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London, Greater London Employment Type Locum Band Band 6 Work Pattern (FT/PT) Full time Required Certifications HCPC Experience Required
3+ Months NHS - Excluding placements & volunteering
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Job Title: Hand Therapist (Occupational Therapist or Occupational Therapist) – Band 6 Area: London NHS Salary: £negotiable Job Type: Locum Contract length: Ongoing Job details: Hand Therapist (Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist) required to start asap due to increased demand. Role will include: Working in closed trauma fracture clinics, out-patient clinics and wards – with post-operative and non-operative patients.
Be able to provide Hand therapy for adults and children with trauma and acquired conditions – including splinting, exercises, functional rehabilitation, scar and oedema management.
Essential Criteria:
• HCPC registered
• Clinical experience in hand therapy – assessment, splinting and modalities
• Able to clinically reason for simple and more complex trauma and acquired hand and wrist conditions including tendon and nerve repairs, fractures, conditions such as Dupuytren’s, OA, wrist pain, De Quervain’s.
• Ability to autonomously manage a caseload of adults and paediatric patients as well as support junior therapists with clinical reasoning and treatment planning
• Experience in interpreting hand and wrist X-rays
Desirable:
• Have worked in UK NHS system in a Hand Therapy at Band 6 level Working hours: Up to 37.5 hours per week across 4 weekdays Code: U.006006.B12133
