Independent Occupational Therapist, NHS Education for Scotland Key Activities: commissioned to conduct project work for National Health Education for Scotland exploring and defining the issues related to effective recruitment of AHPs for the future. • Consulted with Allied Health Professionals and Practice Education Leads, working alongside NHS Learning Development teams • Liaised with higher education institutions, linking with Scottish Schools’ guidance staff and careers services• Produced a report including overall observations from the project activities and recommendations for future developments • Conducted follow-on activities with occupational therapy students at Robert Gordon’s University, devising a pilot work experience programme for pre-registration occupational therapy applicantsExternal Lecturer, Occupational Therapy, Robert Gordon University, AberdeenKey Activities: Undertook teaching, research supervision for the Faculty of Health and Social Care and School of Health Science• Performed audit on ‘Aberdeen Inter-professional Health and Social Care Education - An Evaluation of Student and Staff Perceptions’ for Faculty of Health and Social Care, partnering with Aberdeen University• Conducted lectures, tutorials, workshops and practice interviews with students• Presented at Educators Forum on my work as Independent Occupational Therapist • Supervised students research projects, focusing on marketing occupational therapy, recruitment and retention• In partnership with occupational therapists working in health and social care, designed and ran a workshop on ‘A day in the life of an Occupational Therapist’ for schools across Scotland, to provide insight into the careers of ooccupational therapists and an introduction to the undergraduate degree course.

Member RCOT Board Scotland 2014-2021 RCOT Council Member 2017-2021

Key Activities: commissioned to conduct project work for National Health Education for Scotland exploring and defining the issues related to effective recruitment of AHPs for the future. • Consulted with Allied Health Professionals and Practice Education Leads, working alongside NHS Learning Development teams • Liaised with higher education institutions, linking with Scottish Schools’ guidance staff and careers services• Produced a report including overall observations from the project activities and recommendations for future developments • Conducted follow-on activities with occupational therapy students at Robert Gordon’s University, devising a pilot work experience programme for pre-registration occupational therapy applicants

Key Activities: Contributed to the delivery and development of the School’s portfolio of courses and actively engaged in research and consultancy activities.• Module leadership/management: Carried out teaching via lecturers, seminars, tutorials and workshops across the school• Performed assessment duties related to the modules being taught, ensuring variety, quality and high standards of methods used• Contributed to the development of new modules in response to course development and in preparation for Revalidation of the BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy• Prepared students for practice in present work place and responded to changing professional roles and demands for the future• Supervised and assessed 4th year students Research Project dissertations, involvement in further development of these projects• Actively pursued research activity: Preceptorship Research Project• Developed Practice Placement Enhancement Tools:o Investigating the learning environments for occupational therapy students on practice placement for quality, consistency and structure• Worked alongside the Schools liaison department to market the University o Attending and presenting at regional and local career eventso Exhibitions in local shopping centres to promote the University and Occupational Therapy as a careero Developing recruitment techniques and approaches e.g. Improving Prospectuso Enhancing recruitment methods for prospective applicants e.g. interview process• Designed and led 3rd year Occupational Therapy Enterprise Project & Exhibition 2006 – 2009, which involved creating, links within the University and the local community and voluntary sector (e.g. local business, education departments, voluntary agencies).

Active in teaching during this period, having qualified and practised as a VITA adult literacy tutor.

Community Occupational Therapist

External lecturer at RGIT, Aberdeen, School of Occupational Therapy

Head of occupational therapy services at St Albans City Hospital