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: 01/07/2025 23:59
Senior Hand Therapist-Bank
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity, and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job Overview
The StaffBank for Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust are seeking enthusiastic senior Hand Therapy Therapists 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. Depending on previous relevant experience & previous NHS experience, higher banding/rates can be discussed.
Main Duties of the Job
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 outpatient 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.
6. To 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.
7. To evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes as required.
Person Specification
Professional Registration - HCPC
* HCPC
Skills
* Experience of working with the public in a variety of settings and able to demonstrate good customer care.
* Experience of working in a healthcare setting, with skills and experience in rehabilitation of patients, general mobility skills, and communication.
* Good verbal and written communication skills.
* Good organisational skills.
* Ability to work on own initiative & as part of a team.
Education
* 5 GCSE's at Grade C or equivalent including English language and Maths.
Our Mission: ‘To put the patient first by delivering great care to every patient, every day.’
There’s never been a better time to join the Epsom and St Helier team. Our hospitals are facing a bright and busy future, and our staff have a proven track record in providing high-quality, compassionate care for our patients.
Boasting incredible staff benefits and dedicated training schemes, working for us will not only take your career forward, but could help to transform the lives of our patients and visitors.
We offer all employees some fantastic staff benefits, and are the only hospitals in Surrey to offer staff the London high cost area supplement. Our hospitals also benefit from great locations, so whether you're attracted to the bright lights of the city or the countryside of Epsom Downs, both are within easy reach.
Further Information
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POSITION MAY CLOSE EARLIER THAN THE STATED CLOSING DATE IF A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED. IF YOU WISH TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION, YOU ARE ADVISED TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE CONTACT ALL APPLICANTS VIA EMAIL AND NOT BY POST. YOU ARE ADVISED TO CHECK YOUR RECRUITMENT SYSTEM ACCOUNT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
For new entrants into the NHS, your pay under the Agenda for Change or Medical & Dental Pay Bands, will normally be set at the minimum of the pay band as advertised.
If you apply for this position and do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted for interview on this occasion.
ESTH values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian, and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, and candidates with disabilities.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential.
Internal applicants from underrepresented minority groups are encouraged to seek development support such as work shadowing and interview skills coaching. Please contact the recruitment team for more information.
Employer Certification / Accreditation Badges
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.
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