Job summary
Do you have a passion for outpatients care? Are you interested in working in a specialist upper limb service?
The RUH Hand Therapy team are offering the opportunity for 2 enthusiastic and suitably qualified Physiotherapists or Occupational Therapists to join the team, 1 Full Time and 1 Part Time. These positions include working in Hand Clinics (Elective and Trauma), Hands Outpatients, and working with Orthopaedic patients (including Hand inpatients) on the ward. The positions involve flexible working, on a fixed term basis. There is hope that these posts will be made permanent in the future.
You will need excellent communication skills and flexibility to meet the complex demands of the service. You should have significant experience in MSK outpatients, ideally in Hand Therapy, experience of working in busy clinic situations and preferably be competent in splinting. Experience in Orthopaedics (both Elective and Trauma) is desirable to support the ward team.
We have a positive approach to professional development and there is an active in-service training programme. Additionally, the roles involve the supervision and teaching of Band 5 therapy staff and therapy students.
You may wish to second into this post. However, this is limited to one per post holder. If you wish to discuss this further, please get in touch via the contact details below.
For further information, or an informal visit, please contact James Crossfield on 01225 821241 or email: james.crossfield@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
- To provide a high standard therapy service to patients in specialist area with hand, wrist or elbow conditions.
- To work across the trust in a specialist out-patient department and clinic, alongside Orthopaedic Consultants and Nurses, as well as supporting the Orthopaedic inpatient team.
- To undertake the advanced physiotherapeutic assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients who may have diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions.
- To hold responsibility for own caseload and to be responsible for a particular specialist service working without supervision.
- To provide supervision in the form of regular formal training, clinical reasoning sessions, peer review and appraisals.
- To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
- To participate in a weekend rota.
- To deputise for the Hand Therapy Team Leader.
About us
At the RUH we're proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!
We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in physiotherapy or occupational therapy
- oState registration with HCPC
- oEvidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio
Desirable
- oMembership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy / RCOT
- oInvolvement in Special Clinical Interest Groups
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Advanced knowledge of broad range of conditions in specialist area
- Experience of working as part of a therapy team and/or multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of supervising more junior staff/students
- Experience in fabricating thermoplastic splints for the hand, wrist and elbow
- Knowledge of validated assessment tools and outcome measures for hand and upper limb conditions
Desirable
- Experience with patients with dementia, confusion and patients with physical disability
- Involvement in audit, research and understanding quality issues
Values
Essential
- Values and respects others, treats everyone as an individual, is non-judgemental
- Motivated to be genuinely kind and caring
- Active team member, helping and cooperating with colleagues
- Willing to learn and open to change
- Takes pride in themselves, their appearance, role and where they work
- Proactive and takes responsibility
Specific Skills
Essential
- To remain updated with professional and evidence-based practice and new research
- To have competent IT skills
- Static splinting skills and application
- Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner and to keep accurate and legible patient notes
- To be competent in performing assessments and treatments with patients with a variety of hand and upper limb conditions
Desirable
- Completion of BAHT accredited course or similar
- Presentation skills
- Experience in running courses
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in physiotherapy or occupational therapy
- oState registration with HCPC
- oEvidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio
Desirable
- oMembership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy / RCOT
- oInvolvement in Special Clinical Interest Groups
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Advanced knowledge of broad range of conditions in specialist area
- Experience of working as part of a therapy team and/or multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of supervising more junior staff/students
- Experience in fabricating thermoplastic splints for the hand, wrist and elbow
- Knowledge of validated assessment tools and outcome measures for hand and upper limb conditions
Desirable
- Experience with patients with dementia, confusion and patients with physical disability
- Involvement in audit, research and understanding quality issues
Values
Essential
- Values and respects others, treats everyone as an individual, is non-judgemental
- Motivated to be genuinely kind and caring
- Active team member, helping and cooperating with colleagues
- Willing to learn and open to change
- Takes pride in themselves, their appearance, role and where they work
- Proactive and takes responsibility
Specific Skills
Essential
- To remain updated with professional and evidence-based practice and new research
- To have competent IT skills
- Static splinting skills and application
- Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner and to keep accurate and legible patient notes
- To be competent in performing assessments and treatments with patients with a variety of hand and upper limb conditions
Desirable
- Completion of BAHT accredited course or similar
- Presentation skills
- Experience in running courses
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
