Specialist Hand Therapist Team Leader /Clinical Specialist
Are you a dynamic and motivated highly skilledPhysiotherapist or Occupational Therapist looking to take the next step in your career? An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Trust to recruit a 30-hour Specialist Hand Therapist.
As a clinical expert Hand Therapist, you will deliver patient-centred care across the full spectrum of wrist and hand conditions, including trauma, elective surgical recovery, and non-surgical referrals.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in shaping thespecialist hand therapy service, ensuring high standards of care and fostering a collaborative environment for ongoing professional growth. You'll be joining a supportive and expert team that includes: 2 x Band 7 Hand Therapists / 1 x Band 6 Hand Therapist/ Rotational Band 5/6 Physiotherapists & 2 Wrist and Hand Consultants
To find out more or arrange an informal chat, contact:
Kieran Duxbury - MSK & Pelvic Health Physiotherapy Operational Manager - Email: kieran.duxbury1@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
* Lead role in the specialist rehabilitation and management of complex wrist and hand problems.
* Coordinate and manage all patients with wrist and hand problems.
* Be responsible for planning, coordinating, delivering, and evaluating clinical case work within the Orthopaedic & MSK Physiotherapy Hand Therapy Service.
* Provide evidence based, highly specialist knowledge and skills to the specialist MSK & hand therapy service.
* Provide a key role in partnership collaborating with patients, carers, the MDT, and wider statutory, private, and voluntary sector services.
* Be accountable for the quality and safety of advanced and highly skilled assessment and management of patients with a variety of complex, acute & chronic wrist, and hand presentations
* Work closely with orthopaedics, medical, AHP and nursing colleagues to ensure high quality patient care.
* Lead quality improvements and continually develop and modernise the physiotherapy provision to patients with complex wrist and hand problems
* Be prepared to work flexibly in terms of time and workload to meet service needs.
* Be professionally accountable
* To continually develop and modernise the physiotherapy provision to patients with complex wrist and hand problems
* To take responsibility for staff and student training/development.
* Provide support to operational and service managers deputizing for them as required
About us
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
* Cycle to Work
* Travel Scheme
* Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
* Onsite Nursery
* Buying and Selling Annual Leave
* Car Leasing
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Employee Health and Wellbeing
* Extensive Reward Scheme
* Counselling Service
* Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
* Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it's down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience - we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
* Committed to Quality of Care
* Compassion
* Working together for patients
* Improving Lives
* Everyone Counts
* Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities include:
* Managing a complex clinical caseload using expert assessment and treatment strategies
* Collaborating closely with orthopaedic Hand and Wrist Surgeons on integrated pathways for splinting, wound care, and rehabilitation
* Providing timely triage and early intervention for post operative, emergency department referrals & urgent conditions to prevent complications
* Managing chronic hand/wrist conditions referred by primary care and supporting MSK/FCP colleagues
* Leading on service outcomes, staff development, student training, and coordination of rotations
* Working in partnership with Therapy Managers, Clinical Leads, and MDT teams to promote streamlined, flexible care pathways
This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in shaping the specialist hand therapy service, ensuring high standards of care and fostering a collaborative environment for ongoing professional growth.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Degree or equivalent pre-registration award in Therapy Profession (Physiotherapy/ Occupational Therapy or professional qualification/ registration e.g. CSP/ COT/ BSc)
* UK Registrations with the Health Care Professions Council
* Relevant postgraduate education/ courses in musculoskeletal/ orthopaedic therapy/ upper limb/ hand therapy.
* Relevant postgraduate courses in Leadership/ Management.
* MSc modules or PhD /training in a relevant subject E.g. The British Association of Hand Therapists (BAHT) training.
* BAHT level 2 courses
* Member of professional special interest group e.g. BAHT
* Certificate in Managing Health Services or equivalent
* Completion of a course in professional practice education
Experience
* Recent, comprehensive and relevant band 6/7 experience working in Hand Therapy and or clinical specialist assessment of wrist and hand conditions.
* Knowledge/ Experience thermoplastic and off the shelf splinting.
* Experience of multidisciplinary team working
* Experience of multidisciplinary guideline development, implementation and audit
* Experience of managing other people including conducting annual reviews, supervision
* Recent experience of leadership /management role/ Band 7 Hand Therapy Experience
* Experience of taking part in or leading on Projects/ Service Improvements
Knowledge
* Specialist level of knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to support expert clinical practice in Hand Therapy for both acute and chronic conditions.
* Knowledge of the roles of other professionals and the principles of partnership working with key stakeholders in the Hand Therapy Service.
* Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance, audit and research
Skills
* The ability to select and apply a wide variety of assessment tools and treatment modalities to the wrist and hand including thermoplastic splinting.
* Excellent planning, time management and organisational skills. and being able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
* Excellent communication and counselling skills including observation, listening and empathy
* Skilled in clinical teaching and supervision.
* Ability to adjust management style to suit the situation
* Audit and critical appraisal skills.
Personal Attributes and values
* Highly flexible to meet own and service needs and be open to new ideas.
* Supportive, approachable, tactful and diplomatic
* Actively contributes to the improvement of services by engaging service users.
* Ability to be self-motivated and to motivate a team
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.
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