An experienced occupational therapist with over 25 years of clinical and professional experience across health, rehabilitation, case management and workplace settings.
I am an experienced occupational therapist with over 25 years of clinical and professional experience across health, rehabilitation, case management and workplace settings.
I am registered with the Health and Care Professions Council and regulated by the HCPC as an occupational therapist. I am a member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists and hold professional indemnity insurance through the Royal College of Occupational Therapists.
I am also a member of the Association of Occupational Health and Wellbeing Professionals, known as iOH, and the Vocational Rehabilitation Association. These memberships reflect my professional interest in occupational health, workplace wellbeing, vocational rehabilitation and supporting people to remain in, return to, or participate meaningfully in work.
I engage in regular professional supervision in line with the Royal College of Occupational Therapists’ professional standards and code of ethics. This supports safe, reflective and evidence informed practice.
My work has included supporting people with physical disabilities, long term health conditions, neurological conditions, pain, fatigue, mental health challenges, trauma, sensory differences and neurodivergent profiles. I have worked with individuals whose health difficulties affect their ability to carry out everyday activities, remain in work, return to work, manage their role safely, or participate in the occupations that matter to them.
I bring a practical occupational therapy perspective to workplace health. This means I look beyond diagnosis alone and focus on how a person’s condition affects their actual day to day function.
My occupational health work includes workplace assessments, functional assessments, cognitive and neurodiversity related assessments, return to work planning, advice on reasonable adjustments, ergonomic recommendations, fatigue management, stress related work difficulties and support for managers where health is affecting work performance or attendance.
I have particular experience in helping employers understand how neurodivergence, mental health, cognitive differences, pain, fatigue and long term conditions may affect work. This may include difficulties with attention, memory, processing speed, organisation, planning, emotional regulation, sensory processing, stamina, confidence, communication, workload management and task completion.
I have also undertaken Functional Capacity Evaluation training, which supports a structured approach to assessing physical function, work capacity and the demands of a role. This helps me provide clear, practical recommendations about what a person may be able to manage safely, what may need to be adapted, and how work participation can be supported.
My approach is respectful, balanced and evidence informed. I aim to provide advice that is clinically meaningful, practical for employers and centred on the person’s functional needs.