Join Our Team at Sherwood Hospital Trust as a clinical specialist within the Hand Therapy team.

Do you have advanced clinical skills within hand therapy? If so - we have the perfect opportunity for you! Join our dedicated team where you'll continue to gain invaluable experience and knowledge whilst working within the hand therapy team at Newark hospital.

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.

- Working closely alongside orthopaedic and hand specialist consultants.

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 and Skill

Essential

• Advanced specialist knowledge of, and clinical skill in, the management of upper limb orthopaedic conditions, especially relating to hands and their OT application guided by standards and protocols laid down by the regional hand unit at the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary (DRI), British Association of Hand Therapists (BAHT)
• Advanced diagnostic and assessment skills required to respond to patients with an acute or chronic musculoskeletal problem
• Risk factors assessment & report writing
• Clinical leadership skills / multi-professional teamwork
• Clinical Governance - setting standards, evidence based practice & CPD / supervision
• Effective: Teaching skills, Communication skills, Presentation skills
• Awareness of Professional issues relating to this clinical areas
• Awareness of local, regional and national healthcare priorities and NHS targets
• Standard keyboard and IT skills

Qualifications

Essential

• Graduate Diploma or Degree BSc (Hons) in Occupational Therapy
• HPC State registration
• Membership of the College of Occupational Therapists
• Membership of BAHT
• Post graduate accredited orthopaedic course work

Further Training

Essential

• Evidence of specialist postgraduate courses relevant to the occupational therapy treatment of Hands and upper limb orthopaedic conditions
• Evidence of CPD
• Leadership and Teaching Training
• Clinical educators course for OT students
• Attendance at network conferences and events

Experience

Essential

• experience in upper limb orthopaedic outpatients with a high percentage of their caseload being specialist hands
• Experience of being involved in service development whilst in orthopaedic outpatients
• Audit experience
• Teaching experience
• Multi Agency working liaison & relationship building
• Multi-professional service development
• Audit and research process

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Byron House, Newark Hospital

Bowbridge Road

Newark

NG24 4DE

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