Senior Hand Therapist

Hertfordshire Community Nhs Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust is recruiting a hand therapist (OT or PT) based at Lister Hospital, Stevenage. The post offers a development from Band 5 to Band 6 for the right applicant, with responsibilities including advanced hand therapy assessment, splinting, and rehabilitation.

You will work in a multidisciplinary Musculoskeletal Service, performing autonomous practice with supervision, and contribute to audits and evidence-based practice.

Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy with HCPC Registration.
• NHS/Social Services post-registration experience covering 1/2 rotations.
• Knowledge of anatomy and physiology related to Hands; interest in hands injuries, splinting and rehabilitation.
• Ability to establish excellent rapport with patients and the multi-disciplinary team.
• Evidence of planning, delivering and evaluating OT/PT processes.
• Knowledge of standardised assessment tools.
• Ability to problem solve, set treatment goals and clinically reason.
• Adaptable and flexible to meet service changes.

Responsibilities

• Advanced assessment and treatment of hands and plastics patients including splinting and rehabilitation programmes.
• Assist in formulation of clinical diagnosis and treatment and maintain records as autonomous practitioner.
• Hold responsibility for own caseload with supervision through line manager, peer review and reflective practice.
• Undertake audits and contribute to service practice changes and protocols.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy

Physiotherapy

Job description

Job summary

The integrated Musculoskeletal Service is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and dynamic hand therapist ( OT or PT ) to join our hand therapy team based at Lister Hospital in Stevenage.

A developmental from Band 5 to Band 6 will be considered for the right applicant.

The post holder will carry out assessment, intervention, including splinting and rehabilitation, and evaluation of hand therapy patients using a variety of tools and techniques.

Trauma referrals are received daily from hand clinics and Consultant teams within our Hand Therapy Unit. You will be seeing patients with a variety of acute and chronic conditions.

We are looking for sound clinical reasoning and communication skills, and an ability to work well within a team.

You will have regular informal/formal supervision with experienced senior therapists and will work as part of the wider community Musculoskeletal Service.

You must hold a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes is essential (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Proposed Interview date : 19th October 2026

Main duties of the job

Job Summary

To perform advanced assessment and treatment of hands and plastics patients including splinting and rehabilitation programmes

To assist in the formulation of clinical diagnosis and treatment indicated and maintain records as an autonomous practitioner

To hold responsibility for own case load. Supervision taking the form of regular one to one sessions with the line manager, informal daily supervision, formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case conferences and reflective practice. Access to advice and support from a senior hand therapist is available on a regular basis

To undertake evidence-based audit and research projects to develop and enhance personal and team's clinical practice; to make suggestions to Clinical Lead/Head of Service for changes to practice by the team; to assist in the implementation of specific changes to practice; to contribute to the preparation of service protocols

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner

About us

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff

We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities

Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision

We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds

We don’t want you to miss out so we'd like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible

You've made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we're looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.

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Job responsibilities

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We are committed to supporting flexible working options for staff, wherever possible, and welcome discussions on flexible working patterns to support our staff to maintain a healthy work life balance.

Person Specification

Essential

• Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy / Physiotherapy & HPC Registration


• Relevant NHS/Social Services post registration experience covering 1/2 rotations


• Knowledge of anatomy and physiology related to Hands & High level of interest in Hands injuries, splinting and rehabilitation.


• Ability to establish excellent rapport with patients and members of the multi-disciplinary team


• Evidence of Planning, delivering and evaluating Occupational Therapy / Physiotherapy process


• Knowledge of /use of appropriate standardised assessment tools


• Ability to problem solve, set treatment goals and clinically reason


• Ability to be adaptable and flexible to meet demands of and change in service.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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