Senior Hand Therapist- Surrey Downs Health & Care

Surrey Downs Health & Care Partnership; Epsom; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team as a Senior Hand Therapist, where your expertise in hand therapy will make a real difference. You'll be part of a supportive environment focused on providing exceptional care to patients recovering from trauma and surgery. With opportunities for professional growth through in-service training and collaboration with consultant colleagues, this role promises a fulfilling career path. If you're passionate about making a positive impact in the community and enhancing patient outcomes, this is the perfect opportunity to advance your career in a dynamic healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in Hand Therapy service, preferably within the NHS.
• Ability to provide bespoke splints and manage wounds.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist hand assessments and treatment for clients.
• Manage a diverse caseload and participate in multi-disciplinary meetings.

Skills

Hand Therapy

Clinical Reasoning

Patient Assessment

Communication Skills

Rehabilitation Planning

Education

Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy

Registration with Health Professions Council

Completion of BAHT Level 1 course

Job description

Main area Surrey Downs Health & Care Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Ideally Wednesday to Friday working days) Job ref 343-SDH&C-6591551-C

Employer Surrey Downs Health and Care Employer type Public (Non NHS) Site Epsom General Hospital Town Epsom Salary £39,205 - £47,084 Pro Rata Per Annum inc Fringe HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 16/02/2025 23:59

Surrey Downs Health and Care

Senior Hand Therapist- Surrey Downs Health & Care

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

Surrey Downs Health & Care

We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and motivated Hand Therapist to join our wonderful MSK Hand Therapy Team. Experience of working within a Hand Therapy Service is essential, preferably within the NHS and with experience of managing patients from Acute Elective, Acute Trauma, Plastics and Rheumatology.

We have an active In-Service training programme and excellent links with our Consultant Surgical colleagues who also provide training for the team.

The caseload is varied with the majority being acute trauma or post-elective surgery but also includes community referrals from local GPs and FCPs.

The Hand Therapy unit is very busy but the team are very cohesive and supportive of one and other. The Hand Therapy Service is also part of the wider Surrey Downs Health & Care MSK Service.

Main duties of the job

• To provide specialist hand assessments and treatment for clients who have had trauma/surgery to their upper limb and/or have chronic conditions. Provide and/or fabricate static and dynamic splints for individual patients, in order to prevent impairment and/or improve function, independence and quality of life.
• Applying specialist knowledge and skills across the total range of impairments, procedures and practices gained through practical experience, underpinned by theoretical knowledge.
• To assess and implement specialist treatment programmes as an autonomous practitioner, maintaining associated clinical records.
• To work unsupervised reporting back and receiving guidance and teaching from the senior hand therapist / team leader on a regular basis.
• To participate in the day-to-day management of the specialist service provision undertaking tasks as delegated by the Team Leader, supporting less experienced therapists, and non-registered staff members on a daily basis.
• To provide formal supervision to nominated staff members and students.
• Where required this role may include cross site working with St Helier Hospital and/or provision of Hand Therapy within Consultant Led Clinics at Epsom General Hospital or at St Helier and the post holder must be able to make the necessary travel arrangements.

Working for our organisation

Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.

Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical

1. To carry and prioritise own patient caseload and other ongoing tasks, allocating appropriate work to technical instructors and students.
2. To perform specialist therapy assessment of patients with diverse and complex presentations, using advanced clinical reasoning skills to analyse, interpret and make judgements on complex facts or situations, to provide specialised packages of care, treatment and advice to patients.
3. To attend consultant outpatients clinics and to assess and treat patients as necessary.
4. To incorporate the appropriate standard assessment tools with patients, and apply additional relevant skills in specialised splint making.
5. To communicate sensitively and reassuringly complex condition and functional risk/limitation related information to patients/carers.
6. Attend multi-disciplinary meetings as the hand therapist representative for individual patients.
7. To evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes as required.
8. To manage clinical risk in relation to your own caseload.
9. To maintain accurate, legible and complete clinical records of all patient related interventions.

Organisational

1. To undertake delegated responsibility for the screening, prioritisation and allocation of referrals within the clinical area in the absence of the team leader.
2. To provide regular teaching sessions and contribute to the performance assessment of rotational Physios and technical instructors.
3. To keep accurate statistical information to assist in the monitoring and management of the service.
4. To participate in ongoing data collection for clinical audit and departmental research.

Professional

1. To be responsible for teaching student therapists to graduate level on therapeutic skills and knowledge.
2. To actively participate in the in-service training programme.
3. To maintain and further develop current specialist knowledge, skills and evidenced based practice.
4. To participate in formal supervision process as a supervisee.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy
• Registration with Health Professions Council e.g. HCPC
• Evidence of CPD including relevant post graduate specialist training courses in appropriate clinical fields
• BAHT Member
• Completion of BAHT Level 1 course

Experience

• Relevant and significant post graduate experience with a variety of client groups and service settings.
• Working knowledge of a broad range of conditions and client groups.
• Experience with acute elective, acute trauma patients as well as plastics and rheumatology.

Knowledge and Skills

• Able to provide bespoke splints for patients.
• Able to manage wounds and remove stitches where necessary.
• Able to provide personalised recovery and rehabilitation plans to a broad range of Hand/wrist related pathologies.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to analyse, evaluate and make rapid accurate clinical decisions.

Personal Qualities

• Commitment to personal, professional and service development.
• Professional approach and appearance.
• Flexible, reliable, team worker.
• Initiative and problem solving skills.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more details

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.