Job Description

This job requires the successful candidate to undertake the day to day planning, co-ordination, monitoring, evaluation and delivery of Hand Therapy services. To provide therapy provision within the area of Hand Therapy, which is a specialist service offering assessment, therapeutic intervention, patient education and support to a wide range of patients with conditions affecting the upper limb. It requires specific knowledge and skill and close working relationships with the wider multi-Agency team.



This post will be based in the MSK out-patient department at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital with some travel to other hospital sites. You will be responsible for providing team leadership for a small team of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy registered and unregistered staff providing assessment and intervention to a range of individuals with a complex hand rehabilitation needs.



Where the successful applicant does not meet all criteria this post may be offered as a band 6-7 developmental opportunity, working towards set objectives in order to successfully progress from Band 6 to Band 7.



Provide a high standard Therapy service undertaking all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner. Take a lead role as clinical specialist in the advanced therapeutic assessment of hands patients who may have a wide variety of complex physical and psychological conditions. Use highly specialist clinical reasoning skills to provide a diagnosis and to develop and deliver treatment programmes. Be responsible for the caseload in a defined area of the service, supervising, coordinating and allocating work of other qualified staff, assistants and students. Co-ordinate work of staff in other agencies to assist in the delivery of treatment programmes. Supervise, educate and assess therapy students, assistants and other therapists and provide specialist advice to other health care professionals. Ensure that evidence based audit and research projects are undertaken within the service to ensure continuous quality improvement in the service. Propose practice and policy changes which impact on the wider service and implement changes in own area. Deputise for Operational Lead as and when required.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over 1.3 billion.



Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.



Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.



As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.



We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.



For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.



As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.



Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.



We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.



Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.



We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.



We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.



To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/



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Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.