Senior Hand Therapist
Cromwell Hospital, Kensington, SW5 0TU

Full Time 37.5 hrs a week

We make health happen:
Are you a skilled hand therapist with post graduate training and the ability to provide a client-centred service to adult and paediatric patients (mostly outpatients, but occasionally inpatients) for their hand therapy management? This is a new position and provides an exciting opportunity to develop the hand therapy service in a private hospital. The service has recently moved to the Lexham Gardens site within Cromwell Hospital, where you will be part of the wider MSK and therapies team. Diagnoses seen will vary, but the majority will be soft tissue conditions, sprains, tears, tendinopathies and fractures as well as post operative wound care. You will receive referrals from consultants, GPs, other clinicians, embassies, wards and self-referrals.

What will the role as our Senior Hand Therapist look like?

• Be responsible for the hand therapy of patients referred to you and to practise as an accountable professional using reflective practise and clinical reasoning in order to provide an individualised treatment programme for each patient.
• Ensure ongoing and long-term care for the patient by liaising with external support services and other clinicians.
• Advise patients on return to work, leisure, functional, sporting and other activities.
• Obtain informed, valid consent on an ongoing basis which endeavours to keep them involved in their own health care plan. This includes education to support ongoing management.
• Maintain accurate, comprehensive and timely patient treatment records which include recording if a patient could not be seen/was not seen.
• Ensure clear and efficient communication, whether verbal, non-verbal or written, both in expression and active listening, to facilitate comprehension of information
• Comply with confidentiality policies as set out by the Cromwell Hospital, HCPC and the CSP or RCOT.

Key Skills / Qualifications Needed for this role:

• HCPC registration.
• Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy qualification.
• BAHT qualification is desirable.
• Proven experience as a hand therapist with skills in all aspects of hand therapy.
• Solid and confident splinting skill – both provision and fabrication of splints.
• Awareness of current evidence pertaining to hand therapy and application to clinical practice.
• UK work experience.
• Experience of using outcome measures.

Benefits:

• Payment of professional registration fees
• Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• An enhanced pension plan, life insurance and income protection
• Discounted access to online gym sessions
• Subsidised staff canteen

Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Get in touch or apply today!
For a confidential chat please email adele.orchard@bupa.com within our Recruitment team.