Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy/ Hand Therapy/Physiotherapy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 390-B&D-BR-3251
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Broomfield
- Town
- Chelmsford
- Salary
- £31,049 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Hand Therapist
Band 5
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
Job overview
Are you able to provide hand therapy assessment and treatment for a defined caseload of patients within St Andrews Therapy Department, delivering a high standard of care and maintain high professional standards?
Can you assess and treat own caseload of patients as part of Multi-disciplinary Team provide Hand Therapy in a specialist Burns and Plastic Surgery Centre, contributing to service development and evidence based practice?
If you are interested in the role and believe you hold the qualities we require, we would like to hear from you, please apply today.
Part time and flexible working are possible across a working week of Monday to Friday.
Please be aware this may close early due to the number of applications.
Main duties of the job
Are you interested in a varied and rewarding career in a specialty area? We have a new opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to join our established team within Hand Therapy.
We are expanding our hand therapy team, to deliver clinical interventions both face to face and virtual appointments to a wide range of adult and paediatric patients under the management of our plastic surgery, and orthopaedics consultants.
The post will give the successful candidate an opportunity to experience different aspects of the specialty of Burns and Plastic Surgery Hand Therapy.
The successful candidate will receive full training work and towards competencies with the support of senior staff..
Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Are you looking for an exciting role as our Hand Therapist using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you?
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Worked in acute setting/hospital
Desirable criteria
- Outpatient experience or splinting
Experience
Essential criteria
- Degree in Occupational Therapy and HCPC
Desirable criteria
- Relevant clinical experience of hands, plastics, orthopaedics
- NHS experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Good written English
Desirable criteria
- People management skills
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachel Wiltshire
- Job title
- Lead Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300443343
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