Meet The Team
Virginia
Principal OT
Virginia is the Principal Occupational Therapist of Bayside OT and has been the practice owner since 2013. Virginia divides her time across management and clinical work. She has over 20 years of experience, working as an Occupational Therapist in hospital and community settings with clients with a broad range of physical disabilities. She is a trained lymphoedema therapist, with extensive experience of lower limb oedema management. She is committed to empowering and enabling people to achieve their personal goals whilst overcoming the challenges that injury and illness bring. In her spare time, she enjoys travelling, trail running, hiking and spending time with family and friends. Qualifications Advanced Diploma of Community Sector Management, 2024 Level 1 Lymphoedema management, 2019 BSc ( Hons) Occupational Therapy, 2001, University of Southampton, UK BSc ( Hons) Psychology and Ergonomics, 1999, Loughborough University, UK Areas of Special interest Veteran’s Affairs Services Lymphoedema Pain Management
Chris
Senior OT
Chris graduated from the University of Southampton, England in 2001 with Bsc (Hons) Occupational Therapy. He worked in a large teaching hospital in Swansea, South Wales across inpatient services, including the Welsh National Burns and Plastics specialist unit. Chris then moved to a government funded centre for people living in the community with complex and chronic disabilities and was instrumental in developing the Occupational Therapy service to provide excellent outcomes for participants. Since emigrating to Australia in 2010 with Virginia, Chris has gained extensive experience providing Occupational Therapy services to adults with disabilities in various community settings. He is passionate about helping clients achieve their goals. Chris enjoys fishing, mountain biking, cooking and camping trips.
Lynda
Senior OT
Lynda Dunlop hails from Scotland and qualified 38 years ago with a BSc in Occupational Therapy. Lynda was the Principal Occupational Therapist for a Community Paediatric service in Scotland for 26 years. She emigrated to Australia in 2006 and worked with Queensland Health, Queensland Department of Education and Queensland Department of Housing before joining Bayside Occupational Therapy in 2013. Lynda is a senior Occupational Therapist with Bayside Occupational Therapy treating DVA, NDIS and home care package clients. Lynda has expertise in capacity building with clients with intellectual disability. Lynda also has a special interest is in improving and maintaining functional independence and implementing preventative measures in the older adult population.
Lisa
Senior OT
Lisa is an experienced Occupational Therapist who has a passion for working with adults in their own homes, enabling them in everyday tasks and activities. She has a particular interest in assistive technology and is always on the lookout for new gadgets and equipment to help her clients. Lisa has worked within the community sector since graduating from the University of Queensland, with a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy, in 2008. She spent 9 years working in the community health sector and joined the Bayside OT team in 2018, where she has gained extensive experience working with older adults, veterans, war widows and NDIS participants. Lisa is married and has two active boys. Lisa enjoys going on camping trips with her family and she always has a craft activity (or two!) on the go.
Natalie
Senior OT
Originally from Melbourne, Natalie completed her Bachelor of Occupational Therapy at La Trobe University in 1994. Natalie has worked in many areas throughout her career, including aged care, chronic illness, cancer care and palliative care. She completed post graduate studies in palliative care at Flinders University in 2015. Natalie particularly enjoys working with older clients to live safely and independently in their own homes wherever possible and strives to provide continuity of care at a high standard to her clients and their families. In her spare time, Natalie enjoys cooking and spending time with her family, her two crazy dogs and her friends.
Kim
Senior OT
Kim graduated from the University of Queensland in 2004 with a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Hons). She started working for Queensland Health in Community Rehabilitation before moving to London and working for the NHS in Community and Inpatient Rehabilitation, and particularly enjoys working with adults in their own homes. Kim joined the Bayside OT team in 2012 and has 15 years of experience working with older adults and adults with disabilities in a community setting. She is experienced in providing OT services for DVA and home care packages, recently trained in oedema management and continues to expand her knowledge and professional development in this area. As well as being a busy mum of two, she enjoys singing and playing music, hiking, yoga and reading.
Aisling
Senior OT
Aisling graduated from London South Bank University with a MSc in Occupational Therapy in 2013. She has extensive experience working across London in different NHS and local council settings including hospitals, inpatient and community rehab, nursing homes, intermediate care and complex social services teams. Aisling has recently joined the Bayside OT team and enjoys working with clients to improve their safety and independence, with the aim of being able to remain in their own homes for as long as possible. She has experience in providing assistive technology and specialised equipment and making recommendations for home modifications. Aisling particularly enjoys the areas of falls prevention and dementia care. Aisling has a passion for traveling after having lived overseas in different countries and is an enthusiastic nature and animal lover, she can be found exploring the local national parks and reserves (as the hot weather permits!).
Siobhan
Senior OT
Siobhan graduated from the University of Queensland in 2016 with a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Hons). She began working with older persons in Sunshine Coast across a number of residential aged care facilities before moving to community care in 2018. Siobhan has extensive experience in assisting her clients navigating the multiple funding schemes, accessing and prescribing assistive devices, home modifications and safe manual handling practices. She has a passion for growing her knowledge base and continuing to learn new skills. Outside of work, Siobhan tends to her home garden, native bee hives, embroidery and collecting eggs from her home chooks.
Angela
Admin
Angela joined the Bayside OT admin team in 2014 having had a background in medical reception and administration roles. She has many talents and is a master multi-tasker, taking enquiries on a day-to-day basis, whilst keeping everything ticking over smoothly. Angela is an animal lover and enjoys creative arts as well as spending time with family and friends.