Job summary
Employer heading
Band 6 Senior Hand Therapist
Band 6
Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
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Job overview
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist to join the Hand Therapy team as a Band 6 Hand Therapist. We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic therapist with Band 5/6 experience within this field to work within an established and dynamic multidisciplinary team.
The Hand Therapy Service is based across 2 sites, with Mount Vernon Hospital in Northwood as the satellite unit. The post holder will be working with Hand Trauma, Elective Hand surgery and Plastic Surgery patients, in the adult and paediatric population. The post requires a flexible approach to working and cross site cover may be required, with the main base being the Royal Free Hospital.
There is a well-structured professional development programme combining in service training, journal reviews, practical training sessions and supervision.
The post holder will work closely with the Team leads to help run and develop the service. The team is led by a Service lead who works across the whole service.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree/ graduate diploma or equivalent in Physiotherapy/OT
- Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration as a physiotherapist/OT
- Certificated graduate courses or equivalent in-house training in clinical specialty areas
Desirable criteria
- Membership of BAHT special interest group and completing relevant courses
- Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)or OT
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Able to work autonomously and use initiative
- Evidence of specialist clinical skills and core Physiotherapy skills
- Effective clinical reasoning skills
- Ability to reflect on and appraise own practice
- Effective verbal communication skills with a range of patients and healthcare professionals regarding complex and sensitive issues.
- Effective written communication skills
- Good presentation skills
- Able to manage clinical caseload and prioritise effectively
- Ability to work effectively within different teams both multi and unidisciplinary
- Ability to manage own time & meet deadlines
- Ability to be proactive in service development
- Ability to critically evaluate current research & apply to own practice
- Ability to recognise unacceptable behaviour and act on this appropriately
Experience
Essential criteria
- Good understanding of relevant clinical guidelines
- Broad range of clinical experience at a Band 5 level or above.
- Experience in Hand Therapy at Band 5 /6 level
- Motivational Interviewing/ Behaviour Change training (CBT or facilitation skills)
- Presentations to a range of groups
- Teaching/training of staff or students
- Supervision of more junior staff, assistants and/students
- Active participation in an audit or project work
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in an acute, hospital based setting, including working within an MDT
- Evidence of CPD
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Meera Anadkat
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Hand Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0207 3177703
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
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Recruitment Support
Open Monday to Friday
08:30 am to 17:30pm
- Telephone
- 01629 702338
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