Nicola Goldsmith

CLINICAL SPECIALIST HAND THERAPIST,

MIRIAM MAY OT

Providing personalised treatment for clients in the North London area.  Specialising in musicians and pain syndromes.  http://www.mayot.co.uk.

PARTNER AND TEACHER

NES Hand Therapy Training

CLINICAL AMBASSADOR for Performance Health

CLINICAL DIRECTOR, GRIPABLE

Working to develop and introduce a new instrument for assessment and treatment of the hand for use in hand therapy, paediatrics and neurology.  http://www.gripable.co

UPPER LIMB SERVICES MANAGER

BMI Healthcare

Strategic development of upper limb services and clinical leadership building 34 hand clinics around the UK

LONDON HAND AND WRIST UNIT

HCA (Wellington Hospital)

Set up first private hand unit in London

SENIOR OT (HAND THERAPY)

Mount Vernon Hospital, London Burns, Plastics and Rheumatology

BASIC GRADE OT

Royal Hospital and Home, Putney (Neurology)

MSC RESEARCH METHODS FOR REMEDIAL THERAPISTS, DISTINCTION

Kings College, London

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

London School of Occupational Therapy

PROEFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Royal College of Occupational Therapists
• Health and Care Professionals Council
• British Association of Hand Therapists
• British Society for Surgery of the Hand

PRESIDENT, IFSHT (International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy)

INFORMATION OFFICER then PRESIDENT ELECT, EXCO, IFSHT

BAHT (British Association of Hand Therapists) EDUCATION SUB COMMITTEE

Committee member then Chair

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• BAHT Validated courses since 1994
• Bespoke courses / Masterclasses in UK, Ireland, Denmark, Portugal, South Africa, Qatar and Saudi Arabia

Presentations include:

• IFSHT Berlin 2019, Scandinavian Hand Surgeons and Hand Therapists, Tallinn 2019
• UK Primary Care and Public Health Conference – Splinting the rheumatoid hand, 2015
• Federation of the European Societies for Surgery of the Hand and Hand Therapy Congress, Lausanne, 2008.  Speaker “Overview of treatments for finger stiffness” and round table discussion
• Lectures and workshops: IPRS: Use of PrimusRS for assessment & treatment of upper limb disorders 2007, 2008
• Society of Medicine, GP section, Annual Study Week 2007.  Lecture: “Common conditions of the Hand and Wrist” and Workshop: “Practical tips for G.P.s managing hand problems”
• Royal Society of Medicine, Occupational Medicine section, Annual Study Week 2007  Lecture: “Treatment of Work Related Upper Limb Disorders”
• International Federation of Societies of Hand Therapy, Edinburgh, 2004  Presentation “Hand Therapy Post Graduate Education, the British Experience”

Publications include:

• Plonczak AM et al (2018) Hand Therapist Led FOllow-up for Paediatric Hand Trauma – a Restrospective Study of 139 Closed Hand Injuries. Ortopedia Traumatologia Rehabilitacja 6(6); Vol 19. 531-536
• Goldsmith N, (2011) Dupuytren’s Disease – Finally a new way forwards?.  National Association of Primary Care Review Autumn/Winter 2011/12: 36-37
• Goldsmith N, Juzl E, (1998) Inter-rater reliability of two trained raters using a goniometer for the measurement of finger joints. British Journal of Hand Therapy 3(2): 11-12
• S O’Leary, M.A. Grobbelaar, N Goldsmith, P Smith and D Harrison, (1997) Trapeziometacarpal arthritis: a review of the Helal silicone rubber ball spacer. Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 22, No. Suppl 1, 45
• Goldsmith N (1996) “MUD Splint” British Journal of Hand Therapy June (2) 4:10-12

SPECIAL INTERESTS

• The arthritic hand
• Pain conditions including WRULD and musicians
• Splinting
• Business development, people management and leadership
• Empowering others to perform at their best with strong support