Senior Hand Therapist (Band 6) - Senior Occupational Therapist - University Hospitals of North [...]

Main area: Senior Occupational Therapist

Grade: Band 6

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (includes weekend working)

Job ref: 205-6657441-B

Employer: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: County Hospital

Town: Stafford

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 22/12/2024 23:59

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to join the UHNM Hands team within the Therapies Directorate at the University Hospital of North Midlands (UHNM). This post offers the opportunity to work in a progressive University Hospital having strong links with Keele University and supervising students and apprentices from both Coventry and Derby Universities. This post will work across both County and Royal Stoke sites covering clinic, group and outpatient work.

Main duties of the job

This successful candidate would have the opportunity to work within the experienced Hand team at UHNM which provides care to patients post-surgical and following trauma or burns of their hand. The post will involve delivering outpatient rehabilitative care and involvement in the Hand Fracture clinics at UHNM across both sites. Supervision will be provided within the hands team by Occupational and Physiotherapist Advanced therapists, Principal Therapists and continuous development is supported through appraisal, internal training and external learning.

Working for our organisation

The UHNM NHS Trust covers Royal Stoke Hospital in Stoke on Trent and County Hospital in Stafford. Royal Stoke is a large acute teaching hospital, with a turnover of £360 million. Located in Stoke on Trent and Stafford, UHNM is close to the M6, within commuting distance of culturally diverse major conurbations, such as Manchester and Birmingham and surrounded by rural pleasures, including the Peak District National Park.

Each year Royal Stoke cares for over 600,000 people providing emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care. It is a leading teaching hospital in partnership with Keele University and has a patient-centred clinical research facility providing state-of-the-art facilities.

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy
• Registered with HCPC
• CPD relevant to specialty area

Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience

• Minimum of 18 months post-graduate experience as an Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist
• Experience of audits
• Experience of supporting/supervising staff
• Experience gained within a hands setting
• Experience of relevant specialty area
• Trained clinical educator

Personal Qualities

• Experience within NHS outpatient setting
• Evidence of self-development

Important information about your application

• All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
• References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
• We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
• Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.
• New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.

We will communicate with you regarding your job application via email. Please be aware that we cannot guarantee the security of any emails sent/received via non-encrypted format.

If you would like support completing an application form, please contact the recruitment department on 01782 675533 where one of our trained assistants will be able to help.

At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles, on this occasion we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.