Specialist hand therapist

As one of London’s leading NHS trusts, we have a world-class reputation for clinical care, teaching and research. This is an exciting opportunity to become built up Band 7 experience and become a key member of the hand therapy service and manage a varied and complex caseload of patients from trauma, orthopaedics, plastic surgery, rheumatology, A&E and major trauma.

We are looking to recruit an inspiring, innovative and highly specialist occupational therapist or physiotherapist to join our hand therapy team to offer clinical and operational expertise and leadership. In collaboration with other senior Therapy staff you will support delivery of a high quality and responsive service.

This is a fixed term contract band 7 for a total of 6 months from the start date.

• To plan and deliver a client centred hand therapy service to patients in hospital and in outpatient hand therapy clinics.
• To assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid, informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
• The ability to manage, treat, and discharge a diagnostically varied and complex patient caseload.
• To communicate and liaise effectively with other professionals, patients, family/carers and other agencies to ensure an integrated pattern of service delivery. Use formal and informal reporting mechanisms including electronic reporting, to ensure effective communication related to health and social care referral procedures.
• To remain informed on developments and trends in hand therapy through study of the current literature available, adapting own working practices accordingly.
• To develop clinical, leadership and teaching skills via continuous professional development (CPD), including maintenance of an up to date CPD portfolio.
• To organise the induction and/or training of staff, both within or external to the department.
• Build and sustain relationships as an independent practitioner and collaboratively as a member of a team.
• To participate in the delivery of the Directorate / Therapy business plan, including operational planning and implementation of policy and service development within the team, leading on delegated projects.
  
  

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Donna Kennedy Job title: Senior Clinical Academic for OT Email address: [email protected]