Today we have been trialling our new piece of upper limb rehab equipment! We will be using the @saebo arm with patients with critical care acquired weakness to help facilitate independent functional tasks such as brushing teeth and feeding.NUH Critical Care🏳️‍🌈 #rehab 💪

The day has finally arrived - both floors of Jubilee Unit, NUH are open. Fantastic day celebrating the team and what they have accomplished in the last 10 months NUH Surgery and Associated Services Catherine P-H Mathew John Paul Webb

Happy #AHPsWeek to all our wonderful colleagues at @TeamNUH! NUH Allied Health Professionals

Lucy & Mary-Anne have led a fantastic trolley dash around our wards promoting the role of OT & raising awareness of the risks of deconditioning & reduced function in acute hospitals! #OTWeek2023 #occupationmatters Papplewick Ward 🫀 Patience2 Winifred 2 Royal College of Occupational Therapists NUH Therapies

Beating the January blues with some lovely treats from our OT wellbeing champions! We've been browsing the upcoming NUH Wellbeing events and thinking about how we can take care of ourselves and each other this year Staff Wellbeing NUH

Each month our team are focussing on an area/topic we feel we could develop our skills & learning in. This month is #Colorectal month! We have a fab board that includes facts, diagrams & info, & each day we spend 5mins discussing a Colorectal condition/surgery Jubilee Unit, NUH #QSIR

What a brilliant article on #delirium highlighting the importance of #patientexperience and continuing to improve patient centered care. Some really valuable learning and one to be shared with the rest of the team.

A lovely little pick me up today… two of our OTs- Katie and Mufasir received a card and chocolate from a very kind patient and relative. Some real #patientcenteredcare and #mdt working demonstrated by these two- well done! NUH Therapies

Yesterday, Gemma (critical care OT) from KMH Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS FT came to visit and spend some time shadowing the team on critical care. It was a really valuable day and a great opportunity to network and share best practice! #OT #criticalcare Nottingham University Hospitals NUH Therapies

Feb-March were “Manual Handling” month for the team - this included practical training and education sessions on supporting a weak upper limb and safe use of manual handling equipment #CPD

It’s that time again…. The band 5s rotate next week! Here is our band 5 Mufasir with his supervisor Hollie. Well done for the last 3 months Mufasir, we wish you all the best on HCOP! 🌟 HCOP Therapy Team @nottmhospitals NUH Therapies

This week we were treated to massages on our lunch break from the lovely Ali at Orange Blossom Therapies courtesy of Nottingham Hospitals Charity - we were all so grateful for some relaxation after a busy few weeks!

Come and join our team! 😀 We have a full time band 6 nine month fixed term/secondment post out to advert - take a look! nuh.nhs.uk/jobs/#!/job/UK…

The team are working hard planning exciting things for #OTWeek - only 2 weeks to go! Keep your eyes peeled for updates in your area!

Kicking off OT week with some shared learning & discussion with Ⓙⓐⓜⓔⓢ Ⓑⓡⓤⓒⓔ Sharon Barker 💚 @eleanormdoug today - great to network and gain some new ideas for our OT interventions with critically ill patients. #OTWeek2024

Celebrating our profession this week with a new display! #OTWeek24 NUH Therapies

On Wednesdays we wear green (socks)!💚NUH Therapies NUH Allied Health Professionals Nottingham University Hospitals #OTweek24

Throughout January we are "Focus of the Month" on Nightingale Ward NUH ward! We have a board with lots of info about what we do as OTs, as well as a Q&A box - feel free to write us a question!

This month our OT and Physio team are taking on a challenge… let’s go team North, we’ve got this 💪🏼

This months learning needs focus of the month is Stroke. This is in line with #StrokeAwarenessMonth 🧠The team have undertook an interactive session led by OTs Jasmine and Mary-Anne and throughout the month each team member will provide 5 minute feedback on their allocated topic.