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Job overview

An exciting  new post has been created to provide advanced hand therapy assessment and treatment for patients referred  from the Emergency department and virtual fracture clinic. 

This is a new service and requires a motivated dynamic therapist. With the  support of the hand therapy lead the successful candidate will set up, run appraise this new service. 

You will need to build good working relationships with the emergency department and the team in virtual fracture clinic. Triage patients, providing timely assessment and referring on to other services or further investigations if required.  As well as the initial assessment you will provide advance hand therapy to enable patients to reach their full potential   following their hand injury. 

Main duties of the job

You will be based at the Homerton hospital, the post may also require some working virtually. 

Main duties: 

Manage the referrals from the emergency department and VFC. - Triage, assess patients, request appropriate  investigations, referring on to other professionals when required-eg: hand consultants, GP

Provide advanced treatment for a wide variety of traumatic and acquired hand conditions. 

Advanced skills in x-ray analysis  and clinical interpretation to plan and deliver advanced hand therapy.   

Working for our organisation

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff.  This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan.  All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.