What boss do you want to be remembered for?

Emma Clayton A bad boss can be so damaging to someone’s well being, inside and outside of work and lead to excessive staff turn over, sickness and low moral. I want to be all those things above and not be a boss to be honest… feels such a formal way “I’m your boss” no we are a team x

OTs!!! 💚 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham OT ICU team is expanding! A new and exciting post *ICU Team Lead Band 7 Occupational Therapist* Come join our amazing ICU MDT team! UHB Therapy Services UHB Critical Care and Outreach Critical Care Occupational Therapist RCOT West Midlands Intensive Care Society 💙 jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

One of my best friends is DeafBlind and with my wedding being all about inclusion, I've been working to ensure that my card asking bestie to be a member of my wedding party is in braille It arrived today!

Co-occurring conditions in autistic teens increase with age. This important study is a wake up call for the need for greater support to reduce the risk of anxiety, depression and obesity in autistic kids as they go through adolescence spectrumnews.org/news/co-occurr…

🌟What a fabulous day yesterday at UHB Critical Care and Outreach with Liz Felton 🌟 A big thank you to Liz for showing me a snapshot of ‘how OT is done’ on CCS! I am looking forward to implementing OT onto SWB NHS Trust CCS, with ever growing peer support! 💚Critical Care Occupational Therapist Global Critical Care OT Network

I spoke to a patient support group last night & there is just no substitute for embodied experience It’s the difference in flight from a pilot to a bird The pilot may understand all the physics of lift, weight, thrust, & drag but the bird truly knows what it feels like to fly

Are you a patient, relative, or healthcare professional with experience of critical care rehabilitation in the UK? We are looking for volunteers to join 1-2 online workshops in November & complete 1 questionnaire. More details below - please contact me for more information 🙂

It’s the second day of our National OT conference #aoti2023. Today we have 2 presentations from St Vincent's University Hospital (SVUH). Senior OT Rachel Collins is presenting alongside her ICU OT colleagues on their establishment of national community of practice for OTs in ICU Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland Health and Social Care Professions SVUH Global Critical Care OT Network

There’s still time to book on for our November live Q&A portion of the course. These Q&A’s will be held up to 4 times a year from now on!

@RCOTWalesRegion Global Critical Care OT Network @RCOT_TMH RCOT Neuro Practice Cardiff and Vale UHB Occupational Therapy Service

Liza Remeo Research Hopkins ICU Rehab Improving Prolonged ICU Stays ICURecovery Important insights: 17% of ICU survivors had a stay <72h on ICU and were affected by at least one dimension of PICS at 6 months. This population is often seen as "too short, cannot have PICS" We need more awareness of PICS

Obviously I’m slightly biased but come and join our team!!! ***B7 OT in ICU*** 🔹Great MDT working 🔹acute resp & ECMO 🔹rehab 🔹research 🔹great cake 🍰 Def worth a look at the JD 👍 Intensive Care Society 💙 SW Critical Care ODN ACPRC please share far and wide

Shoes and the social contract A parent has got in touch to share this story. Her son’s school became an academy last Sept and part of this is an increasingly strict uniform code. She bought him a pair of shoes which cost £75 at the start of the year and he has now worn through

Are you a consultant level AHP (Dietetian, OT, physio or SLT) working in critical care? Would you be willing to be involved in an interview exploring the role, its impact and future? If so, please complete eligibility form and we will be in touch! 🙏 forms.office.com/pages/response…

‘If people are happy in their jobs, feel valued,trusted and cared for, they will perform day in and day out’ Wise words and very, very true. Sadly leadership styles that support this are grossly undervalued

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🌟 Do you work within NHS Wales with either adults or children living with a tracheostomy? If so please join us on Wednesday 18th September 12-1 introducing the newly developed ICST education platforms and self management app! Sign up here: allwales.icst.org.uk/events/live-ev…

The post I made a couple of days ago on the differences between efficiency and productivity has been turned into a superb sketchnote & accompanying blog by Tanmay Vora ✍: qaspire.com/efficiency-and…. For those who couldn't open the original article by Avi Siegal, here's another link: