Hand Therapist

Are you able to provide specialist therapy assessment and treatment for a defined caseload of patients within St Andrews Therapy Department, delivering a high standard of care and maintaining high professional standards? Can you assess and treat your own caseload of patients as part of a Multi-disciplinary Team and provide Hand Therapy in a specialist Burns and Plastic Surgery Centre, contributing to service development and participating in Clinical Audit and research? If you are interested in the role and believe you hold the qualities we require, we would like to hear from you. Please apply today. Part-time and flexible working are possible across a working week of Monday to Friday. We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to join our established team within Burns, Plastics, and Hand Therapy. We currently have a vacancy in our hand therapy team, delivering clinical interventions both face to face and virtually to a wide range of patients under the management of our plastic surgery, orthopedics, and rheumatology consultants. The post will give the successful candidate an opportunity to experience different aspects of the specialty, and there is scope to rotate across other areas of Burns and Plastic Surgery in the future. Depending on previous experience, the post could be available to a Band 5 applicant who can work towards competencies with the support of senior staff. Full training will be given. Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people. Our newly formed Trust, comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon, and Southend, is determined to provide the best health services for its local population. With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities. Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate, and build careers. For a full list of the role responsibilities and the qualities that we are looking for, please see the attached job description and person specification. We look forward to your application!

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