**Join Our Team at King's Mill Hospital as a Hand Therapist!**

Are you eager to advance your career in hand therapy? We have the perfect opportunity for you! Join our dedicated team at King's Mill Hospital, where you'll gain invaluable experience and knowledge.

**What We Offer:**- **Diverse Caseload:** Work with referrals from fracture clinic, A& E, post-elective surgery, and primary care, treating a variety of acute and chronic conditions.- **Supportive Environment:** Benefit from clinical guidance with a team leader and an 8a clinical lead.- **Educational Opportunities:** Engage in mentoring and educating OT students on placement.

Enhance your skills in a nurturing and dynamic setting. Apply now to become an essential part of our passionate team!

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification document

About us

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients we also care for you.

Our culture of learning, compassion and taking a person-centred approach are at the roots of our organisation. We would love you to join us.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification document

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Up to date Clinical knowledge of clinical and professional practice in upper limb orthopaedics and hand therapy and in splinting and cast bracing

Desirable

• Awareness of local, regional and national healthcare priorities.

Qualifications

Essential

• Graduate Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy State Registration

Further Training

Essential

• Attendance at postgraduate courses relevant to upper limb orthopaedics and hand therapy Clinical educator training

Desirable

• Leadership training

Experience

Essential

• Experience on a junior rotation Rotation in MSk hands and upper limb

Desirable

• Experience of clinical supervision of occupational therapy students

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL

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