KEY SKILLS Service development • Co-developed service provision of a quality multi-disciplinary outpatient Fibromyalgia Self Management Programme. Patient throughput has quadrupled over a 2 year period. Leadership • Experienced at leading, mentoring and motivating interdisciplinary teams despite the challenges faced by the current NHS. • Effectively harnesses resources to provide quality, patient centred and evidenced based services Research • Principal Investigator for the Bath site of the NIHR Strengthening and Resistive Exercises of the Rheumatoid Hand (SARAH) multi-centre national randomised controlled trial. • Active participant of UK Delphi studies: McArthur, M (2007). Research Priorities for Rheumatology Occupational Therapists. The Journal of Rheumatology Occupational Therapy. 22(2) 26-28; OTTER feasibility study of OA thumb splints, University of Southampton. • Contributor to UK systematic review: McArthur MA, 2008, Systematic review of pain management strategies. The Journal of Rheumatology Occupational Therapy. 23(1) 16-18. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Awarded charitable funds in 2012 to develop a new and groundbreaking clinical database to measure the clinical outcomes of a Fibromyalgia Outpatient Coping Skills Programme • Awarded the Arthritis Research Campaign National Silver Medal for clinical and research excellence 2009/10 for developing and implementing a unique Fibromyalgia Outpatient Coping Skills Programme • Finalist for Advancing Healthcare Awards, 2010 for multidisciplinary collaboration as part of a Fibromyalgia Outpatient Coping Skills Programme • Invited by National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) to speak at the All-Party Parliamentary Inflammatory Arthritis Group in 2009 on the role of OT in Rheumatology • Presented at the Arthritis Community Research and Education Unit, Toronto, Canada Think Tank on Extended Roles in Rehabilitation Professionals, 2007