Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist

• 24 years’ experience in neurological rehabilitation in hospital and community. 
• Team Leader/clinical specialist Neurology Outpatient Therapy Service, Derby Teaching Hospitals  
• Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist and expert panel member: The Collaboration Return to Work-study; National Institute for Health Research.   
• Research occupational therapist Return to Work after Stroke (RETAKE) multi-centred RCT. University of Nottingham. 

Key Expertise Areas

• Vocational Rehabilitation specialist 
• Complex assessment 
• Rehabilitation programmes and reports. 
• Fatigue management 
• ADL equipment 
• Cognitive rehabilitation 
• Independent living skills & trials 
• Specialist assessments including the Assessment of Motor & Process skills. 

Education

Occupational Therapy BSc (hons), University of Derby

Career Summary

• Clinical Specialist/Team Leader Neurology Outpatient Therapy Service, Royal Derby & Burton NHS Teaching Hospitals (13 yrs)  
• Research Occupational Therapist, University of Nottingham/Clinical Educator Derby Teaching Hospitals (2 yrs) 
• Head III Occupational Therapist, Kings Lodge Neurological Rehabilitation Unit, Derby Teaching Hospitals (4 yrs) 
• Senior Occupational Therapist, neurological rehabilitation centre, Pinderfields & Pontefract NHS Trust. 
• Occupational Therapist, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, Putney, London  

Memberships

• H.C.P.C Health Professions Council 
• Royal College of Occupational Therapists 
• British Association of Occupational Therapists