Orthoplastic Hand Therapy Assistant Practitioner

3 months ago

Salford, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Group Full time

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic applicant to join our orthoplastic therapy service based at Salford Royal. You will work with a team of Specialist Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists treating patients with a range of orthoplastic and rheumatology conditions, including care before and after surgery. You will work with members of the wider multidisciplinary team across a variety of clinical areas, including outpatient clinics, inpatients, community settings and patient’s homes. The successful applicant will deliver a range of hand therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy interventions for a designated caseload under the indirect supervision and guidance of the therapists working in the team.

Main duties of the job
- To work alongside the Hand Therapy team and independently to provide rehabilitation for patients in Orthoplastics, Neurology and Spasticity clinics, engaging with the multidisciplinary team, under guidance and indirect supervision of the therapists.
- To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team within the critical care and acute ward settings as well as outpatient settings and to maintain clinical skill and competencies working within both acute and rehabilitation functions of the service.
- To take part in the Plastics ward round and follow up on patients, supporting therapy documentation of interventions.
- To support thermoplastic splinting interventions and rehabilitation programmes in outpatients and also inpatients settings.
- To refer patients to other practitioners when their needs are beyond own role or scope of practice.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesPerson specification

Essential Criteria

Essential criteria
- Foundation degree health and social care
- Evidence of having worked as a Therapy Assistant
- Good organisational and communication skills
- Background in health care
- Good IT skills

Desirable criteria
- Therapy in a hand therapy or rehabilitation setting

Evidence of having worked as a Therapy Assistant

Essential criteria
- Evidence of having worked as a Therapy Assistant

Desirable criteria
- Evidence of having worked as a Therapy Assistant

Evidence of having worked in healthcare

Essential criteria
- Evidence of having worked in healthcare

Desirable criteria
- Evidence of having worked in healthcare

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

**For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed term contracts will be only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.***

Employer certification / accreditation badges

**Applicant requirements**:
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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