Rachel Miles

19 Years experience working in Occupational Therapy.

Clinical experience in 10 different areas of clinical practice.

Have had opportunities to develop an OT service within the Private Sector, and work with Interdisciplinary team to develop new service Pathways and Competency frameworks within the NHS. Specialist knowledge and experience in Brain Injury, Poly-trauma, Specialist Seating and Spasticity Management.

Moved into the private rehabilitation sector in 2023, working as a Clinical Rehabilitation Case Manager, Programme Manager, Independent Occupational Therapist and Associate OT for private companies.

• Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)-registered
• Member of Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT)
• Member of RCOT Specialist Section for Neurological Practice (SSNP)
• Member of RCOT Specialist Section for Independent Practice (SSIP)
• Assessment of Cognition
• Spasticity Management
• Experience in Ten different areas of Clinical Practice.
• Fieldwork Educator
• Learning Disability Champion
• Registered Volunteer Chaperone for Stoke on Trent City Council
• Food Hygiene Certificate
• Registered with DBS Update Service

• Adult Spasticity: From Principles to Patient Care.
• Specialist Seating in Postural Management & Pressure Care.
• Modules completed in Gateway to Management, Gateway to Leadership, Courageous Conversations, Developing Resilience, Manager as Coach & Quality improvement & Measurement.
• Introduction to Sensory Integration Difficulties.
• Cognitive Rehabilitation (Webcast)
• Managing Complex Tone: Spasticity and Casting.
• Understanding Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness (PDoC) and Physical Management: Strategies to Optimise Assessment and Ability.
• Thermoplastic Splinting for the Upper Limb, Adults and Paediatrics.

• UHNM Heart Badge Values Recipient for nominations in Compassion, Together, Safe & Improving
• Silver Leadership Award (Leadership Development & Improvement Programme), December 2022
• UHNM Major Trauma 10th Anniversary Conference, Presenter, October 2022
• UHNM Team of the Month, Network Services Division Occupational Therapy Team, April 2022
• Collaboration with SLT & Smile Smart Technology to provide custom made technology to improve patient and staff communication at Royal Stoke University Hospital
• Development & Implementation of a TBI Cognitive & Communication Pathway & Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness Pathway within Hyper-Acute Level 1a Specialised Rehabilitation, Neurosurgery & Critical Care at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust.