Senior Therapist - Hand

We are looking for a registered Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to join our team with previous experience working in an outpatient clinic setting, and existing knowledge and clinical skills of the hand/wrist. Splinting experience is preferred but not essential, and there will be opportunities for the successful candidate to shadow and learn basic splinting skills if required.

Please note this post includes the opportunity to work from home on one of the days, while the others are face-to-face clinical between Hereford County Hospital (main base) and Ross-On-Wye Community Hospital.

Ideally, the role will need to commence at the end of March 2025 to allow adequate caseload handover and the opportunity to shadow the department's daily routine and processes.

Main duties of the job

Provide high-quality hand therapy assessment and specialised treatment to adults and paediatric patient caseload. The role covers acute trauma, elective post-operative care, acquired conditions and/or complex condition management, and rheumatoid conditions.

You will be required to manage your own outpatient diary, maintain appropriate treatment plans with the support of two occupational therapy assistant practitioners, and be supervised by the occupational therapy hand therapist band 7 team leader.

Splinting is required in this role, and there is the opportunity for splinting teaching and practice during the induction to the role. The applicant should be confident with exercise prescription and have a good understanding of occupational functional performance related to hand/wrist conditions.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster, and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward-looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career, and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time... all the time.

Job responsibilities

Please take the time to read the attached job description and personal specification document for further details.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Professional Qualification to degree level or equivalent in Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registered
• Registration to governing body and/or British Association of Hand Therapy

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Broad and specialist knowledge of relevant patient hand/wrist conditions and therapy interventions
• Demonstration of knowledge of core and specialist Hand Therapy skills
• Evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area with a willingness to learn and utilise new skills
• Attend supervision with the line manager
• Experience of multi-disciplinary communication, assessments, and record keeping
• Splinting experience for a variety of hand and/or wrist conditions

Experience

• NHS or equivalent experience e.g. in inpatient areas, acute or community services
• Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment
• Experience working in an outpatient clinical setting

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.