Band 8a Hand Therapy Clinical Lead and Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Band 8a Hand Therapy Clinical Lead and Advanced Clinical Practitioner

We are delighted to advertise this exciting opportunity for someone who is an experienced Specialist Hand Therapist with significant operational management experience and well developed leadership skills, to join our welcoming, knowledgeable, and innovative team as Clinical Lead and Advanced Clinical Practitioner.

Our department puts clinical excellence and staff welfare at the heart of its decision making and is looking for a compassionate leader and an ACP dedicated to clinical excellence.

Main duties of the job

This is a dual advanced clinical practice and operational role where, as Clinical Lead you will oversee the Hand Therapy service and the Inpatient Plastic Surgery provision. You will lead our growing team of well established Hand Therapists, including those at satellite outpatient clinics at Mount Vernon Hospital and North Middlesex.

In advanced clinical practice you will be integral to leading the Closed Hand trauma pathway.

You will also oversee and manage your own complex caseload, provide clinical governance, and drive service development while supporting a team of rotational and experienced therapists. You will work closely with our Consultant Hand Therapist and be supported in this role by the Outpatient Lead for Therapy services, working together to develop and progress the Hand Therapy strategic direction.

The team has excellent support from the Plastic Surgery and Orthopaedic departments and is interlinked with multiple other specialties.

Education & professional Qualifications

• Degree / Diploma in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy
• oHPCP registration
• oQualified Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist who has extensive experience in the field of Hand Therapy and plastic surgery.
• oEvidence of study at MSc level or being awarded accredited Hand Therapist (BAHT) status
• oEvidence of post graduate study in adult education theory
• oPostgraduate Leadership or Management training
• oEvidence of post graduate study in adult education theory

Experience, Skills and Aptitudes

• oSubstantial post registration experience of working as a Hand therapist managing patients undergoing elective or trauma plastic surgery and Hand Surgery
• oSignificant experience of working as an ACP in Hand therapy
• oExperience of successful multi disciplinary team working.
• oExperience of student supervision and clinical education
• oPost graduate experience of audit, research, QI and evidence based practice.
• oExperience of delivering patient education
• oExperience of delivering staff development
• oExperience of treating and managing highly distressed patients in group and individual settings
• oAbility to work autonomously and across professional boundaries
• oEvidence of organisational skills
• oAbility to work with multi disciplinary team
• oKnowledge of plastic surgery, wound care and trauma surgery locally and nationally
• oAn understanding of quality, clinical risk, clinical governance, patient experience, national benchmarks, and other professional issues.
• oAbility to focus in environment of frequent interruptions
• oExperience of leading service development and delivery

Personal Qualities & Attributes

• oAble to recognise in yourself and others work related stress and pressures
• oTo manage stressful situations by remaining calm, objective and professional at all times
• oExcellent interpersonal and written communication skills with attention to detail
• oConfidence in teaching multidisciplinary staff groups
• oConfident and assertive when conducting professional affairs

Others

• oAble to comply with trust manual handling guidelines
• oAbility to exert moderate to intense physical effort for frequent periods throughout the day

Royal Free World Class Values

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Salary

£66,274 to £73,496 a yearPer annum inclusive of HCAS