Lisette Armour

Occupational Therapist with a broad range of acute, community, physical health and mental health experience

Rotational Occupational Therapist in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (various local hospitals and community posts) from July 2017 – October 2020

• Wide range of standardised and non-standardised assessment tools using various OT models and approaches
• Working closely with the medical MDT and social services teams to achieve successful discharges for patients with complex mental, cognitive and physical care needs.
• Observations of patients and clients to form robust assessment outcomes
• Working with clients to produce meaningful and occupationally focused SMART goals to achieve their long term aim
• Use of a wide range of interventions to increase wellbeing and independence, reducing packages of care and reducing length of stay in hospital
• Experience supervising and mentoring students, OTs and OTTIs
• Broad knowledge of moving and handling equipment
• Up to date training in all mandatory areas such as manual handling with additional respiratory training, OT specific manual handling among others.
• Wide range of acute physical and stroke rehabilitation skills
• Use of mental health OT models to increase wellbeing, independence with short term and long term goals for acute and community mental health patients 
• Trained in mindfulness therapies and CBT approaches for interventions
• Experience providing education and managing care plans with family members with complex needs to produce good long term outcomes for patients
• Safeguarding of vulnerable patients and their family members
• Supporting clients with an intellectual disability alongside other core morbidities
• COVID precautions and management

Rotational  posts completed:

• Stroke rehabilitation
• Adolescent acute mental health inpatient unit
• Memory Clinic.
• Acute medical units including A&E (ADT), respiratory, general medical, older adult, urology, gastro, endocrinology and surgical wards.
• Orthopedics inpatient and outpatient
• Community hospital

Social services October 2020 – September 2021

• Early intervention prevention to manage long term needs through complex large adaptations and complex care planning.
• Working with a range of physical, cognitive, learning and mental health needs 
• Complex MDT and safeguarding work
• Designing and working with contractors to create housing adaptations
• Rehousing experience
• Complex care planning 
• Supporting hospital discharges
• A wide range of hoist, sling and various moving and handling equipment
• Working alongside legal teams

• Bachelor’s in Science Occupational Therapy degree obtained in 2017 from Glyndwr University.