Specialist Hand Therapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be professionally and legally accountable for own caseload. To organise, plan and evaluate interventions to meet clients and services priorities and to adjust these in line with available and changing resources.

To undertake specialist therapy assessments for clients within clinical area, including those with physical, sensory, psychological, perceptual and/or cognitive needs to identify areas of need. To use a variety of assessment methods both standardised and non-standardised, and clinical reasoning skills and knowledge for high quality clinical outcome.

To assess risks, make recommendations and document to ensure risks are reduced as far as possible within the clients daily activities and associated environments.

To work with clients and /or carers to identify client centred goals in order to formulate and deliver therapy whilst being sensitive to complex and distressing diagnosis/prognosis and the resulting impact this has on the individual.

To assess the patients understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack of capacity to consent to treatment.

To monitor and evaluate treatment in order to measure progress and when necessary modify to allow for changes due to disease progression and improvements with treatment. Use outcome measures where appropriate.

To provide specialist advice and training to clients and/or carers with complex needs to promote health and well being in terms of physical, psychosocial and/or functional skills. I.e. all treatment modalities applicable to that clinical area

To plan and organise a clients safe and timely discharge from the service in collaboration with the client, carer and multi-disciplinary team.

To provide specialist clinical knowledge for other therapists and the wider multi-disciplinary team when required to ensure they provide effective interventions.

To support the Principle Service Lead, Team Leaders, Highly Specialist and Specialist therapists as required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy
• Registration with the HCPC
• Evidence of continuing CPD

Desirable

• Clinical Educators course or equivalent
• Completion of BAHT level 1

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with acute hand injuries
• Experience of splinting hand patients
• Experience of effective team working and problem solving

Desirable

• Relevant NHS experience

Skills

Essential

• Ability to expertly use and apply a range of assessment and treatment techniques and approaches relevant to the treatment of Hands
• Ability to work to tight deadlines whilst working on multiple tasks.
• Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of a range of hand conditions and their management
• Development of additional knowledge through specialist training and experience

other

Essential

• Car owner/driver subject to the conditions of the DDA
• Ability to work flexible hours and out of hours including weekends based on the needs of the service
• Reliable work record

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bolton One

Moor Lane, Bolton

Bolton

BL3 5BN

Employer's website

http://www.boltonft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)