Rachel Collins

1/9 Do you walk intubated ICU patients on ventilators in your ICU? 👀💪 This should be standard of care in all ICUs Mechanical ventilation should not mean deep sedation + bedrest + profound muscle loss Published evidence for early ICU mobility is stronger than most think🧵👇 #ICURehab #FOAMcc #SCCM

📣 Calling all Staff Grade Occupational Therapists! We are recruiting now! 🏥 Permanent vacancies ✨ Rotational posts available across a range of clinical areas 🎓 New graduates very welcome 🤝 Supportive team environment with opportunities to grow your skills Apply now!

HAPPY OT MONTH! 🩺 OTs in the ICU skillfully grade complex tasks to support 🧠 cognition, ✋ fine motor control, 💪 endurance, and ⚖️ balance—even for pts on ECMO 🫀, HFNC & LVAD. Transform fear into functional independence. #OT #CriticalCare #ADL #AOTA bit.ly/JHCARE-ICU

@CaraWebs24 @OlderPersonsSV1 @jokeeffe16 @ot_svuh @HSCPsSVUH Well done Cara 👏

Delighted to return to facilitating National Frailty Education Programme #NFEP for CHO6 after maternity leave 😊 Great to see a room full of healthcare professionals learning about #frailty.Thanks to my colleagues in @OlderPersonsSV1 for co-facilitating, especially @jokeeffe16 👏

ICU HSCPs ready and waiting for Monday in our new ICU south @ot_svuh @PhysioSvuh @HSCPsSVUH @svuh @WeHSCPs

Our OT department @svuh presented a stand at the TVN wound skills fair this week. Occupational Therapists pay a pivotal role in 24 hour positioning in order to maintain range/prevent contractures and in the management of pressure sores within the context of function #pressurecare

🌍 This #WorldOTDay we celebrate our wonderful Occupational Therapy team assessing, enabling recovery, independence &safer discharge every day. From ED to ICU, stroke to surgery, our OTs help patients get back to what matters most💚 #WorldOTDay2025 #OccupationalTherapy #TeamSVUH

‼️ We’re hiring permanent staff grades and will be forming a panel for future vacancies. 📅 Apply by 2nd September 📝More details at stvincents.ie/jobs/hr25e192-… #otjobs @svuh @AOTInews

Delirium in ICU worsens outcomes - OT presence in ICU allows us to not only better identify it but manage it. Chloe Fisher helping to unpack risk factors and ways to mitigate it.

Delighted I was able to represent our Critical Care Occupational Therapists Ireland community of practice group at the Intensive Care Society SOA25. A great congress and a lovely opportunity to network with other OTs working in Critical Care across the UK. 💚 #SOA25 @ICS_updates

📣 We are now hiring a permanent senior OT in critical care and rehabilitation. An exciting opportunity to promote and develop the service delivery for acutely unwell patients and complex rehab of post ICU patients 📅 Closing date July 14th Details: stvincents.ie/jobs/hr25e151-…

Launching our new logo at our 2nd annual critical care OT Ireland in person study day. Talking all things sepsis, networking, and product demos #criticalcareoccupationaltherapy #icurehab @JohanneKelly16 @CGarciaOT @OrlaMcHugh3466

Only 58% of critical care units have access to Occupational Therapy. Great to see the workforce study published in Irish medical journal to highlight investment needed in HSCPs @Aine_kel @WeHSCPs medicalindependent.ie/in-the-news/cr…

@EngagingDemIrl Well done Maureen 👏👏

“Don’t look back unless it makes you smile” Maureen Garry, Irish Dementia Working Group.

We are also advertising a permanent clinical specialist OT position for EDITH/AMU. This is an exciting senior leadership opportunity to lead innovation and transformation in the care of older adults across ED, AMU, and home-based settings @EDinthehome svhg.recruitment.zellis.com/wrl/pages/vaca…

We are excited to advertise a new senior post for our vascular service. This is an opportunity for an experienced and proactive OT to take a leadership role in the provision and development of our OT vascular service @AOTInews @svuh Further details svhg.recruitment.zellis.com/wrl/pages/vaca…

After a remarkable career in occupational therapy, we say a heartfelt thank you to Blonny as she retires. A true advocate, mentor & friend—your impact will be felt for years to come. Wishing you joy, rest & adventure in this next chapter. #OT #ThankYouBlonny

Today is World Delirium Awareness Day 2025! Occupational Therapists play a key role in the identification, education and non pharmacological management of delirium. Some of our work includes an inpatient OT and an EDITH delirium pathway #WDAD2025

Congratulations to Clinical Specialists OT @kylieogrady23 and Physio @emmalouisecarr who won best free paper at the Irish Hand Surgery Conference last Friday 👏👏👏 we are so proud of you both!