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Wheeled Mobility & Postural Management Level 2

Accreditation in Wheeled Mobility & Postural Management Level 2 (WMPM L2) allows you to provide advice and recommendations for ‘complex’ equipment to meet people’s essential mobility and postural needs.

The credential covers these types of equipment:

  • Ultra-lightweight manual wheelchairs

  • All-day manual wheelchairs for active children

  • Seating functions such as power seat elevation, tilt, recline, stand and/or leg elevate

  • Non-standard joysticks for power wheelchairs

  • Customised cushions and back supports

  • Specialised trunk and/or head supports

  • Specialised pressure care solutions.

There is an optional module for endorsement in complex custom fabrication – customised backrests and cushions for people with significant postural issues.

Download Clinical indicators – wheeled mobility and postural management level 2

Eligibility

Occupational therapists (OT) and physiotherapists (PT) who are already credentialed in level 1 can apply for this credential.

Accreditation requirements

The competency framework sets out the pathway to gaining the credential.

Download Competency framework – wheeled mobility & postural management level 2

Learning and development programme

You are required to complete the training workshops provided by Seating To Go, (the current approved workshop provider). As you work towards obtaining your credential, your progress and completion of required tasks will be documented by your supervisor on the Learning and Development Programme sign-off sheet. Following this, you will complete a supervised case study, which will be reviewed by the credentialing panel.

View the training workshop schedule and more details about Level 2 case study requirements on the Seating To Go website.

Your supervisor or employer must also complete a declaration.

When you have completed all the requirements you can apply for the credential in EMS Assessor Online.

Download Programme for Wheeled Mobility and Postural Management Level 2 Credential

Download Employer declaration – wheeled mobility & postural management level 2

Task sign off

During wheeled mobility and postural management outreach clinics, a Clinical Advisor can sign off WMPM level 2 tasks that meet the following conditions:

  • The tasks would need to relate specifically to the client that is in the clinic that day

  • The outreach coordinator would need to be advised of this prior to clinic and it would need to be completed within the allocated time slot of the clinic.

  • Tasks that don’t need to be signed off by the supervising/mentoring therapist. These are tasks 6,7,8,11,and 12.

Please note: The Clinical Advisory Services Co-ordinator cannot act as a supervisor or be responsible for any sign off.

Apply for provisional accreditation in WMPM level 2 in EMS Assessor Online.

Expiry

This accreditation is valid for three years. View the recredentialing requirements for details.

Download Recredentialing – wheeled mobility & postural management level 2

Reference material

Download Case study for WMPM credentialed assessors working with school aged children