Senior Hand Therapist

This successful candidate would have the opportunity to work within the experienced Hand team at UHNM which provides care to patients post-surgical and following trauma or burns of their hand. The post will involve delivering outpatient rehabilitative care and involvement in the Hand Fracture clinics at UHNM across both sites. Supervision will be provided within the hands team by Occupational and Physiotherapist Advanced therapists, Principal Therapists and continuous development is supported through appraisal, internal training and external learning.
The successful candidate would have the exciting opportunity to work alongside hand specialist consultants with a newly opened hand theatre at County site. The UHNM therapies team provide services over weekends and bank holidays., 1. All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
2. References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
3. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
4. Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
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We are looking for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to join the UHNM Hands team within the Therapies Directorate at the University Hospital of North Midlands (UHNM). This post offers the opportunity to work in a progressive University Hospital having strong links with Keele University and supervising students and apprentices from both Coventry and Derby Universities. This post will work across both County and Royal Stoke sites covering clinic, group and outpatient work.

The UHNM NHS Trust covers Royal Stoke Hospital in Stoke on Trent and County Hospital in Stafford. Royal Stoke a large acute teaching hospital, with a Turnover of £360 million. Located in Stoke on Trent and Stafford, UHNM is close to the M6, within commuting distance of culturally diverse major conurbations, such as Manchester and Birmingham and surrounded by rural pleasures, including the Peak District National Park., At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles, on this occasion we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!

Each year Royal Stoke cares for over 600,000 people providing emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care. It is a leading teaching hospital in partnership with Keele University and has a patient-centred clinical research facility providing state-of-the-art facilities.
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.