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Meet the team

As a specialist provider of musculoskeletal risk management, from prevention through to injury management, we employ personnel who possess the appropriate professional qualifications to fulfil our full scope of services.

Training and Consultancy Team

Osteopaths For Industry's training and consultancy team are all fully qualified physical therapists with high levels of experience and expertise. They work in various capacities to fulfil specialist consultancy and training services relating to musculoskeletal injury prevention such as manual handling training and risk assessment. Meet some of our instructors...

Damon Peterson

Damon Peterson - BSc (Hons) Ost Med, ND

OFI Trainer for over 10 years

  • Trainer for Manual Handling & all aspects of musculoskeletal prevention training
  • Registered and practicing Osteopath.
Jon McSwiney

Jon McSwiney - BSc (Hons) Ost Med, ND

OFI Trainer for over 13 years

  • Trainer for Manual Handling & all aspects of musculoskeletal prevention training
  • Registered and practicing Osteopath.
Laurence Jones

Laurence Jones - BSc (Hons) Ost Med, DO ND

Full-time OFI Training Instructor

  • Heads-up Customisation Development and New Trainer Development
  • Registered and practicing Osteopath.
Andrew Levick

Andrew Levick - M.H.Sc (Ost) / B.Sc (Clinical Science) / B.S.c (Sport & Exercise Science)

OFI Trainer

  • Manual Handling and DSE Training Consultant
  • Registered and practicing Osteopath.
David Wells

David Wells - BSc (Hons) Ost

OFI Trainer for over 10 years

  • Focus on Manual Handling and DSE
  • Specialises in customised exercise/stretching programmes
  • Registered and practicing Osteopath.
Michael Parr

Michael Parr - BSc (Hons) Ost Med, ND

OFI Trainer

  • Manual Handling Training Consultant
  • Registered and practicing Osteopath.
Carole Waltens

Carole Waltens - MCSP, MHPC

Senior Clinical Adviser/OFI Trainer

  • Specialist in Musculoskeletal Complex Case Management, Return to Work Advice and DSE
  • Registered and practicing Physiotherapist
  • Training for 5+ years with OFI
  • Over 20 years experience of working in an Occupational Health setting.

Meet our Central Support Team

Janice Kaye

Janice Kaye

Managing Director

Shelley McFarlane

Shelley McFarlane - BCom Service Management

Office Manager

Melanie Sheen

Melanie Sheen

Accounts Manager

Helen Amembal

Helen Amembal - BOst, BA (Hons)

Clinic Adviser/Strategic Development

Sam Woodhouse

Sam Woodhouse

Technical Adviser

Chris Leach

Chris Leach - BSc MCSP

Clinic Adviser

Katie Shoosmith

Katie Shoosmith - BA English & Media

Post-Sales Administrator

Amy Friend

Amy Friend

Accounts Administrator

Julia Veness

Julia Veness - BA English & Sociology

Administrator

Clinical Network

HR UK work with an established network of 800 physical therapy treatment providers, strategically sited across the UK and Southern Ireland.

Our providers are selected on the basis of their qualifications and quality of provision (physiotherapists, osteopaths and chiropractors). All are appropriately qualified and registered with their approved professional governing body and properly insured for public and medical liability to carry out the treatments or therapy required of them.

Medical Consultancy Advisory Board

HR UK also has access to a Clinical Advisory Board of eminent Medical Consultants who provide additional relevant specialist expertise ranging from research and development, orthopedics and pain management. Meet some of our advisers...

  • Mr Stuart Tucker, FRCS (Orth) Spinal Specialist
  • Mr Tom Ember, MBBS MRCS (Lon&Glas) FRCS (Trauma & Ortho), Orthopedic and Spinal Specialist
  • Mr Simon Moyes, MB FRCS (Orth), Orthopedic Surgeon
  • Mr Fares Haddad, FRCS (Orth), Knee & Hip Specialist
  • Mr Lloyd Williams, FRCS (Orth), Foot Specialist
  • Mr Brian Cohen, FRCS (Orth), Upper Limb Specialist
  • Pieter Kruger, BA (Hons.) Psychology, Sport Science MA (Clin. Psy), PhDPg. Cert. (CBT), C.Psychol.

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