Each month JustOT would like to recognise one of our locums for their personal achievement and commitment to the Occupational Therapy Service!

Name: Emma-Kate Dewhurst

Profession: Occupational Therapist

Where are you from? Kiama, Australia

Current Locum position? Band 6 OT Community Rehabilitation Service (CRS)

What do you enjoy about your job?
Being out in the community, I get to see different parts of London; enjoy the weather (usually!!); and get to meet a variety of patients.

Personal achievements within your role?
Represented the Trust’s CRS in developing the Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) Support Workers Competencies for Rehabilitation Assistants.
I am currently involved in a Randomised Control Trial on upper limb rehabilitation post stroke.

How do you unwind from work?
Exploring London’s various Farmers Markets is a great time to relax with a coffee and work on improving my ‘Heathrow Injection’! I also try to travel within the UK or Europe every second weekend so that allows me to escape from the working week.

If you were stranded on a desert island what 3 items would you take?
1.) Djembe drum
2.) My diary (I like being organised!!)
3.) An unlimited supply of fruit and nut muesli