Verity Healthcare

We’re shining a light-weight on members of our unimaginable workers to get to know them higher. Beneath the highlight at the moment is one in every of our wonderful Occupational Therapists (OT), Ellie Holt! 

Should you needed to describe your self in three phrases, what would they be?

Caring, family-orientated and impatient!

What does your position entail?

As an OT, I work with sufferers to determine what’s most essential to them after which assist them in working in direction of this objective.

This might be sustaining independence in actions, managing fatigue, or it might be making certain an individual has all of the gear, diversifications and recommendation required to be secure at dwelling.

I work with sufferers on the inpatient items, outpatients within the Wellbeing Service and assist facilitate the Fatigue and Breathlessness schooling classes.

The remedy staff run a number of teams for our sufferers, and I facilitate the Horticultural Remedy Group alongside Remedy Assistant Kath.

How did you come to work at Myton?

My household have at all times regarded Myton very extremely because of the stage of assist and compassion that my Nanna acquired in 2007.

She was very well sorted as an inpatient, and when she had expressed her needs to be at dwelling, Myton had organized for her to be discharged the identical day with all of the gear and care she wanted.

It was an aspiration of mine to work for Myton after qualifying as an OT, however I constructed up a number of years’ expertise first earlier than making use of three years in the past.

Should you needed to describe Myton in three phrases, what would they be?

Heat, compassionate and secure.

What’s a talent you’d prefer to be taught and why?

I might actually like to be an professional gardener for 2 causes – firstly to make use of this talent to profit our Horticultural Remedy Group at Myton, and secondly to create a phenomenal backyard at dwelling for a little bit of escapism!

Should you might have dinner with anybody, useless or alive, who would you decide and why?

I’d prefer to go for dinner with Adele, she appears humorous and right down to earth and would possibly sing a number of songs!

What could be on the menu?

I’ve a candy tooth and love a little bit of baking so I feel I might have a 3 course desert menu… possibly one thing chocolatey, adopted by one thing fruity, and finish with an affogato (which I not too long ago tried for the primary time)!

Should you might journey to any occasion previous, current or future, what would it not be and why?

I’ve seen clips of Queen at Stay Support… being there in that second would have been wonderful!

What do you love to do in your free time?

I’ve two youngsters, Rose is 4 years outdated and Rupert is 1, they usually take up most of my free time! My husband and I are within the strategy of slowly adorning our dwelling and re-doing our backyard so I’ve been having fun with watching plenty of inside design programmes and Pinteresting concepts.

What’s your favorite e book or movie?

I do just like the Harry Potter books & movies (typical millennial) and I’ve a nasty reminiscence so each time I learn them it seems like the primary time!

The rest you wish to inform us about your self?

I really like working at Myton and am actually grateful to be a part of such a beautiful place!

How does the general public’s assist assist our sufferers?

The unimaginable assist from the general public signifies that Myton can proceed to supply compassionate care to sufferers and their households at a really troublesome time.

This assist ranges from donations and fundraising, and consists of all our fantastic volunteers who play a vital position in supporting sufferers and their households, and those that elevate consciousness of how nice Myton is.

By enjoying the lottery, you might be serving to us take care of extra individuals residing with life-limiting sicknesses, and their households, once they want us most, now and sooner or later.

Discover out extra about our Occupational Remedy service right here!