Ms Rive has completed various reports involving orthopaedic injuries following road traffic accidents, adaptations to the home environment following blindness, and chronic pain conditions such as fibromyalgia and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS).
Ms Rive has an empathetic and professional approach with claimants and quickly builds rapport; this enables Ms Rive to identify the best solution for a claimant’s difficulties in activities of daily living. She is known for her methodical and thorough reporting style, and has completed reports covering the full breadth of occupational therapy.
Ms Rive is a qualified Community Health Worker and has spent the majority of her clinical years working with rapid response, cardiology, palliative care, and neurological issues. This wide range of clinical knowledge lends to her forensic and balanced opinion in medicolegal reporting.
Ms Rive can provide oral evidence in court when required.
Ms Rive has extensive experience in cases relating to:
Occupational Therapy and Care reports:
Assessing the long-term functional impact of the following:
Ms Rive has a report turnaround time of 4-6 weeks.
Ms Rive has over 20 years of experience as a Senior Occupational Therapist and Senior Manager, working in the field of adult physical disability across the NHS, local authority and the independent sector.
As an Occupational Therapist working in the NHS and independent sector, Ms Rive has worked in rehabilitation, acute medical/surgical wards, emergency departments, and intermediate care settings. Whilst working clinically and managerially in intermediate care services, Ms Rive was responsible for assessing the care needs of clients with an acute onset of a condition, who were treated at home by a multi-disciplinary team to avoid hospital admission. Ms Rive would then liaise with care workers and set up care plans to enable carers to support the claimants in remaining within their own home environments.
Ms Rive maintains an up-to-date and ongoing professional development portfolio, regularly attending conferences and training sessions and participating in peer mentorship. Additionally, she undertakes locum occupational therapy work to maintain her clinical skills.
No, this falls outside of my remit.
As an Occupational Therapist, my role does not include providing a medical diagnosis or offering a condition and prognosis report. My contribution as an expert witness focuses on assessing the individual’s functional abilities and limitations, and providing opinion on how these impact their daily life, roles, and long-term occupational needs.
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