Specialist Hand Physiotherapist

Job Overview
We have an exciting opportunity for
a Full Time Band 6 Specialist Hand Therapist
to join our dynamic team at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

If you're passionate about advancing your career and want to work on the doorstep of the stunning
Yorkshire Dales
, this could be the perfect role for you.

As a
Full Time Band 6 Specialist Hand Therapist
, you will deliver
patient-centred care across the full spectrum
of wrist and hand conditions, including trauma, elective surgical recovery, and non-surgical referrals.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a role in shaping the
specialist hand therapy service
, ensuring high standards of care and fostering a collaborative environment for ongoing professional growth. You'll be joining a supportive and expert team that includes: 2 x Band 7 Hand Therapists / Rotational Band 5/6 Physiotherapists & 2 Wrist and Hand Consultants

To find out more or arrange an informal chat, contact:

Kieran Duxbury
- MSK & Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Operational Manager - Email:
[email protected]
Main duties of the job
The Post Holder Will

• Prioritise, plan and deliver clinical case work in the specialist rehabilitation and management of complex wrist and hand problem
• Coordinate and manage all patients with wrist and hand problems.
• Provide evidence based, highly specialist knowledge and skills to the specialist MSK & hand therapy service.
• P rovide a key role in partnership collaborating with patients, carers, the MDT, and wider statutory, private, and voluntary sector services.
• Work closely with orthopaedics, medical, AHP and nursing colleagues to ensure high quality patient care.
• Be prepared to work flexibly in terms of time and workload to meet service needs.
• Be professionally accountable but will have access to clinical supervision from a senior clinical practitioner.
• To continually develop and modernise the physiotherapy provision to patients with complex wrist and hand problems under the care of Airedale NHSFT.
• To take responsibility for staff and student training/development.
• Provide support to operational and service managers deputizing for them as required.

In pursuing these duties, the post holder will ensure compliance with the NHS Constitution and the Trust's Right Care strategy.

Working for our organisation
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:

• Cycle to Work
• Travel Scheme
• Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
• Onsite Nursery
• Buying and Selling Annual Leave
• Car Leasing
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Health and Wellbeing
• Extensive Reward Scheme
• Counselling Service
• Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
• Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.

Our Values
We understand that it's down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:

• Committed to Quality of Care
• Compassion
• Working together for patients
• Improving Lives
• Everyone Counts
• Respect and Dignity

Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.

Key Responsibilities Include
Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Managing a complex clinical caseload using expert assessment and treatment strategies
• Collaborating closely with orthopaedic Hand and Wrist Surgeons on integrated pathways for splinting, wound care, and rehabilitation
• Providing timely triage and early intervention for post operative, emergency department referrals & urgent conditions to prevent complications
• Managing chronic hand/wrist conditions referred by primary care and supporting MSK/FCP colleagues
• Support on service outcomes, staff development, student training, and coordination of rotations

See Job Description And Personal Specification For Further Details
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria

• Degree or equivalent pre-registration award in physiotherapy.
• State registrations with the Health Care Professions Council

Desirable criteria

• Recent post graduate courses relevant to hand therapy, for example BAHT level 1
• MSc modules in a relevant area of practice.
• Leadership courses.
• Member of relevant Professional special interest groups/organisations: BAHT
• Completion of course in Professional Practice education.

Experience
Essential criteria

• Experience of assessing and treating wrist and hand conditions.
• Experience in thermoplastic splinting for wrist and hand conditions/ Experience in using a variety of off the shelfs splints for wrist and hand conditions
• Experience of multidisciplinary team working and working collaboratively with other.
• Experience of clinical supervision both as supervisee and supervisor.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working at band 6 level in occupational or physiotherapy.
• Experience of undertaking hand therapy assessments and treatment
• Experience in wound management.
• Experience of service improvement projects and audit.

Knowledge
Essential Criteria

• Knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to support advanced clinical practice in hand therapy
• Knowledge of the roles of other professionals and the principles of partnership working.
• Knowledge of clinical standards and ability to implement and audit these in the team and Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance.
• Knowledge to promote and support equality and value diversity and Knowledge of the NHS constitution.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of relevant national and local legislation relevant hand therapy
• Knowledge of wound management.
• Specialist knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to support expert clinical practice.

Skills
Essential criteria

• The ability to select and apply a wide variety of assessment tools and treatment modalities to the wrist and hand including thermoplastic splinting.
• Ability to work well within a team and show excellent communication and counselling skills including observation, listening and empathy
• Excellent communication and counselling skills including observation, listening and empathy
• Highly developed negotiation and problem-solving skills in complex situations
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines and has the ability to cope with working in a stressful environment, including emotional or aggressive patients and carers

Desirable criteria

• Ability to inspire staff to deliver high quality services
• Motivational interviewing skills.
• Audit and critical appraisal skills.