Hand Therapist

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 12 May 2025

Job summary

Are you able to provide specialist therapy assessment and treatment for a defined caseload of patients within St Andrews Therapy Department, delivering a high standard of care and maintain high professional standards?

Can you assess and treat own caseload of patients as part of Multi-disciplinary Team provide Hand Therapy in a specialist Burns and Plastic Surgery Centre, contributing to service development and participates in Clinical Audit and research?

If you are interested in the role and believe you hold the qualities we require, we would like to hear from you, please apply today.

Part time and flexible working are possible across a working week of Monday to Friday.

Please be aware this may close early due to the number of applications.

Main duties of the job

Are you interested in a varied and rewarding career in a specialty area? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to join our established team within Burns, Plastics and Hand Therapy.

We currently have a vacancy in our hand therapy team, delivering clinical interventions both face to face and virtual appointments to a wide range of patients under the management of our plastic surgery, and orthopaedics consultants.

The post will give the successful candidate an opportunity to experience different aspects of the specialty, and there is scope to rotate across other areas of Burns and Plastic Surgery in the future.

Depending on previous experience, the post could be available to a Band 5 applicant who can work towards competencies with the support of senior staff. Full training will be given.

About us

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

Date posted

29 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

390-B&P-BR-3215

Job locations

Broomfield

Court Road

Chelmsford

CM1 7ET

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting role as our Hand Therapist using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you?

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting role as our Hand Therapist using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you?

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Worked in acute setting/hospital

Desirable

Outpatient experience or splinting

Experience

Essential

Degree in Occupational Therapy and HCPC

Desirable

Relevant clinical experience of hands, plastics, orthopaedics
NHS experience

Experience

Essential

Good written English

Desirable

People management skills

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Worked in acute setting/hospital

Desirable

Outpatient experience or splinting

Experience

Essential

Degree in Occupational Therapy and HCPC

Desirable

Relevant clinical experience of hands, plastics, orthopaedics
NHS experience

Experience

Essential

Good written English

Desirable

People management skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).