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Hand Therapist

4 months ago

Portsmouth, United Kingdom Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Full time
Job Description

A fantastic opportunity has arisen in our hand therapy team based at Queen Alexandra hospital (QAH) in Portsmouth.  We are seeking like-minded, enthusiastic, well-motivated Physiotherapists or Occupational Therapists to join our friendly, highly skilled and supportive team of professionals. Ideally, you will have relevant hand therapy experience to the level of BAHT I.  If you are interested in moving into this field and have limited experience, we will provide you with the training and development needed to ensure you have the right skills to deliver excellent care in this exciting and rewarding MSK specialty. You will also have access to structured supervision, regular in-service training and the opportunity to participate in local hand specialist network meetings and study days.

The post is based in the Rehabilitation Centre at QAH. You will be joining a team which provides treatment for patients with complex hand presentations from Orthopedics, Plastics, and Rheumatology services. You will be working in an outpatient setting and gain experience in working in a clinic environment alongside specialist consultants, surgeons and nurses.

As a Band 6, you will have the opportunity to support the Band 7 team leads in service and team development and to develop your leadership and management skills.

We warmly welcome you to get in contact with us for an informal chat to find out more about the role, or why not come and visit us?  It would be great to hear from you. 

Furthermore, we may consider a candidate with limited experience , at a band 5, for a developmental post.

Job Description

 


Qualifications

Essential 

Degree or post graduate diploma in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy.

Registration with HCPC. 

Desirable

  • Practice Placement Qualification 
  • BAHT at level 1 or relevant experience

Skills and Knowledge

Essential 

  • Effective written and verbal communication 
  • Ability to delegate
  • Ability to prioritise own workload 
  • The ability to risk assess and clinically reason decisions 
  • Ability to build effective working relationships with the MDT 
  • Ability to engage service users 
  • Computer literacy
  • Presentation skills/training skills 
  • Able to work flexibly and manage pressure of work 
  • Ability to embrace innovative ways of working
  • Ability to lone work
  • Ability to reflect upon and critically analyse own performance 
  • Supervisory skills 
  • Ability to travel between sites and community settings 
  • Knowledge of relevant legislation and some aspects of current practice/ Risk Assessment 
  • Basic knowledge of audit/research methods 
  • Good understanding clinical governance 
  • Knowledge of Health/Safety issues 
  • Knowledge of professional/ethical issues in practice 

Desirable

  • Prioritise the team’s workload 
  • Knowledge of specialist assessments and interventions including relevant outcome measures
  • Knowledge of best practice in hand therapy

Experience

Essential

  • Commitment to lifelong learning evidenced through CPD portfolio 
  • Commitment to client centred non-discriminatory practice 
  • Working in a team 
  • Of supervising students 
  • Documented evidence of CPD 
  • 2 years’ post registration experience  

Desirable 

  • Post registration experience to meet the needs of the scope and authority of the post
  • Of leading groups
  • Of working with external agencies
  • Undertaking literature reviews and research

 



Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.