I have seventeen years experience working as an Occupational Therapist, specialising in neurology for the majority of my career. I have extensive experience working in stroke rehabilitation, ABI's, functional neurological disorders, long term and rare neurological conditions. I have worked in ward environments, specialist rehabilitation units and the community. I have an MSc in advanced Occupational Therapy and completed clinical research into the effectiveness of early supported discharge for stroke patients. I am the team lead for a multi disciplinary rehabilitation service and have broad managerial, service development and leadership skills.