Band 6 Locum Hand Therapist - London

Job Title: Locum Hand Therapist
Banding: Band 6
Location: London
Working Hours: Full-time
Duration: Ongoing
Rate: £24-27 per hour

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We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Band 6 Hand Therapist Physiotherapist to join our team in London. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work in closed trauma fracture clinics, outpatient clinics, and wards, providing specialized hand therapy for both post-operative and non-operative patients.

Responsibilities

As a Band 6 Locum Hand Therapist you will be responsible for working in closed trauma fracture clinics, outpatient clinics, and wards, providing hand therapy for adults and children with trauma and acquired conditions. This includes splinting, exercises, functional rehabilitation, and scar and oedema management. You will need to clinically reason for both 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. Additionally, you will autonomously manage a caseload of adults and paediatric patients, support junior therapists with clinical reasoning and treatment planning, and interpret hand and wrist X-rays.

Qualifications and Experiences

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

Reasonable Adjustments

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

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