Occupational Therapist Hand Therapy

2 weeks ago

Cheshire, United Kingdom Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Working Full time hours per week

Band 6 Therapist- Hands Services

We have a vacancy for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to work within our Hands service on a permanent basis. We are happy to offer either full time or part time hours to the successful candidate.

The successful candidate will be supported by an experienced Band 7 Occupational Therapists specialising within the Hands service.

You will be responsible for managing your own workload and getting involved with service development, whilst having the responsibility of contributing to the overall daily running of the service.

If you think you can fill this exciting and fulfilling position, we look forward to receiving your application.

Main duties of the job

Assessment and treatment of patients with hand trauma or post-operative presentations Provision of bespoke splinting to individual patients Working within Hand Therapy team and as part of the wider team involving Plastics and Orthopaedics, and Rheumatology Contribute to service development Support the learning and development of less experienced staff, and those outside the Hand Therapy team Act as a student educator for pre-registration students Participate in and support the In-Service Training programme

About us

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

Degree in occupational therapy or equivalent HCPC Registration Relevant student training course or qualification

Desirable

Membership of professional body

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Between 24 and 36 months post graduate experience Evidence of post graduate short courses Evidence of CPD and reflective practice Evidence of audit and/or research work Knowledge of current best practice in specialist occupational therapy area Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance

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