Hand Therapy Clinical Specialist

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Band 7 Hand Therapy Clinical Specialist  ( Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist )

Part time hours up to 25 hours per week 

Are you an exceptional therapist ready for a new challenge?

Do you have a passion for hand therapy and helping patients regain function after injury or surgery? We want you on our team!

Due to a valued team member's retirement after many years of outstanding service, we have an opening for an excellent Clinical Specialist Hand Therapist at our busy hospital.

This is your chance to join our fast-paced, collaborative outpatient clinic and work side-by-side with the best plastic surgeons and orthopaedic consultants.

In this role, you'll treat a number of fascinating cases, interact with patients at every stage of recovery, and help implement innovative new therapies.

We'll look to you to mentor staff, train students, and elevate our exceptional patient care. Your expertise, compassion, and clinical skills will directly impact patients and their recovery.

Our clinic is located in Northampton General Hospital with access to a variety of support and resources. You'll receive excellent opportunities for career development. We want an exceptional therapist ready to make their mark! Come join our team and take your career to the next stage.

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To Clinically Support staff in the Hand Therapy management of patients, and to supervise, appraise and be involved in the development of team members alongside the clinical specialist Hand Therapist.

To perform a highly specialist role within Hand Therapy, using evidence based/patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions for patients many with complex needs.

To triage and assess referrals from Virtual Fracture Clinic, fracture clinic, plastic clinic and plastics trauma clinic.

To participate in the planning, development, and evaluation of the clinical Hand Therapy service provision, holding responsibility for defined projects and activities, providing regular feedback to the Head / Deputy Head of Therapies and Limb Centre.

To be an active member of the Therapies service senior management team.

To regularly educate and supervise Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy students on practice placement within the Therapies Directorate and be involved in the teaching and training of the multi-disciplinary team on aspects of clinical care relating to Hand Therapy.

Provide effective input into the work of the Trust, to support the achievement of our vision and values:

Act as a resource for other members of the multi-disciplinary team working within Hand Therapy and have active involvement in multi-professional teaching and training.

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Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Integrity

Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.