Programme Role:
Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy
How long have you worked at YSJU?
I’ve worked here since 2005.
What did you do before then?
I worked in the Yorkshire and Humber Region:
Harrogate:
- Rotational Occupational Therapist
Leeds Social Services:
- Community Occupational Therapist
East Yorkshire:
- Head Occupational Therapist: Community Learning Disabilities Team.
- Clinical Specialist: Low Secure Learning Disabilities service
- Head Occupational Therapist/Clinical specialist: Intermediate Care
What are your professional and academic interests?
- Mandatory training and preparation for placement
- Fitness to practice
- Health policy and contextual influences on practice
What roles and responsibilities have you held (e.g. University/ Academic/ Professional)?
University:
- Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy 2005 – present
- Head of programme (In Service) 2007 – 2010
- Member Health and Safety Committee
- Lead pre-placement mandatory training
- Member Placement team
- OT representative Fitness to Practice Committee
Professional:
Co-representative for YSJ British Association of Occupational Therapists: Northern and Yorkshire Regional Group
Peer reviewer for British Journal of Occupational Therapy
What topics do you mainly teach on?
- Contextual influences on health, care and policy
- Older people
- People with long term conditions
- Moving and handling – placement preparation
- Professionalism and employability
What are your research interests?
- Older people
- People with long term conditions
- People with obesity and bariatric needs
- Intermediate care
- Asylum seekers and refugees
Outside work, what occupations do you enjoy participating in?
- Gardening
- Flower arranging
- Walking my Labrador, Dylan
- Cooking
- Going to see live music – particularly festivals in the summer
University Links: YSJ Profile Page