Will graduated with distinction as an Occupational Therapist from Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia in 1996 and worked initially for an equipment and environmental design charity before moving to the United Kingdom in 1998, where he worked as a Senior Occupational Therapist for Tower Hamlets Social Services with adults with disabilities.

In 2002 he took up a post as the Senior Occupational Therapist for HIV and Immune Disorders at St Bartholomew’s Hospital where he remained until 2011. During this time he was involved in teaching on several undergraduate courses as well as presenting at a number of national and international conferences on different aspects of working with people with HIV. He was also the inaugural chair of the Rehabilitation and HIV Association.

In 2011 he moved to the Royal London where he became the Senior OT for neurology and neurosurgery, before moving to the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in 2013 where he completed rotations in neuromedicine and neuro critical care, the inpatient neuro-rehabilitation unit, the specialist intensive upper limb service and the acute and hyper acute stroke unit. During this time Will continued to teach on a number of external undergraduate and postgraduate courses as well as running courses and workshops on cognitive rehabilitation, apraxia, functional splinting and upper limb rehabilitation.

Will was awarded a Master of Science in Cognitive Rehabilitation from the University of Westminster in 2018 with distinction. His thesis related to adult acquired limb apraxia and he presented the results at the Royal College of Occupational Therapists annual conference in 2021.

Since 2021 Will has been the Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist for Neurosciences at the Royal Free Hospital where he leads services in acute stroke, acute neurology and critical care. His research and teaching interests include apraxia, hemispatial inattention, visual rehabilitation after stroke, cognitive rehabilitation, splinting for function and rehabilitation of the upper limb. He has co-authored six peer reviewed papers, one book chapter and seventeen conference presentations. He is an active member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy’s Specialist Section – Neurological Practice and is registered with Health and Social Care Professions Council.