Hand Therapist

Responsibilities

• Provide specialized hand therapy for adults and children in closed trauma fracture clinics, outpatient clinics, and wards
• Perform splinting, exercises, functional rehabilitation, and scar and oedema management
• Clinically reason for simple and complex trauma and acquired hand and wrist conditions, including tendon and nerve repairs, fractures, and conditions such as Dupuytren’s, OA, wrist pain, and De Quervain’s
• Autonomously manage a caseload of adult and paediatric patients
• Support junior therapists with clinical reasoning and treatment planning
• Interpret hand and wrist X-rays

Requirements

• HCPC registration
• Clinical experience in hand therapy, including assessment, splinting, and modalities
• Ability to clinically reason for simple and complex trauma and acquired hand and wrist conditions
• Ability to autonomously manage a caseload of adults and paediatric patients
• Experience in interpreting hand and wrist X-rays

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in the UK NHS system in a Hand Therapy role at Band 6 level

About the Company

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