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We are looking for a registered Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist with previous experience working in an outpatient clinic setting, and existing knowledge and clinical skills of the hand/wrist. Splinting experience is preferred but not essential, and there will be opportunities for the successful candidate to shadow and learn basic splinting skills if required.
Please note this post includes the opportunity to work from home on one of the days, while the others are face-to-face clinical between Hereford County Hospital (main base) and Ross-On-Wye Community Hospital.
Ideally, the role will need to commence at the end of March 2025 to allow adequate caseload handover and the opportunity to shadow departments' daily routines and processes.
Responsibilities include:
1. Provide high quality hand therapy assessment and specialised treatment to adults and paediatric patient caseload.
2. Manage your own outpatient diary, maintain appropriate treatment plans with the support of two occupational therapy assistant practitioners.
3. Be supervised by the occupational therapy hand therapist band 7 team leader.
4. Confidently prescribe exercises and have a good understanding of occupational functional performance related to hand/wrist conditions.
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster, and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward-looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust and they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career, and a great place to reach your potential.
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time all the time.
Please take the time to read the attached job description and personal specification document for further details.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Health Care Provider
Industries
Mental Health Care
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