Job summary
- Main area
- Hand Therapy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 151-RO177
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Frimley Park Hospital
- Town
- Frimley, Camberley
- Salary
- £39,205 - £47,084 pa incl HCAS pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Hand Therapist
Band 6
Job overview
Are you...
- Passionate about top class patient care with a belief that every day matters.
- Looking for new learning opportunities to expand your competencies & skills
- Ready for a new challenge
- Driven to change the narrative of OT/PT within the Trust and our wider communities to promote and develop a strong workforce now for future generations
- Committed to making the NHS having a brighter future
- Looking to return back to practice
Do you want...
- To learn in a fast-paced hospital setting
- Work with a diverse team with wide knowledge and experience
- Develop your knowledge and skill with support from peers, specialists, clinical educators, experienced Occupational Therapy leaders.
- Develop strong leadership skills to assist with service and people development
- A workplace that has energy and a drive to proactively respond and think outside the box for the best service now and into the future
We can offer...
- Excellent learning opportunities with a high level of support and supervision and appraisal from senior colleagues
- Peer support from a large group of colleagues on the rotation
- A multi-professional preceptorship programme.
"Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK."
Main duties of the job
To provide excellent, high-quality person centred clinical care that advocates for patients, strive to provide a service fit for today and the future, develop personal leadership to support clinical growth.
Our teams across all sites have a friendly, supportive atmosphere and a real team ethic. We know how to look after our staff - making sure they achieve the ideal work-life balance. As a Trust we offer a multi-professional preceptorship programme. In addition, we offer excellent training opportunities supported by an APH practice development lead and clinical flow lead.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.Ìý
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
Our three , and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, .
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
In the Therapies Directorate we have a strong Equality Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) culture and welcome applicants who will continue to contribute to the power of diversity we want in our teams to help us deliver our best services to our population
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
If you are inspired to know more about this opportunity and our team, please see the job description attached, which outlines the main duties of this post.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- HCPC registration
- Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy
Desirable criteria
- Fieldwork Educators Course
- Member of relevant special interest group
Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of upper limb anatomy
- Experience in carrying out upper limb assessments, treatment planning and goal setting
- Post registration experience as an OT/PT some of which must be in Hand therapy
Desirable criteria
- Experience of research and audit
- Basic knowledge of physiology and wound healing
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage own workload and determine priorities
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
Desirable criteria
- Training and facilitation skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Stephanie Deed
- Job title
- Principal Therapist for Hand Therapy and Orthotics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07974324357
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