Ruth Steel
      • Ruth Steel
      • Occupational Therapist
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      • 9 Chess Business Park
      • Moor Road
      • Chesham
      • Buckinghamshire
      • HP5 1SD
      • 01494 792711

Ruth Steel

Occupational Therapist

Qualifications

BSc Occupational Therapy, MSc Interprofessional Health & Social Care, PG Dip

Specialisms

  • Elderly Care
  • General Medicine/Surgery
  • Palliative Care
  • Rehabilitation
  • Bariatrics

Introduction

I qualified as an OT in 1999 and since then I have gained experience in a variety of clinical settings working with both adults and older people. This includes elderly care, falls, oncology, respiratory conditions, orthopaedics, brain injury, stroke, surgical rehabilitation, general medicine and also with bariatric patients. 

I have worked extensively rehabilitating patients, as well as identifying support for those living with permanent disabilities. My input has included housing adaptations, prescribing equipment and formulating treatment plans aligned with client goals.  I have a special interest in complex manual handling assessments, and supporting an active lifestyle for clients with mobility impairments.

I have carried complex clinical caseloads whilst working in both hospital and community settings and have also gained significant leadership and management experience, including as the head of an inpatient therapy service and as the professional lead for occupational therapy, across one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK.

I am highly experienced in assessing for and prescribing a variety of smaller and larger assistive devices in order to restore/maintain service user's independence. I have also been involved in designing and overseeing major adaptation work including flush floor showers and modified extensions to properties. 

I accept instructions from both claimant and defendant solicitors and insurers and I have undergone formal training in the medico-legal process and am fully aware of my responsibilities under Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) pertaining to expert witnesses.