Specialist Occupational Therapist- Hand Therapy & Rheumatology

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.

The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.

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Job overview

1. 5 hours per week (potential for weekend working)

Permanent

Interview Date: 30th April 2025

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**A job description and specification for a Band 6 Physiotherapist is available on request**

George Eliot has an excellent people development service with extensive CPD opportunities both trust led and provided by external providers with participation supported and encouraged by the Therapy leadership team.

Main duties of the job

There is an excellent in-service set up including monthly supervision with a senior member of staff and monthly team training.

Within the role you will be expected to supervise junior members of staff and students from surrounding Universities, for which training is provided.

So, if you are ready for your next challenge, then come and work with us!

The successful candidate will join a team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, a Senior Therapy Assistant and work alongside the multidisciplinary team.

Working for our organisation

Here at George Eliot our vision to ‘excel at patient care’ takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

• Specialised, experienced practitioner employed to assess and treat a caseload of patients who require Hand Therapy, rehabilitation and splinting, including Plastic Surgery, Rheumatology, Trauma and Orthopaedics and GP patients
• To participate in the planning, co-ordinating and delivery of the Hand Therapy Service
• To supervise, educate and assess the performance of more junior/rotational staff within the specialty
• To be a Practice Educator, supervising and assessing Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy students on placement
• The post holder will participate in quality and audit activity and management of clinical role
• Deputising for the Team Lead when required

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Person specification

Qualification and Professional

• Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Registration with HCPC
• Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including recent attendance at relevant post-graduate courses

• BAOT
• Involvement /membership in Special Interest Group

Experience and Knowledge

• Minimum 18 months to 2 years post-graduate experience
• Previous experience in specialist clinical area
• Band 5 rotational experience
• Involvement in audit
• Supervisory experience
• Contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff

• Previous Acute NHS experience

Skills and Abilities

• Understanding of clinical governance
• Importance in application of clinical governance in clinical area
• Highly developed physical skills including dexterity, coordination & sensory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including an ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information
• Able to prioritise and organise own workload
• Able to cope with a range of complex options, find solutions, analyse, compare and decide on appropriate course of action
• Able to work as part of an multi-disciplinary team
• IT skills – computer literate in email, Word & PowerPoint

Personal Qualities

• Evidence to support personal initiatives in supporting service delivery
• Able to carry out moderate physical effort throughout concurrent activities
• Motivated
• Flexible and adaptable
• Diplomatic and sensitive to others need
• To follow the Trusts values of EXCEL and COMPACT

Other

• Able to commit to flexible working and weekend working

• Driving license and access to motor vehicle for work purposes

Please note:

You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages via the NHS Jobs website. Furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any emails/messages sent to us via the NHS Jobs website.

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The Job application data you provide will be used to assess your application for employment at GEH, to verify your information and conduct reference checks, and to communicate with you. If you accept employment with GEH, the information collected will become part of your employment record and will be used for employment purposes.

All information provided will be used for recruitment purposes only and processed in a lawful, fair and transparent manner.

Other:

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is a mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service application.

In response to NICE guidance and to support the reduction of health harm from tobacco, the Trust has a smoke-free site policy which applies to anyone on Trust sites. Staff who smoke will be supported to quit or not smoke whilst on Trust sites.

We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – taking pride in that we value employees, job applicants, students, volunteers, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our excel behaviours with a vision to create a workplace that represents a culture of kindness, joy and inclusion.