Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist - Hand Therapy

This post provides highly specialised occupational therapy treatment and rehabilitation in the clinical specialty of hand therapy, managing a wide variety of clinical presentations (hand trauma and routine conditions).

They are responsible for their own clinical workload within an outpatient setting and are accountable for their own professional actions.

The post holder is also responsible for the supervision and line management of Band 6 staff in the team and is involved with operational/day to day management within the hand therapy team.

Main duties of the job

This post delivers highly specialist occupational therapy services as a substantive role in hand therapy. This includes the assessment and treatment of patients with traumatic hand condition/injuries and treatment for patients with chronic hand and wrist conditions.

The position is highly specialised due to the clinical complexity of patients managed within the service. A level of expertise and knowledge is required with regards to specific hand therapy assessments and interventions including hand, wrist and elbow splinting, exercise prescription, scar and oedema management and functional rehabilitation.

Leadership/workforce management:

This post is highly specialised as it provides senior support to consultant and therapy led post operative clinics, providing clinical leadership and support.

The post holder is also involved in clinical audit and service development projects and initiatives.

This level of expertise and input that this role provides reduces the ongoing risk for further surgery following acute hand trauma and helps to optimise a level of clinical capacity in an outpatient therapy setting.

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery