Croydon

Service Manager

Alison has been working for Connect Health since May 2016. She was first appointed as Team Lead of the Hammersmith & Fulham service, taking on responsibilities for the day to day running of the service with support from her Service Manager. Alongside this, she had a clinical caseload with her time being split between both roles. Alison thoroughly enjoyed her role as a Team Lead and completed leadership training whilst in the position. This helped her to decide that she wanted to develop operationally within Connect.

In Dec 2018 she moved to the Croydon contract and took on the role of Service Manager. As a new service within Connect, her focus has been on setting up the service to ensure that it runs well, supporting the team, making sure that KPI’s are met and ensuring Connect are offering a high quality service to patients.

Senior MSK Physiotherapist

Ben currently works for Connect Health in Croydon as a Senior MSK Physiotherapist and Team Lead. In this role he is currently responsible for; in-service training and development, stock acquisition and supervising other staff members. He completed undergraduate training at Cardiff University where he completed a number of diverse placements in a range of settings throughout Wales. Since graduating, Ben has worked in a variety of in-patient and out-patient settings for the NHS in Central London and Croydon. This led him to specialise into the MSK setting, under which he has completed multiple additional training courses and seminars. He has a keen interest in Sports and Exercise Medicine with previous experience working for Charlton Athletic Women’s FC and Chelsea FC Academy. Ben is a keen runner and has previously completed multiple half-marathons and a marathon.

Team Lead

Michael was TUPE’d across to Connect as a Senior Physiotherapist when the Merton contract was mobilised. He worked in Merton for 3 years as a Senior Physio and Deputy Team Lead and helped to establish the student programme utilised across Connect in London, linking in with universities and overseeing provision across contracts. Michael helped set up the patient engagement meetings piloted in Merton and he also worked in occupational health during his last 2 years in the Merton service; working in GTR (Govia Thameslink Railway) and Unilever.
He became a Team Lead within the new Croydon service when Connect won the contract, supporting and working with the transition team. Michael’s main role is supervising staff members clinically and non-clinically within the contract. His main interests in physiotherapy are rheumatology, specifically hypermobility, and strength and conditioning training

Senior Physiotherapist

Sophie studied MSc (pre-reg) Physiotherapy at St George’s University of London and graduated in June 2015. She has worked within Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy since graduating and joined Connect in December 2018 after being TUPE’d from Croydon Health Services. She joined Connect in the position of Senior Physiotherapist and has since progressed to also undertake a Team Lead role within the service. She is responsible for running clinics, supervising junior members of staff and assisting in the running and development of the Croydon service.