Surrey Downs Health & Care Partnership
Highly specialist OT/Physiotherapist - Hand Therapy
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We are looking for a highly skilled, dynamic, enthusiastic, and motivated Hand Therapist to join and help lead our wonderful MSK Hand Therapy Team. Experience of working within a Hand Therapy Service is essential, preferably within the NHS and with experience of managing patients from Acute Elective, Acute Trauma, Plastics, and Rheumatology.
We have an active In-Service training programme and excellent links with our Consultant Surgical colleagues who also provide training for the team.
The caseload is varied with the majority being acute trauma or post-elective surgery but also includes community referrals from local GPs and FCPs.
The Hand Therapy unit is very busy but the team are very cohesive and supportive of one another. The Hand Therapy Service is also part of the wider Surrey Downs Health & Care MSK Service.
Role Summary
- To develop and provide effective and efficient specialist hand therapy services to patients within the context of a hand therapy setting, working autonomously and without direct supervision
- To be responsible for the organisation, management, evaluation, and development of the hand therapy service and to deputise for the Operational Lead as required.
- To educate and train undergraduate and postgraduate healthcare professionals in the management of hand conditions. To provide expert support and advice to clinical staff within and outside the organisation
- To identify clinical research, audit, and data collection priorities within the area of expertise to drive departmental clinical development strategy, in line with the governance agenda and in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, using evidence-based practice
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Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services, and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.
Surrey Downs Health And Care Has a Track Record Of Providing Person Centered Care That Goes Beyond Organisational Boundaries To Do What Is Best For The Individual
This Partnership Includes
- The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care, and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area
- Epsom and St Helier’s University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Surrey County Council
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Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries, and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.
It’s on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed – we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care, and treatment more easily than ever before.
In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: James Bowbrick
- Job title: MSK Operational Manager
- Email address: james.bowbrick@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 0792703933
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