Julie has worked as an Occupational Therapist in the National Rehabilitation Hospital for 18 years. She also worked in Vancouver, Canada as an OT in a private vocational clinic. For the past decade, her work focus has been two-fold:
1) A Senior OT in the Vocational service providing support to patients regarding return to work following brain injury and stroke, including people who are returning to third level education after brain injury or stroke. This work involves assessing the person’s potential to return to work and their readiness to do so, completing jobs demands analysis, providing recommendations and advice, supporting the person on the pathway of returning to work or looking for alternative work, employer liaison and follow-up.
2) Clinical Practice Tutor, responsible for supporting 24 OT students per year on placement at NRH, including those availing of reasonable accommodations on placement. Julie has a particular interest in using Motivational Interviewing techniques in her work with both students and patients.
