Nicky Phillips

Senior Occupational Therapist in a Medium Secure Mental Health setting. Family, friends, dogs and good food are my bag.

[Nicky Phillips @NickyP_OT]

@kate_garner93 Thanks gorg!

[Nicky Phillips @NickyP_OT]

Really happy to share that I've accepted a B6 post in @bsmhft's forensic MH service. I've absolutely loved working with the fabulous team and patients in lypft's low secure unit, & have learnt so much. Excited for this next step! #nhs #MentalHealthMatters #occupationaltherapy

[Nicky Phillips @NickyP_OT]

Buzzing from the feedback too... proudly striving to be professional AND fun 😁

[Nicky Phillips @NickyP_OT]

Happy goodbyes to my first ever student today. She's been an amazing support while OTs are getting pulled into more general roles again. Teaching and having to explain your clinical reasoning is such a great chance to reflect on your work too!

[Nicky Phillips @NickyP_OT]

@VanessajpOT @bsmhft Thanks lovely ❤

[Nicky Phillips @NickyP_OT]

@emilysuffield @bsmhft TBC, but I'm hoping January 😁

[Nicky Phillips @NickyP_OT]

@emilysuffield @bsmhft I know, it's bittersweet to be leaving! If you're ever in the midlands though give me a shout!

[Chris Wood @cmwood85_OT]

Not quite a media sensation but nice to have contributed to this article about occupational therapy in the wake of the pandemic. I’m so proud of my profession and #chooseOT because it can promote health in so many ways for so many people ⁦@BevanCIC⁩ https://t.co/YvZ2Os4gZ5

[Nicky Phillips @NickyP_OT]

As covid-19 brings unprecedemted stress to people's mental health, we need meaningful investment in health services and into housing options that offer a range of support. #WorldMentalHealthDay

[Nicky Phillips @NickyP_OT]

It's #WorldMentalHealthDay. I feel so privilidged to be able to work with people at some of the most difficult and complex periods of their lives, working on individual recovery goals and re-establishing an identity that does not revolve around mental illness.

[Nicky Phillips @NickyP_OT]

Been participating in #Cot90s for years... so interesting to be part of research in this unprecedented time. Just sent off my home antibody results, finished in minutes from the comfort of my sofa 😂 ... link here if any one wants to get involved! https://t.co/9GRdoVX0Pf

[Nicky Phillips @NickyP_OT]

@cmwood85_OT @LeedsandYorkPFT @BevanCIC You'll be so missed! Newsam won't be the same 😥 but you are absolutely made for this new role!

[Nicky Phillips @NickyP_OT]

@93SophieC Yeah, my comment doesn't detract from all the confusion and inconsistencies you mention. And announcing it with 2h notice on Twitter is disgusting.

[Nicky Phillips @NickyP_OT]

@93SophieC I think you still can see your dad if you're classed as a support bubble... which you may well be since he lives alone. It mentions it in here. Hope this helps lovely x
https://t.co/M9tbjX7luM

[Leeds & York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust @LeedsandYorkPFT]

We'd like to share a poem from one of our service users at The Newsam Centre for #NHSBirthday 💙

[Nicky Phillips @NickyP_OT]

@LecturerMish Keep learning - from academia, from colleagues and patients, from the news. Keep an eye on sensationalist tabloids to keep aware of any narratives being spread about minority groups - challenging discrimination is easier if you understand where it stems from. #Otalk @OTalk_

[Nicky Phillips @NickyP_OT]

@KwakuOT @OTalk_ @otalk #OTalk

[Nicky Phillips @NickyP_OT]

@KwakuOT @OTalk_ As a OT in forensic mental health, I've reflected I've previously been niave about the difference between racist abuse patients give colleagues compared to other verbal abuse we receive. Racism has so much more history and context than a lot of abuse we get. @Otalk

[Nicky Phillips @NickyP_OT]

Humour is such a key skill for therapeutic relationships. Forensics requires difficult conversations and boundary setting so often, I don't think my patients would ever want to see me if I couldn't make them laugh occasionally. #OccupationalTherapy #forensicmentalhealth #nhs

[Nicky Phillips @NickyP_OT]

Also the ligature risk of that bath is unreal 🙄 #alwaysriskassessing