Specialist Hand Therapist

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Specialist Hand Therapist

The closing date is 06 July 2025

Specialist Hand TherapistAn exciting opportunity has arisen for a Hand Therapist (either Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist) to work as part of a well-established and dynamic multi-disciplinary hand team. We seek an individual who is autonomous, forward thinking and enthusiastic.

Main duties of the job

This position offers an important opportunity and challenging career move for you to advance your clinical skills and expertise. You will manage a busy clinical caseload of non-surgically and surgically managed patients with traumatic and elective hand and upper limb injuries. Additionally you have the opportunity to assess and manage non-surgical conditions referred from the community. You should expect to participate in local and national Hand Therapists' activities. There are opportunities for additional training.

About us

Our large and dynamic Hand Therapy team will support the successful candidate in developing specialist hand therapy assessment, intervention and clinical decision making skills.

Hand Therapy is part of the therapies directorate with a supportive and progressive management structure. Departmental objectives are founded upon the core principles of the clinical governance framework and Trust Core Values. Research activity, robust evidence based practice and national guidelines drive forward our vision and direct service delivery.

Job responsibilities

• To manage a specialist caseload of both conservatively and surgically treated plastics Inpatients and Outpatients with trauma and elective hand and upper limb injuries using clinical reasoning, critical thinking, reflection and analysis to support assessments using a client-centred approach and current evidence base to assess, treat, implement, evaluate and document Hand Therapy interventions.
• Assessments and Therapeutic interventions may occur in the Hand Therapy Department, wards, outpatient clinics.
• To be responsible for Hand Therapy interventions within Hand Therapy and Plastic Surgery.
• To develop positive and collaborative working relationships across Health and Social Care.
• To be responsible for the maintenance and development of CPD and continuous learning
• To supervise and develop Junior Hand Therapy Staff and assistants.
• To be responsible for the education of Occupational Therapy and physiotherapy Students on Fieldwork Practice.

Person Specification Skills

• Able to present information logically (written and oral)
• Able to work as part of a team, delegate and motivate others

Experience

• Experience in treating acquired and traumatic upper limb conditions
• Experience in fabrication of hand, wrist and forearm orthoses
• Experince in implementing exercise programmes for UL patients
• Post graduate Hand Therapy Outpatient experience at Band 6 level

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy
• Post-graduate education in Hand Therapy
• BAHT Membership
• Accredited Hand Therapist

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.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

£44,806 to £53,134 a yearp.a. inc. of HCA