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Curriculum Vitae of Muhammed Rahman

Name: Muhammed Siddiqur Rahman

Profession: Occupational Therapist

Age: 32 years

Nationality: Bangladesh (by born), UK Resident permit

Holder

Marital status: Married

Dependents: 3 (wife and two young kids 5 year and 6 months)

Home Address: Flat- B, 587 Romford Road

London, E7 8AE

United Kingdom

Contact number: 0044(0)784-***-****

E-mail: ************@*****.***

Professional Licence and Membership:

1. Registered Occupational Therapist, Health and Care Professions Council

(HCPC), UK

2. Occupational Therapy Registered, OTR, National Board for

Certification of Occupational Therapy, NBCOT, USA

3. Registered Occupational Therapist, Department of Health and Children,

Ireland.

4. Member of British Association of Occupational Therapists (BAOT), UK

5. Member of British Association of Bobath Trained Therapists (BABTT), UK

6. Registered Occupational Therapist, Bangladesh Occupational Therapy

Association (BOTA).

7. Ex. Member of Ireland Occupational Therapy Association

8. Member of World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT)

Education and Training:

1. B.Sc (Hon's) in Occupational Therapy, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

in 2003.

2. Post Graduation Training for Children with Cerebral Palsy and Neuro-

disability/ Bobath Training, Bobath Centre, London, 2014, recognised

as Bobath Therapist (similar as NDT in USA)

3. MPH - Master of Public Health, major in Environmental Health, SAFS

International, Dhaka, Bangladesh collaboration with University of

Honolulu, USA in 2006

4. Diploma in English Langue, St. Peter's College of London, August 2007

Training received:

1. Bobath Training on ''Cerebral Palsy in Adult Life'', Bobath Centre,

London in March 2012

2. Sensory Integration training '' Autism, Spectrum Disorders, Sensory

Integration and Behaviour, Problem identification and Intervention''

by Sensory Integration Network, UK and Ireland

3. Communication Assessment (AAC) training at Great Ormond Street

Hospital, London/ Approved assessor for AAC device

4. Designing sensory room by Richard Hislolp (registered sensory

integration training provider), London.

5. 24 hour Postural Management, CareFlex incorporate with College of

Occupational Therapists, London.

6. APPLE course (Practice Placement Tutor) by London South Bank

University

7. AusTOM trained therapist (Australian Therapeutic Outcome Measure) by

London South Bank University

8. Physical Modalities Agent- Electrical and Thermal Agents, Florida,

USA, 2013

9. Community Driver Rehabilitation, American Occupational Therapy

Association (AOTA), USA, 2013

10. Series Documentation, USA 2013

11. Signalong training by New Tunmursh Centre, Plaistow, London

12. Makaton foundation course by Children's Service, NHS Haringey, London

13. Bobath workshop by Bobath Centre, London

14. Child Protection Level -1,2 &3 by Great Ormond Street Hospital,

London

15. Woking with registrant and reluctant families by LSCB in September.

16. Jay Back, Jay Cushions and Postural Control training by Tower Hamlet

Wheelchair Service with collaboration of Gerald Simonds Healthcare.

17. Workshop on Gel accessories for Wheelchair and Special Sitting by

Tower Hamlet Wheelchair Service with collaboration of GelOvation

Europe Limited

18. Tecscan-computerised training for pressure mapping by Tower Hamlet

Wheelchair Service.

19. Monitoring and Record Keeping, College of North East London

20. Qbitus Pressure Cushion training by Tower Hamlet Wheelchair Service in

2008

21. Movement and Disorder Conference by North East London, NHS, London, UK

22. All basic mandatory training by Great Ormond Street Hospital and

Whittington Health, London

Training provided (Multi-agency training provided to other MDT's, OT's,

class teacher, SEN, SENCO, parents and carers, day care centre)

1. Seating and 24-hour postural management

2. Approved Wheelchair Assessor course

3. Sensory Diet and Multi-sensory training

4. Gross motor and fine motor skills and function

5. Upper limb mobilization

6. Occupational Therapy role in Eating and Drinking (from sensory,

adaptive equipments and postural point of view) in SLT's Dysphasia

training

7. Hand Writing

8. Child Development

9. MDT approach to work for children with Cerebral Palsy

10. Functional Independence

11. Parents Training- MDT working, Adult transition, coffee morning for

Cerebral Palsy parents etc

EMPLOIYMENT HISTORY (most recent past):

1. Whittington Health in Haringey since 6th July 2009, internal transfer

from Great Ormond Street Hospital in 2011

(Great Ormond Street Hospital, London is one of the top Paediatric Hospital

and Research Centre in the world and the largest and specialist Paediatric

hospital and teaching centre in Europe attached with University College

London. Whittington Health is one of the top NHS provider and teaching

hospital in UK. More information: www.gosh.nhs.uk ; www.whittington.nhs.uk)

Position: Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist and Postural Management

Lead for Special Schools in Haringey

Duration: since July 2009

Client Group: Paediatric and young adult

Head Injury, Road Traffic Accident, Spinal Cord Injury, Amputee, Cerebral

Palsy, Autism, ADHD, Learning Difficulties, Profound and Multiple Learning

Disabilities (PMLD), Muscular Dystrophy, Head injury, Transverse Myelities,

Developmental delay, Sensory difficulties, Down Syndrome, Dyspraxia, motor

coordination, Global Developmental Delay, language and communication

disorder and children and young adult with terminally ill and short life

expectancy.

Job responsibilities:

One of the work bases is The Vale Special Needs School for children who

range of disabilities. The school is based over three sites integrated into

local Mainstream Schools. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team

comprising of Community Paediatric Consultant, teaching staff, school

nurse, speech and language therapist, physiotherapist and occupational

therapist in collaboration with the school and directly with children and

families, devising and implementing therapy programs and prescribing

equipment (both school and home equipment, example: wheelchair, special

seating, splinting, bathing, major and minor adaptation of home

environment). Direct OT input or liaising with Child Development Centre for

assessing children from birth for early year's assessment and pre-

transitioning to Special Needs Schools.

Another work site is Haringey's Sixth Form Centre, the Centre has places

for 56 Young People aged 16 - 19 years with complex care needs. Job

responsibilities are to provide direct therapy input, setting up programs

and providing equipment to the Young People and their families, working in

collaboration with Adult Services, social service, residential college,

employment service (connexions) and charitable organizations to develop

smooth transition plan. Working directly for young adult up-to 25 years age

range to ensure smooth transition to their adulthood.

Clients who are terminally ill or progressive deteriorating conditions e.g.

Muscular Dystrophy, Road Traffic Accident, Head injury, Transverse

Myelities, GBS- Guillain Barrie Syndrome and children/adult with profound

Cerebral Palsy who have additional feeding, postural and dysphasia need are

have short life expectancy. They admit to rehab centre and/or Hospice

Centre. I have active role with these clients group e.g. bed mobility,

assessment and provision of splinting active, exercises/mobilization and 24-

hour postural management to ensure they are not developing any

contractures/deformities and pressure sore. Training to the service user,

cares in their exercise/day routine activities also part of the job

responsibilities.

OT input in CAF (Common Assessment Framework) and Educational Statement

which enable them to access a range of service at school and home. Assess

and treat individual children with complex needs at home and school or

clinic setting, working as part of the multi-disciplinary team, and

liaising closely with education staff and parents/carers. Provide training

to individual students, class team, parents and or carers. Provide

individual and group therapy profile e.g 24 hour postural management,

sensory diet, splinting profile, hand writing profile) and educational and

non-educational Occupational Therapy advice.

Use a range of communication strategies to overcome barriers to

communicating e.g. high-tech and low tech communication devices, sign

language, communication difficulties or cognitive impairment and English as

a second language, in order to engage and motivate the child and their

family/carers in their Occupational Therapy services. To enable

communication worked with Speech and Language therapist, using different

communication devices and techniques e.g. Makaton, British Sigh Language,

Liberator/ laptop, Dynabox.

Also in Rehab setting I have experience to run functional ADL group

(activity of daily living) e.g cooking group, self help care group,

vocational group, leisure group. Joint communication assessment with

service uses, Speech and Language Therapist, ICT specialist and educational

staff and provision of communication devices e.g. switch, eye gaze

technology, environmental control system, finger pointing, infra-ray and

mounting to access for communication and school curriculum.

Leading range of MDT group in school e.g. my body my life project, ADL

group, cooking group, communication group, exercise group, sensory group,

ICT group, Multi-sensory group. Ensure student have access to communicate

and participate fully into the group activities within their capabilities

in inclusive environment.

Other job responsibilities:

. Active role in tertiary hospitals and specialist clinic for pre-

admission assessment, discharge planning and post-operative

rehabilitation as well as follow-up appointment e.g Great Ormond

Street Hospital, The Royal London Hospital, Stanmore Hospital

. Attend meetings necessary to co-ordinate multi-agency care of the

child e.g. transition planning, child protection.

. Active member of MDT in School Medicals

. To make referrals to other services as required to meet the child or

family's identified needs, example- wheelchair referral, SSOT

referral, housing referral

. To keep accurate and adequate records, and write reports and discharge

summaries as required, ensuring that confidentiality and information-

sharing standards are met as in Trust and professional standards

. To provide Occupational Therapy advice to Statements of Special

Educational Need, as required.

. To be actively involved in target setting (IEP) and annual review

meetings, working across disciplines to ensure continuity of approach

and to maximize the effectiveness of treatment in the home and school

settings

. To communicate complex clinical information and care plans to parents,

carers, and staff in other agencies, in order for them to understand

and carry out effective treatment or management of the child

. To plan and carry out home visits to the child in the home

environment, to carry out risk assessments; to assess for specialist

equipment or to advise on minor adaptations. This includes assessment

and provision of home seating system.

2. Employer: Tower Hamlet Wheelchair Service, London

The Royal London Hospital, Mile End (The Royal London Hospital is one of

the oldest and largest hospital in whole Europe and best known as teaching

hospital in the UK. More information- www.bartshealth.nhs.uk)

Job Title: Senior Wheelchair Therapist

Duration: February 2008 to 5th July, 2009

Client group: CVA, Head injury, children and adult with Cerebral Palsy,

post-operative management e.g. hip surgery, spinal cord injury; road

traffic accident, Muscular Dystrophy, Multiple Sclerosis, elderly

population due to age related mobility device and sudden terminal illness

and deteriorating conditions, cardiac conditions with portable oxygen user

and many more

Job responsibilities:

Working areas: Clinic setting (Wheelchair Service), patients home,

residential care homes who unable to attend to the clinic, Special Needs

School and Mainstream school in the local borough. Clinic appointment with

school MDT's and Rehabilitation Engineer.

As high volume of case referral OT prioritize the caseload by screening

according to the severity of the condition, children with special needs,

deteriorating condition, post-operative management mobility. According to

the prioritization OT distributed the caseload to the rotational therapist,

assistant therapist for basic wheelchair. Liaise and booked appointment

with the Rehabilitation Engineer for children and adult with highly complex

postural needs. The Rehabilitation Engineer are not based in the site, come

externally twice a weeks, OT also have to prioritise their caseload to

carry out complex powered chair and manual chair review. OT worked as the

lead of Occasional Wheelchair Loan Scheme. This is the scheme for the

occasional wheelchair user after accident and emergency who does not need

to use for longer term, old visitor in the local borough. OT also worked

jointly with Whizz-Kids therapist who contacted to cover children's

postural needs in Tower Hamlet. Joint appointment with the company

representative to trail different seating system, adjustment and fix of

specialised seating system e.g. moulded back.

Also the job roles were to cover Sheltered Care Home, Hospice and Care

Home/Skilled Nursing Facilities. My job responsibilities was to assess and

provision of 24-hour postural management equipments, part of this was bed

mobility, transferring techniques manual handling risk assessments and

training.

Other job responsibilities are to Individual case load management which

includes wheelchair and postural Assessment, assessment of physical

capability for self-propelling, Indoor, Indoor/Outdoor powered chair

(EPIC/EPIOC), physical environment both Indoor (living room, toilet,

kitchen, balcony, accessibility from one room to another room) and Outdoor

(types of house or flat, lift, stair, step, ramp, accessibility from inside

to outside etc) environment for wheelchair accessibility. According to

assessment provide training to the individuals i.e. service user,

parents/carers on different types of Wheelchair (attendant Push, Self

propelling chair) according to the individual needs. ongoing EPIOC/ EPIC

(Electronic Power Indoor and Outdoor Chair) training throughout Indoor and

Outdoor setting, provided training in independent transfer, manual handling

techniques by using assistive devices and technology (hoist, walking frame,

Zimmer frame, banana/sliding board), Assessment and provision of different

pressure relief cushion i.e. high, low and medium pressure relief cushion

(e.g. foam, gel, air cushion), adjustment or adaptation of chair as

appropriate and necessary.

Day to day liaise with Wheelchair Service Approved Wheelchair Repairer

company to ensure they are maintaining high standard of the service and

work efficiently. Liaise with the admin staff to order new stock item,

check the existing items.

Others:

Record Keeping and documentation, up-to date data collection for

Clinical Governance, clinical audit, Continuous discuss with

Supervisor and Manager if any complex issue arise. Attending Clinical

Meeting and feedback on Individual caseload, working as the clinical

key person in absence of the supervisor was also the key

responsibilities of the job.

Review of patients waiting time and provision of different equipments,

actively involve data collection, Continues follow-up assessment room

and stock room and keep up-to date to reduce patients waiting time.

Supervision: Supervision of Junior OT stuffs, Medical students and

other Allied Health Professions, which involve direct supervision,

distribution of caseload and follow-up, facilitate in-service program,

case conference, training and provision of Wheelchair assessment

including ongoing powered chair training and approved Wheelchair

assessor training.

Developing a guideline tools for wheelchair assessment for newly

graduate and rotational therapist was the very appreciate CPD work in

the job. One day wheelchair training to the MDT staff in local borough

was also OT's continue CPD work during the job.

3. Employer: Everyday Angels Special Needs Care

Job Title: Rehabilitation Worker until to get OT licence in UK

Working Mode: part-time

Duration: May 2007 to January, 2008

Job Responsibilities:

Worked for children and adult with disabilities (autism, Cerebral Palsy,

Challenging Behaviour, Learning Disabilities, Developmental Disorder Stroke

Rehabilitation) in pre- school, after school club, outreach program,

respite program etc by using Occupational Therapy skills. Training of ADL

(feeding, dressing, toileting, bathing, grooming, gardening etc),facilitate

communication by verbal, nonverbal (using sign language, body language,

audio- visual aids like computer etc), mobility aids like Wheel Chair,

hoists, walking frame, crutch, parallel bar and using other adaptive

devices and equipment(splints, AFO- Ankle foot orthotics). Follow up

Intervention program guided by MDT (multidisciplinary team) and family

members. Involvement with family members and community is core

responsibilities of the job.

Record Keeping, documentation of every single activity, discussed with

other MDT members, Family members and Career to plan intervention and

evaluation program is the main responsibilities of the job.

Employment Gap: November 2006- April, 2007

Completed Diploma in English Language course at St. Peter's College of

London to get Health and Social Care Council (HCPC) registration.

4. Employer: Chatkhil Central Hospital (Pvt.)

Job Title: Senior Occupational Therapist

Duration: July 2004 to October, 2006

Job description: Worked as an active member of MDT in hospital and

community settings. Job responsibilities was individual caseload

management, Program design, coordination, implementation, and monitoring,

child assessment (functional & physical), assessment of Physical

Environment, Occupational Therapy support, prescribe aids and equipments,

design, developmental and plan for individual patient, onward referral,

provide training to special education teacher, parents & carers. Home

visit, parent & carer counselling, arranging awareness program, school

advocacy, pre-vocational assessment, extend professional service in the

organizational program and projects.

For Continue Professional Development (CPD) design infrastructure of

workshop, seminar, conference, awareness programs, liaise with other MDT

members, arranges in-service program and supervision of Occupational

Therapy Students. Maintained quality of services by evaluation of

assessment tools, equipments, Clients satisfaction, and internal audit.

5. Employer: Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP)

(Largest Rehabilitation and research centre in the Asia, teaching

institutes attached with the Hospital, CRP Founded in 1979 in response to

the desperate need for services for spinal injured patients, the Centre for

the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) has now developed into an

internationally respected organisation. CRP focuses on a holistic approach

to rehabilitation, recognising that all aspects of the rehabilitation

process are vital for its success, more information- www.crp-

bangladesh.org)

Job Title: Clinical Occupational Therapist.

Duration: From July 2003 to June 2004

Working Mode: full time

Client group: both children and adult population

Job description:

I worked intensive care unit while the client is in ventilation and

stabilization period, acute care unit, community integration/half way

hostel (before they discharge to community), discharge planning and

community based rehabilitation (CBR). Job responsibilities covered from

their bed rest/bed mobility to vocational training, discharge planning and

community integration/re-integration either they back to their previous

role or new role due to residual disabilities.

Worked as an active member of MDT both hospital and community settings. Job

responsibilities was individual caseload management, assessment through

formal and informal way, identify Physical Capacity and limitation by

Functional Independence Measure, Cognitive and Psychosocial Assessment,

Physical Environment, Occupation, Housing, Home and Community Environment

etc. According to findings set up aims and objectives, plan and design of

intervention program through Individual and group therapy, exercise and

Purposeful activities like hand therapy, positioning, wheelchair skills

training and sports activities for achieving functional Independence,

Splinting (Writing, Static and Dynamic, and other adaptive devices (lower

limb Orthotics like Ankle-Foot Orthotics (AFO) and Knee-Ankle-Foot

Orthotics (KAFO), Walking Frame, Crutch, Special Sittings for Paediatric

Children and the patient who has Postural Problem. For Continue

Professional Development (CPD) and upgrade knowledge I have always worked

with International (British, Australian, Canadian, and Indian) Therapists

and Volunteers.

Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR): survey of local community to identify

children with disabilities, prioritize and distribute to other therapists

to carry out individual therapy program, liaise with vocational trainer to

rehabilitate them in their local community according to their capabilities,

using available community resources e.g. using local people, local

materials and local ideas/techniques. Assessment of home and community,

major and minor home adaptation, improve disability accessibility in home

and community. Arrange and supervise disability awareness program in local

community e.g. school, mosque and other public places and involved local

leader e.g. teacher, Imam, and local leader. Monthly meeting with other

NGO's and Government officials e.g. Thana Nirbahi Officer (TNO's), District

Commissioner (DC's), Thana Health Officer (THO), CBR area coordinators,

supervise self-help groups (a group run by disable people to support each

other, talk to different professionals to aware their rights, to improve

empowerments). Annual workshop/conference with CBR workers and self-help

group coordinators ensure and maintain quality of service, monthly stats

and feedback to head office.

Additional information:

. As part of evidence based practice-

completed OT and SLT Outcome Measure ''Functional Independence Measure

on Cooking Activity'' this is an experimental program used by school

OT and SLT in Haringey Sixth Form Centre for young adult with mild to

moderate learning disabilities from age 16-19 years old.

. Completed an audit on Postural Management training provided by OT and

PT and Eating and Drinking training provided by SLT and compares with

previous for KPI

. Completed an outcome measure on MDT (OT, PT, SLT) Multi-Sensory

learning for children with PMLD

Achievement/involvement

. COT Competition winner! Mentioned like this-

We are pleased to announce that the winner of our R&D@COT 100th

edition competition and our congratulations go to Muhammed Rahman, a

Children's Occupational Therapist based in London.

Muhammed's strap line reads:

'R&D@COT is a service of excellence, especially for OTs who would like

to develop their career in research and higher education'.

. Research- The impact of overexertion on optimum functional capacity in

Guillain-Barrie Syndrome- A single case Study, University of Dhaka,

Bangladesh

. To improve service delivery developed a OT query sheet and placed in

each special school as OT is not full time based in each school. This

is to ensure that school can documents and request OT service as

required and then OT prioritize when come to the school and respond as

appropriate on priority basis.

. OT is an active member of Haringey Wheelchair user group to represent

The Vale School and Haringey Sixth Form Centre. This is to maintain

liaise with the school kids, family and wheelchair therapist to ensure

they get the correct mobility aids efficiently.

Planning and Managing Resources:

. OT priorities caseload not only based on care needs/complexity base,

but also academic calendar based. Example- beginning of the academic

year to assess new students, provide appropriate postural management

equipments, referrer them to different authority e.g. wheelchair

clinic, splinting, social service, housing authority as appropriate.

Once initial assessment is completed and equipments are sorted then OT

focus on individual therapy program, MDT group plan, providing

profiles to class staff/parents/carers. Sometimes I have to change my

schedule e.g. cancel group activities as Wheelchair service therapist

came to assess new students.

. Again end of the academic year OT priorities caseloads who are leaving

to the adult service or moving school, provide equipments for their

adult service, complete transition report and appropriate handover to

adult service.

. In 2011 when OT was covering different sites as an upgrade post (band-

7) it was difficult to provide smooth OT service across all different

sites, OT produced a risk assessment tool. The risk assessment tool is

use by other OT and MDT's currently.

. As resource is always limited I first concentrate on seating and

positioning equipment and then sensory equipment, and other ADL/group

activities equipments. This is to ensure students are safe in school

and home and then work on their functional independence and learning

potential.

General responsibilities:

. Take responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of self and

others and to comply at all times with the Health and Safety

regulations

. Ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential

information obtained during the course of employment in an official

capacity comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998.

. Contribute to deliver and implement the organizational Equality and

Diversity Agenda by: appropriate and measurable actions to eliminate

unlawful discrimination, promoting equality of opportunity and good

relationships between people of different groups.

. Developing and maintaining an inclusive approach to work and embedding

equality and diversity into all work activities

. Electronic and paper documentation where other professionals have

access to ensure better communication between MDT's.

Commitment to Providing a Quality Service:

. As a key health professional I always ensure to maintain and provide

best quality of service by update my knowledge by attending monthly

Therapy Forum (OT, PT, SLT- speech and language therapist), monthly OT

forum, monthly special school meeting with service manager, and other

health professionals. Attendant serious case review through multi

agency and case conference.

I have access to British Association of OT library, hospital library,

literature searches, attending in-service and training.

. Patient and family satisfaction also evaluated and reviewed by

questionnaire and independent audit.

. To maintain quality of service day to day I am using standardized,

modified standardized assessment and technique (e.g., Sensory

integration and Praxis test, FIM-functional independence measure, VAS-

visual analog scale, AusTOM).

. Utilize formal and informal reporting mechanisms including electronic

reporting to ensure effective communication across health and social

care.

. Undertake comprehensive assessments with a complex physical, cognitive

and psychological conditions and disabilities to diagnose and develop

a client centred treatment plan to meet patient's complex physical,

cognitive, social and environmental needs in hospital and community

settings. Example- children's who are admitting hospital for spinal

surgery or hip surgery OT organize specialist seating system for post

operative rehabilitation and actively involve in Back TO School Plan

assessment with other MDT's. OT also use appropriate standardized and

non-standardized tests, clinical observations as well as gathering

appropriate information from a variety of sources. E.g. case notes,

social service records, and interviews with patients and carers

Evaluating Information and Judging Situations:

. The effectiveness and efficiency of OT service evaluated by initial

evaluation (baseline) implementation of therapy input and final

assessment and compares of the treatment to evaluate treatment

progress and patient satisfaction towards service. This is an ongoing

process to monitor and review service competency and standard.

. Providing profile is more visualized and accurate as there are

photographs of all action and activities, e.g. seating profile,

sensory profile, and upper limb fine motor skills profile. So children

and families are able to evaluate how much they achieved.

. Empower children and young adult, parents and carers in understanding

the nature of their disability or dysfunction, the impact it has on

behaviour and function and the activities and strategies they can use

in the daily routines at home to develop their functional abilities.

. Ensure safe discharge practices when formulating treatment goals and

the coordinate community resources required prior to discharge, e.g.

Equipment

. Manage clinical risk within own caseload and specialist areas in

conjunction with the Trust's/organizational clinical risk management

guidelines.

Managing & Developing (Self & Others):

. Prioritise caseload according to severity, deteriorating condition,

seating and postural needs, hospital discharge

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