brisbane & District
Kevin moved to Australia in 2006 and has been working within the rehab industry since 2007. For the past 2 years Kevin has been working as a technician repairing and upgrading a variety of rehab equipment. This has enabled him to have an extensive knowledge of the product ranges available through Aidacare. Kevin gains immense pleasure in being able to improve the quality of life for his clients in the community. Kevin has now joined the CASE team within the Aidacare business and is relishing the challenges the new role will provide. |
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Chris Leese
CASE Sales Consultant
Area serviced - Brisbane & District
Chris moved to Australia with his family in 2002 and joined Aidacare (formerly Lifehealthcare) in 2008.
Chris brings to Aidacare over 20 years of management experience in various roles including facility management and Distribution management, incorporating over 4 years of Rehabilitation and mobility experience gained in Australia and the UK.
Chris has a genuine passion and respect for the Healthcare Industry and extensive knowledge of all Rehabilitation equipment ranges enabling him to match the correct equipment to the individual client requirements.
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Tasmania
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Clive Poulton
CASE Sales Consultant
Area serviced - Tasmania
Clive has over 16 years industry experience, starting with 4 years in manufacturing and fabricating of hospital and rehab equipment. Then moving into 9 years with a Seating and Equipment Clinic, specializing in prescribing and customizing specific equipment and seating to suit individual client needs, both adult and pediatric, with a keen interest in the High end Power and Manual wheelchairs.
Clive joined our CASE team in early 2007, operating out of Launceston he travels the state working with Therapists offering extensive knowledge and technical information on equipment in the field of CASE (customised and specialised equipment). |
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South Australia
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Linh Yeomans
CASE Sales Consultant
Area serviced - Adelaide & District
Linh is a physiotherapist who has worked in this field for 7 years. Her specialty is customised (foam on ply) and modular seating systems and wheelchair prescription including manual or power wheelchairs/scooters and this is where she spends most of her time. She enjoys working with adults and children alike, however, she has a strong interest in paediatrics i.e. seating and equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers, standers, and sleep systems. Linh also enjoy being involved in the supply of more standard equipment such as bath seats, shower commodes, beds and lifters where required. Linh has worked extensively with occupational therapists and physiotherapists and really enjoys working together with a team to establish good seating and equipment solutions for our clients. |
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