Job summary
Are you able to provide hand 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 evidence based practice?
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 a new opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to join our established team within Hand Therapy.
We are expanding our hand therapy team, to deliver clinical interventions both face to face and virtual appointments to a wide range of adult and paediatric 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 of Burns and Plastic Surgery Hand Therapy.
The successful candidate will receive full training work and towards competencies with the support of senior staff..
About us
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust
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
Desirable
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
Desirable
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
