Emily Hills Bsc (Hons) is a Clinical Specialist Neonatal Occupational Therapist at the Royal Free NHS
Foundation Trust. Emily works at the “Starlight” neonatal unit at Barnet Hospital where
she leads on developmental care, neurodevelopmental assessment and developmental
interventions; including follow-up after discharge.
Emily is passionate about developmental care and is a lecturer for Family and Infant
Neurodevelopmental Education (FINE) courses.
Emily is an Advanced Practitioner in Sensory Integration (SI) and leads on the OT-SI
intervention clinic at Royal Free Hospital, which particularly focuses on early years
intervention for the ex- preterm infant.
Emily has completed both her Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale (NBAS) and
Newborn Behavioural Observation (NBO) certification and is a lecturer for the Brazelton
Centre in Great Britain.
Emily is a Certified Infant Massage Instructor (CIMI). She has completed Newborn
Individualised Developmental Care Assessment program (NIDCAP) certification and is
currently undertaking her MSc in Advanced Neonatal Studies at Southampton University.