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Job overview
This role in hand therapy provides specialised rehabilitation services within the clinical specialty of hand therapy, managing a wide variety of clinical presentations including hand trauma and chronic/routine hand conditions. With this role clinicians are involved in the assessment and treatment of hand therapy patients including splint fabrication, exercise prescription, scar/oedema management and functional rehabilitation.
This role is also involved in clinical teaching and learning of new and rotational staff within the team, and the role also contributes to regular teaching and learning with hand therapy.
There are opportunities for supervision of students and involvement in clinical audit and service development projects.
Main duties of the job
The caseload consists primarily of acute hand trauma, referred via the Plastic Surgery and Trauma and Orthopaedics Departments. The team also accepts referrals for patients from Rheumatology and local GPs. The team is also the specialist therapy team for the management of both trauma and congenital paediatric hand conditions.
You will be involved in carrying a clinical caseload consisting of both trauma and routine conditions. This role may also involve working within the paediatric hand therapy service seeing acute injuries and congenital conditions.
Opportunities for supervision, teaching, research and service development are available and encouraged as part of this role and will be supported where possible.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the job description for more details on the main responsibilities for this role.
Person specification
Other
Essential
- • Able to alter their working patterns to include working extended hours, unsociable hours and weekend working. This may be via additional hours or a shift pattern.
Desirable
- • RCOT membership
- • Member of BAHT
Skills
Essential
- • Clinical Reasoning skills
- • Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
- • Ability to document legible and accurate notes in English using the SOAP note writing system according to local standards
- • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in the English language.
- • Hand Assessment skills
- • Proficiency with treatment modalities used in hand therapy
- • Group work skills
- • Ability to work under pressure
- • Flexible working approach
- • Initiative
- • Competent IT skills
- • Basic Wheelchair Assessment and Prescription skills
Desirable
- • Dynamic splinting skills
- • Experience in use of therapeutic ultrasound
Knowledge
Essential
- • Clear & demonstrable understanding of the OT process
- • Clear understanding of evidence-based practice.
- • Working knowledge of hand assessment tools
- • Understanding of the legal responsibilities of the working as a healthcare professional.
- • Knowledge of current OT and Government initiatives.
- • Understand the legal responsibilities of the working as a healthcare professional
- • Understanding of Clinical Governance and implications for allied health services including experience of quality issues and audit
- • Able to work within Trust’s policies of data protection, equal opportunities and Health and Safety to meet the needs of the patients
- • Working knowledge and understanding of hand anatomy
- • Working knowledge and understanding of hand therapy protocols/treatment guidelines
Experience
Essential
- • 18 months clinical experience post-qualification, at least a year of which must have been in an acute setting.
- • 1 year’s previous NHS experience either as a qualified OT (substantive or locum).
- • At least 12 months experience in the field of hand therapy/plastic surgery
- • Working as part of an MDT team within a clinical environment.
Desirable
- Student supervision
- Clinical research / audit
- Involvement in service development
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Diploma / Degree in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy
- HPC Registration
- Continued Professional Development including evidence of reflective practice, and clinical experience gained
Desirable
- Fieldwork Educators Course
- BAHT Level 1 Award
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This advert is for Specialist Occupational Therapist (Rotational) with St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Occupational Therapist role. The advertised salary is £47,951 - £56,863 Pro rata per annum including inner london HCAS. The contract type is 9 months (Fixed term). The application deadline is 23 Jul 2026.
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