Job Description

We are excited to offer a unique opportunity for a Consultant Hand Therapist to lead and shape a high-performing service within a busy, diverse acute hospital. This new Band 8c role is your chance to drive innovation, champion clinical excellence, and influence the future of hand therapy for complex trauma patients.



You will lead a talented team managing acute hand injuries, collaborating closely with surgical, ED, and therapy colleagues. Alongside delivering advanced clinical care, you will guide service development, research, and workforce growth.



We're looking for someone with proven leadership in hand therapy, a strong record of treating complex trauma, and a passion for driving change. Whether you're stepping up or already operating at this level, we'll support your development in a Trust that values ambition and new ideas.



Join us in making a positive impact on patients across three diverse London boroughs.



This is a patient facing role.



For further information please contact Lisa Lomas via email lisa.lomas1@nhs.net



To provide highly specialist assessment, treatment and advice to patients within your area of speciality facilitating and maximising patient potential within the service boundaries



To give highly specialist guidance and advice to other members of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) on matters relating to your specialist area



To provide a lead role in teaching and supervising physiotherapists, occupational therapists and students



To contribute to the development of the Hand Therapy service through the promotion, adaptation and development of policies, procedures and guidelines using evidence-based practise and current research



To contribute to the development of the Hand Therapy service through the promotion, adaptation and development of policies, procedures and guidelines using evidence-based practise and current research



We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures ; we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and, in recognition of our progress, we've been shortlisted for Trust of the Year at the Health Service Journal Awards.



We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the 35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.



Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub .



These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.



The majority of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes . We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.



We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.



For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed and Person Specification.



The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.



Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.



All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.



Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process or assistance with completion of the form (for applicants with a disability) can be made to Amanda Vickers, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5926. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.