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Advanced Hand TherapistNHS Professionals Limited • Harlow, United Kingdom
Advanced Hand Therapist

Advanced Hand Therapist

NHS Professionals Limited • Harlow, United Kingdom
26 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Hand Therapist at Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust to join the Occupational Therapy Department. You will be responsible for providing skilled team leadership in planning and delivering high standards of hand therapy assessment, management, treatment, and advice to patients following elective hand surgery, acute trauma, or chronic conditions. You will manage and support the advanced assessment and treatment of patients with complex or multi-pathology presentations, determining the most appropriate care pathways in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT). You will work as an autonomous professional, adhering to the standards of care and professional conduct set by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) or the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP).

Main duties of the job
As an Advanced Hand Therapist, you will be responsible for undertaking service reviews and audits to evaluate quality, efficiency, and outcomes, implementing changes to ensure high standards of clinical practice and patient care are maintained. You will manage and develop professional relationships locally, regionally, and nationally, contributing to the development of clinical pathways relevant to hand therapy. You will also be responsible for supervising, teaching, and appraising junior therapists, non-qualified therapy staff, students to graduate level, and MDT colleagues, ensuring excellence in patient care within this specialty.

About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Job responsibilities
  • To continue to develop highly specialist clinical skills, knowledge, and experience through hands-on practice, in-service training sessions, and targeted Personal Development activities identified in the Personal Development Plan.
  • To maintain personal professional status and accountability by ensuring compliance with all requirements set by relevant professional bodies for registration and licensure, and by adhering to departmental and Trust policies.
  • To plan and deliver departmental training and educational sessions for staff, promoting professional and personal development across the team, with support from senior colleagues where required.
  • To ensure effective communication with patients, carers, and all members of the MDT regarding patient conditions, including accurate documentation in line with Trust policies and professional codes of practice.
  • To mentor, guide, and assess the development of junior therapists, non-qualified therapy staff, and students, ensuring that the team maintains high standards of patient care and clinical practice.
  • To actively contribute to service improvement initiatives including planned research, audits, and clinical governance, using findings to enhance patient care and service delivery within the hand therapy specialty.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
  • HCPC registered OT or Physiotherapist, relevant degree/diploma.
  • Band 6 hand therapy experience, including splinting.
  • Supervises junior staff, students, and assistants.
  • Committed to CPD and post-grad training.
  • Skilled in moving & handling, BLS, SystemOne.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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