Surrey Downs Health & Care Partnership
Senior Hand Therapist
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Surrey Downs Health & Care
We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and motivated Hand Therapist to join 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 and other. The Hand Therapy Service is also part of the wider Surrey Downs Health & Care MSK Service.
To provide specialist hand assessments and treatment for clients who have had trauma/surgery to their upper limb and/or have chronic conditions. Provide and/or fabricate static and dynamic splints for individual patients, in order to prevent impairment and/or improve function, independence and quality of life.
Applying specialist knowledge and skills across the total range of impairments, procedures and practices gained through practical experience, underpinned by theoretical knowledge.
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To assess and implement specialist treatment programmes as an autonomous practitioner, maintaining associated clinical records.
To work unsupervised reporting back and receiving guidance and teaching from the senior hand therapist / team leader on a regular basis.
To participate in the day-to-day management of the specialist service provision undertaking tasks as delegated by the Team Leader, supporting less experienced therapists, and non-registered staff members on a daily basis.
To provide formal supervision to nominated staff members and students.
Where required this role may include cross site working with St Helier Hospital and/or provision of Hand Therapy within Consultant Led Clinics at Epsom General Hospital or at St Helier and the post holder must be able to make the necessary travel arrangements.
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
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- 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
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, SDH&C
- Email address: james.bowbrick@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07920703933
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