Bank Senior Specialist Hand TherapistNHS

Job summary

Bank Senior Specialist Hand Therapist (Band 7)We are seeking out hand therapists (occupational therapist or physiotherapist) at band 7 level to join our staff bank. This is to cover ad hoc clinical work, helping us to cover gaps in our service as they arise.

We are a large team of thirty therapists supported by three assistants. We are a busy service supporting our plastic and orthopaedic hand surgery colleagues with elective and trauma activity as well as managing patients referred from rheumatology and the community.

The bank role would be within our acute trauma/post-operative service or within our routine service, dependent upon need. We are interested in hearing from hand therapists who have band 7 clinical experience managing tendon and nerve repairs, fractures (non-surgical and surgically managed), elective conditions such as Dupuytren's fasciectomy and joint replacements, and/or routine MSK referrals as first contact after GP referral.

Main duties of the job

You will manage a clinical caseload of non-surgically and surgically managed patients with traumatic and elective hand and upper limb injuries. Additionally you have the opportunity to assess and manage patients with non-surgical conditions referred from the community.

As a senior specialist hand therapist on bank you will be involved with formulating and discussing management plans with therapy and surgical colleagues and assisting with problem solving on an ad hoc basis. As such we are looking for someone with excellent communication skills that can be flexible and responsive and who is a strong team player.

Job description

• Performs an advanced musculo-skeletal assessment of plastic surgery/hand patients including those with highly complex presentations and from this formulates a diagnosis and treatment plan, which is carried out as an autonomous practitioner.
• Fabricates static and dynamic splints and delivers exercise programmes with a background of strong clinical reasoning.

About us

We are a large, busy but very supportive team that work across the Guys and St Thomas' hospital sites. We strive to provide an excellent service that we would be happy to recommend to our friends and family and put patient care at the heart of everything that we do.

Hand Therapy is part of the Cancer and Surgery clinical group with a supportive and progressive management structure. Departmental objectives are founded upon the core principles of the clinical governance framework and Trust Core Values. Research activity, robust evidence based practice and national guidelines drive forward our vision and direct service delivery.