Band 8c Consultant Hand Therapist

Job summary

We are excited to offer a unique opportunity for aConsultant Hand Therapist to lead and shape a high-performing service within a busy, diverse acute hospital. This new Band 8c role is your chance to drive innovation, champion clinical excellence, and influence the future of hand therapy for complex trauma patients.

You will lead a talented team managing acute hand injuries, collaborating closely with surgical, ED, and therapy colleagues. Alongside delivering advanced clinical care, you will guide service development, research, and workforce growth.

We're looking for someone with proven leadership in hand therapy, a strong record of treating complex trauma, and a passion for driving change. Whether you're stepping up or already operating at this level, we'll support your development in a Trust that values ambition and new ideas.

Join us in making a positive impact on patients across three diverse London boroughs.

This is a patient facing role.

For further information please contact Lisa Lomas via email lisa.lomas1@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

To provide highly specialist assessment, treatment and advice to patients within your area of speciality facilitating and maximising patient potential within the service boundaries

To give highly specialist guidance and advice to other members of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) on matters relating to your specialist area

To provide a lead role in teaching and supervising physiotherapists, occupational therapists and students

To contribute to the development of the Hand Therapy service through the promotion, adaptation and development of policies, procedures and guidelines using evidence-based practise and current research

To contribute to the development of the Hand Therapy service through the promotion, adaptation and development of policies, procedures and guidelines using evidence-based practise and current research

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures; we've opened two new theatresat our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and, in recognition of our progress, we've been shortlisted for Trust of the Yearat the Health Service Journal Awards.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need totransform the A&E at Queen'sand get rid of corridor care.

Our patients are benefitting from ourWomen's Health Hubin Ilford; an Ageing Well Centrein Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospitaland at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub.

These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.

The majority of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexiblyand more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wageemployer.

We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.

Employer details

Employer name

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Across Site

Romford/Ilford

RM7 0AG

Employer's website

https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Across Site

Romford/Ilford

RM7 0AG

Employer's website

https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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