Job summary
- Main area
- Therapy
- Contract
- 0 days (Bank)
- Hours
- Flexible working - 30 hours per week (Bank)
- Job ref
- 343-5597497-AL-CC
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Epsom & St Helier
- Town
- Langley Wing, Epsom General Hospital
- Salary
- £25.89 Higher Bands can be approved by Trust departments based on experience
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 31/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Hand Therapist-Bank
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Job overview
The StaffBank for Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust are seeking enthusiastic senior Hand Therapy Therapist to join our pool of Staff Bank workers, there are many full time roles available but as they are ever-changing - the exact roles available will be provided once your Hiring & Recruitment is complete. We can give you an idea of the type of roles available at the time of contact, but we cannot guarantee set roles as your hiring time may vary. Depending on previous relevant experience & previous NHS experience, higher banding/rates can be discussed.
Main duties of the job
The Staffbank Benefits include:
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- Weekly Pay
- Free Compliance Checks
- Access to Mandatory Training
- Flexible Working
- First refusal over agency
- Access to an NHS email giving you further access to NHS Discounts such as the Blue Light Card & Health Service Discounts
- Access to NHS Pension
Working for our organisation
The StaffBank for Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust are seeking enthusiastic senior hand therapist to join our pool of Staff Bank workers, there are many full time roles available but as they are ever-changing - the exact roles available will be provided once your Hiring & Recruitment is complete. We can give you an idea of the type of roles available at the time of contact, but we cannot guarantee set roles as your hiring time may vary. Depending on previous relevant experience & previous NHS experience, higher banding/rates can be discussed.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To carry and prioritise own patient caseload and other ongoing tasks, allocating appropriate work to technical instructors and students.
2. To perform specialist therapy assessment of patients with diverse and complex presentations, using advanced clinical reasoning skills to analyse, interpret and make judgements on complex facts or situations, to provide specialised packages of care, treatment and advice to patients, based on sound knowledge of evidence based practice and the range of treatment options and/or adaptive techniques and/or equipment provision, and/or care services.
3. To attend consultant outpatients clinics and to assess and treat patients as necessary.
4. To incorporate the appropriate standard assessment tools with patients, and apply additional relevant skills in specialised splint making.
5. To communicate sensitively and reassuringly complex condition and functional risk/limitation related information to patients/carers, to gain consent to and co-operation in assessment and treatment, and in giving specialist advice to patients/carers regarding their options for ongoing care needs. Being aware at all times of the sensitive nature of some recommendations, and the potential for patients/carers to have special communication needs resulting in barriers to understanding.
6. Attend multi-disciplinary meetings as the hand therapist representative for individual patients, to inform complex discussions, gain a full range of information prior to planning patient centred goals, analyse options for meeting goals and participate in the clinical decision making process and development of comprehensive MDT plans for discharge.
To evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes as required
Person specification
Professional Registration - HCPC
Essential criteria
- HCPC
Desirable criteria
- HCPC
Skills
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with the public in a variety of settings and able to demonstrate good customer care. Experience of working in a health care setting, with skills and experience in rehabilitation of patients, general mobility skills and communication Good Verbal and written communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Good organisational skills Ability to work on own initiative & as part of a team
education
Essential criteria
- 5 GCSE's at Grade C or equivalent including English language and Maths
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carolina Cro
- Job title
- recruiter Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02082964086
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