Allied Health Business Brilliance

In this episode, we talk to Kerri-Anne Telford, an Occupational Therapist with a private practice in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. We talk about team culture, using private practice softwares, NDIS opportunities and challenges and a lot more What is covered in this episode: The team The combination of the practice’s independent contractors and employees Her story in starting her own priv...

In this episode, we talk to Anjelee Khosla, Founding Director of Anjelee OT. We discuss many things about business including the value of going slow, steady and mindfully into business, business plans, power of networking, social media and a lot more. Anjelee OT is a start-up company that was founded in January 2018. The company’s mission is “to empower families of children with challe...

In this episode, we talk to Sonja Walker, Founding Director of Kids First Children’s Services. She has also recently launched her first book. We also will talk about her team and her values-based business. Kids First provides support for families and children with sensitive needs. The company has gathered a highly trained, vastly experienced team of children’s speech pathologists, occu...

In this episode we talk to Alyce Svensk, Occupational Therapist and Founding Director of Sensational Start Occupational Therapy. Sensational Start is 12 month old business that provides families with a holistic services that support the development of children, identifying areas of concern and providing genuine evidence-based paediatric therapeutic support. What is covered in this episode: The sta...

In this episode, we talk to Nardine Presland, Member Development Adviser of ESSA. ESSA is the Exercise & Sports Science Australia is a professional organisation that establishes, promotes and defends the career paths of tertiary trained exercise and sports science practitioners. What is covered in this episode: What is ESSA? 4 professions covered by ESSA, their accreditations, services, and di...

In this episode, we talk to Nicole Grant, Occupational Therapist and Founding Director of Gateway Therapies in Brisbane, Australia. Gateway Therapies offers mobile NDIS support services, mobile occupational therapy, mobile speech therapy and autism therapies for adults and children of all ages. What is covered in this episode: Background of Gateway Therapies Reception of clients on their mobile th...

In this episode, we have a rich and interesting conversation with Ingrid Moyle, owner of Heart Harmony Communications and Australian Employee Manual. Heart Harmony Communications is a company that helps small businesses with content marketing, web content, and design. Australian Employee Manual guides small businesses in writing effective and clear business policies and procedures to comply with h...

In this episode, we talk to Liz Brownlee, OT and founding director of Wise OT Solutions. Wise OT Solutions started 7 years ago and is now well-positioned in the industry. As an industry leader, they provide Occupational Therapy and rehabilitation services to people with varying illnesses, injury or disability. What is covered in this episode: Social workers and self-employment in NDIS Background o...

In this episode, we talk to Elaine Jackson, a social worker and founding director of Spectrum Clarity. Spectrum Clarity is a company that provides a customer-centric approach to social services such as service coordination and pre-planning in the NDIS space. What is covered in this episode: Social workers and self-employment in NDIS Background of Spectrum Clarity, how and when it started, their pl...

In this episode, we talk to Eva Harrold, Speech Pathologist and founder of Healesville Speech Pathology. Healesville Speech Pathology provides consultations including diagnostic assessments and treatment programs for children with communication difficulties. What is covered in this episode: The start of Eva’s private practice Her Source of referrals Working through child-centered principles...

In this episode, we talk to Hannah Dunn, occupational therapist and founder of D.O.T.S. Paediatric OT. D.O.T.S. Paediatric OT offers occupational therapy services and education for children, parents, educators and other professionals. What is covered in this episode: The story of the first few years of Hannah’s private practice The premises of DOTS Paediatric OT Their private practice team S...

In this episode, we talk to Natasha Hawker, CEO of Employee Matters. Employee Matters provides employee support to small businesses to maximise profitability through employee productivity. The company provides Employee Experts that will guide you in your HR needs. What is covered in this episode: Employee Matters’ business updates over the last year Managing the team and business The process...

Today in the podcast we talk to Paul Dunn, chairman of B1G1 and a speaker and mentor for entrepreneurs globally. B1G1, a social enterprise, is a global movement that helps businesses become giving businesses. This non-profit organization helps small- and medium-sized businesses embed giving activities in their everyday business operations and transactions to create lasting social impact and transf...

Today in the podcast we talk with Madeline Avci, an occupational therapist and founder of Jump Up for Kids . Jump Up for Kids is a specialised child-centered development service that supports children through their programs, Jump Up Therapy and Jump Up Outdoors. Jump Up Therapy is Occupational Therapy that provides support, knowledge, skills, and abilities to parents and children in a positive and...

Today in the podcast we talk with Marijn Kortekaas, Senior Manager and Head of Asia Pacific for Physitrack . Physitrack is a cloud-based patient to client engagement solution used by 25,000+ healthcare practitioners with over 1.5M patients in 102 countries. With Physitrack healthcare practitioners better engage patients and help them achieve better outcomes. What is covered in this episode: How Ma...

Today on the podcast we talk to Jacqui Pretty,  Founding CEO of Grammar Factory . Grammar Factory is a publishing company that works with small business owners and leaders, entrepreneurs, health practitioners, topic experts, and turn their knowledge into published books. What is covered in this episode: The reason people put off writing a book Ways to manage the fear or hesitation of starting...

Today in the podcast we talk with Jo Muirhead, the founding director of the Purple Code. Purple Code is a company that helps people return to work following illness, injury and trauma and works with the tagline “Purpose for People.” What is covered in this episode: The story of how and why Purple Code was born Importance of sense of work and contribution for people People in her busine...

Today in the podcast we talk with Emma Price, founder of Source Kids. Source Kids, founded in 2014, is a multi-channel resource magazine for parents and carers who are raising children with disability. What is covered in this episode: Emma’s inspiration in building this business Range of channels where Source Kids information is available How Source Kids has grown over the course of 4 years...

Today on the podcast we chat with lawyer and author Jeremy Streten from the Business Legal Lifecycle. No matter what the size your practice is, you must pay attention to the legal aspects right from the start. If you don’t take care of your legal obligations and plan for the inevitable problems that will surface, you will be exposing yourself to additional stress as a private practice owner....

Today on the podcast we talk with Melbourne based clinician and private practice owner Dee Wardrop .   What is covered in this episode: How one family helped Dee to start her speech therapy business The juggle of balancing a family and starting an allied health business Highlights of her business development of the last 10 years that has led to currently 12 staff and 3 sites The importance of...

Today on the podcast we talk with Amanda Abel, founder of Northern Centre for Child Development (NCCD), a multidisciplinary paediatric practice in Preston Melbourne. Amanda has over fourteen years’ experience as a psychologist working with families and has a special interest in paediatrics, autism spectrum disorders, developmental delays, learning difficulties, disabilities and behaviour man...

Today on the podcast we talk with Tara Stafford who is the founder of Learning Links Speech Pathology about her start up journey of the last 2 years.   What is covered in this episode: Rebranding and the ups and downs of opening new clinics over the last 12 months. The steps and modelling she did in the planning phase and how that has led to rapid growth. How she came up with the business nam...

Today on the podcast we talk with Sandra D’Souza, author of Social Media for Baby Boomers and CEO of social media and marketing agency Curate Bee .   What is covered in this episode: Social media tips for the allied health professionals Why it is important to understand how your customers use Facebook The struggles Sandra faced 8 years ago to find information online when researching her...

Today on the podcast we talk with Steven Whittington, Chief Product Owner from coreplus . coreplus is an Australian online e-health practice management software that’s accessible anywhere, anytime saving time and money for their users. What is covered in this episode: How coreplus got started and the impact the cloud has had on the uptake of the software Developments in the last 6 months of...

Today on the podcast we talk with Ingrid Cole from Everyday Independence . Based in Victoria, Everyday Independence supports children, adolescents and adults living with disabilities to improve their independence in everyday life through the provision of occupational therapy, speech pathology and physiotherapy     What is covered in this episode: What Ingrid learnt going 'back on the too...