- demonstrate experience and knowledge in all four core components of advanced practice: expert clinical practice, research, education and leadership.
- lead on strategic development of clinical pathways for patients within hand specialist area across LUHFT and ensure local implementation of relevant national policy.
- provide clinical leadership to the Therapies service in specialist field.
- provide expert clinical practice in the advanced assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients who may have highly complex and/or chronic presentation with the aim of maintaining mobility, viability, independence and relieving pain.
- undertake a complex clinical caseload to a high professional standard using specialist knowledge from theoretical and practical experience and to support other practitioners on a service-wide consultancy basis for complex cases.
- actively be involved in providing on-going education and training to a wide range of staff working across primary and secondary care.
- develop practice through promoting an evidence-based culture as well as disseminating research findings.
- undertake research, audit and evaluation of clinical practice in relation to the management of patients in specialty area.
- demonstratehigh levels of planning and organisation.
- offer advice on the future strategic planning and development of services in specialty area in the wider context of service redesign across the health economy.
- Masters Degree
- Active Professional Portfolio/relevant registration
- Post-registration qualification in specialist area.
- Non-medical prescribing (where appropriate for clinical area)
- Demonstrable clinical experience in the management of patients within the area of specialism
- Recent experience of service development
- Clear understanding of Therapies and specialty field specific policies and issues
- Experience of establishing positive working relationships with other disciplines
- Development of strategy
- Presentation at local and national level
- Ability to provide comprehensive advice and support to patients and the health care team
- Excellent written, verbal presentation and communication skills
- Ability to negotiate and influence others
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Project management skills
- Complex problem solving skills
- Computer skills
- Audit and Research skills
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Consultant Hand Therapist - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant Hand Therapist to provide strong clinical leadership in the Hand Service across Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust. Successful applicants will work alongside the Therapies leadership team, Orthopaedic Consultants and existing advanced practitioners and hand therapists to provide strategic leadership to ensure the hand service is developed in line with relevant local and national standards. The post holder will work clinically to support the management of patient caseload and provide clinical and developmental supervision for the advanced practitioners within the team.
Main duties of the job
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About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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Job descriptionJob responsibilities
Please refer to Job Description for details.
Post holders will have approximately 40% of their total hours allocated to clinical caseload. The remaining hours will be split between education, leadership and research pillars.
Our hand therapy service is currently based on both Broadgreen and Aintree Hospital sites. This role will be to strengthen and develop the service on these sites as well as reviewing the hand therapy requirements at our other locations.
We have a strong multi-disciplinary approach to our hand service with therapists working alongside both orthopaedic hand consultants and specialist nurses in MDT clinics.
Regular supervision is provided by both an orthopaedic hand consultant and head of MSK therapies. Further education and training requirements will be discussed and agreed in personal development planning as part of annual appraisal.
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