Advanced Physio or OT Practitioner in Hand Therapy - F/T

Job overview

Advanced Physiotherapist Practitioner – Hand Therapy -Fixed Term (Maternity Leave Cover)

This post would be suitable for either a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist.

Are you a dynamic individual with extensive hand and wrist, leadership and management experience?

Are you passionate about patient centred care and do you value working in a positive team environment focused on peer support and development?

We are pleased to offer this exciting opportunity to come and join our team at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading.  We are a GOOD rated hospital following CQC inspection and are looking to employ a highly skilled, forward thinking, dynamic individual as a Hand and Wrist Advanced Practitioner.

In many areas, the Trust is nationally recognised as delivering outstanding care and the Therapies service is fully focused on delivering on the trusts ambition to continue to enhance this excellent work.

Main duties of the job

• To undertake an Advanced Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy Practitioner clinical and leadership role within the Trauma and Orthopaedic department at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.
• To provide highly specialised Hand Therapy assessment and management to a highly specialised clinical caseload that frequently have complex and / or chronic or life limiting conditions, without supervision.
• Interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical data to form accurate diagnoses and prognoses informing complex decision making ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient focused care.
• To work as a senior decision maker, in the absence of a consultant, in a clinic setting seeing new and follow up patients. This will include forming diagnoses and making decisions on management including investigations, injections and operative procedures where applicable, without the Consultant being present.
• To have the appropriate FIT note certification required to issue ‘Statement of Fitness for Work’ to patients under Consultants’ care in clinics.
• To have required qualification in Injection Therapy appropriate to usual caseload in wrist and hands.
• To act as an expert Advanced Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy Practitioner and leader within the wider musculoskeletal therapies team
• To provide highly specialist care of complex patients including Advanced Clinical interventions and management as appropriate.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Please note, this job will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received.