Senior Hand Therapist - Northampton, United Kingdom - Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
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Northampton, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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We have an exciting new opportunity for a Hand Therapist to join our team at Northampton General Hospital.

We work closely with our Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgeons, within the acute hospital, to deliver the best possible patient care for a range of acute, acquired and traumatic hand and wrist injuries in both adults and paediatrics.


The hand therapy team is an outpatient service based at Northampton General Hospital receiving Trauma and Orthopaedic Consultant referrals via Virtual Fracture Clinic or direct from fracture clinic, and referrals from Plastic surgery Consultants.

The Hand therapy team run joint MDT Hand clinics with specialists.


The job will involve using a wide range of specialist hand therapy techniques and skills including fabrication of thermoplastic and neoprene splints, Poole Traction splinting, exercise prescription, CMMS, joint mobilisations, pressure garments and pain management techniques.

Clinical supervision and further training and development in these areas will be firmly supported and BAHT training can be supported.


Applications are welcomed from Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists with have experience and skills in general Musculoskeletal assessment and/ or Hand Therapy who wish to progress their skills in these two particular clinical fields.

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