Experience

St Elizabeth Hospice

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Specialist Palliative Care Team Occupational Therapist

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  Working with people with a palliative diagnosis to maintain function, activity & meaning through symptom self-management strategies, goal-setting & equipment provision. Working with people with a palliative diagnosis to maintain function, activity & meaning through symptom self-management strategies, goal-setting & equipment provision.



Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital/Daywebster

• Norwich, United Kingdom

• Occupational Therapist, Acute Discharge Planning (Locum)

  • May 2015 - Oct 2017

  Discharge planning from an acute general medical ward with a focus on people with neurological conditions. Requires assessing the person's needs on discharge, based on their situation, priorities, needs, existing support and functional ability. Requires specific knowledge of assistive equipment and local support & rehabilitation services, along with the ability to use clinical reasoning to match these to the needs of the individual. Also requires excellent communication skills to liaise with a wide range of staff, agencies, family and other relevant parties, along with the ability to strike a balance between the fast-paced requirements of a busy acute ward and the professional duty to ensure that each person has their needs met on an individual basis. Show less



St Andrew's Healthcare

• United Kingdom
• Mental Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Occupational Therapist

  • Sep 2010 - Sep 2012

  Planning and coordinating individualised occupational therapy services for all clients on the ward, involving both group and individual sessions delivered by the ward occupational therapy team.Delivering occupational therapy services to service users. Including: meal cooks, gardening groups, arts and craft sessions, singing groups, community skills, social skills and leisure groups, community café club, workshop sessions, sensory integration sessions, on –ward discussion groups and group sports activities.Report writing, describing occupational therapy services for clients on my ward, in particular the ‘Care Plan Approach’ reports detailing occupational therapy input, assessments and progress for each client as presented to funders, relatives and other relevant parties.Representation of the ward occupational therapy team in a range of meetings, including Care Plan Approach meetings, weekly ward rounds, intervention meetings, occupational therapy team meetings and various other multi-disciplinary and service-user led meeting formats. Show less

• Occupational Therapist

  • Aug 2008 - Sep 2010

  As for Senior position above, except with fewer independent responsibilities, particularly in areas of planning, report-writing, and meeting attendance. More closely under the supervision of the ward’s senior occupational therapist.Created position of ‘ward-based OT’, working very closely with the nursing team, sharing office space and shift patterns with them. This involved a particular focus on occupational therapy input into service user morning programmes and behavioural/social skills interventions. Show less