Band 7 Locum Hand Therapist (Physiotherapist) – London

The role

This Band 7 Locum Hand Therapist provides hand therapy to adults and children with trauma and acquired conditions. Work takes place in closed trauma fracture clinics, outpatient clinics, and wards.

What you will do

• Provide specialised hand therapy for a diverse caseload of adults and children
• Work in closed trauma fracture clinics, outpatient clinics, and wards
• Assess and treat trauma and acquired hand conditions
• Perform splinting, prescribe exercises, and deliver functional rehabilitation
• Manage scar and oedema care
• Support complex conditions such as tendon and nerve repairs, fractures, Dupuytren’s contracture, osteoarthritis, wrist pain, and De Quervain’s tenosynovitis
• Interpret hand and wrist X-rays
• Provide operational support to ensure the smooth running of the team
• Support junior therapists with clinical reasoning and caseload management

Required qualifications

• HCPC registration as a Physiotherapist
• Right to work in the UK
• Clinical experience in hand therapy, including assessment and fabrication of splints and use of various modalities
• Ability to clinically reason and manage both simple and complex trauma and acquired hand and wrist conditions, including tendon and nerve repairs, fractures, Dupuytren’s contracture, osteoarthritis, w
• Experience in interpreting hand and wrist X-rays
• Ability to autonomously manage a caseload of adult and paediatric patients
• Support junior therapists with clinical reasoning and treatment planning
• Provide operational support to the team for the smooth day-to-day running of services

Nice to have

• Previous experience working in the UK NHS system at Band 7 level in Hand Therapy

About the company

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