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Salary To provide a high standard Hand Therapy service to patients at Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust.To provide specialist assessment, treatment, and goal setting of patients in an outpatient setting and occasionally on the wards. Some patients may have complex and/or chronic presentations. To determine clinical diagnosis and Hand Therapy treatment indicated. To maintain records as an autonomous practitioner.You will develop highly specialist skills under the guidance of the Hand Therapy Team Leader / Hand SurgeonsTo provide clinical cross cover within your team as delegated by your Clinical Team LeadTo attend clinical level discussions / meetings relating to your area of work as delegated by your Clinical Team LeadKNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED1.
To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of yourown work including the management of patients in your care. To ensure a highstandard of clinical care for the patients under your management.2. To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form accurate diagnosesand prognoses in a wide range of medical / surgical / musculo-skeletal /neurological conditions independently, and for complex conditions with theguidance and supervision of your Senior staff. To recommend the best course ofintervention and discharge plans.3.
To undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients, using investigative andanalytical skills. To use clinical reasoning, and utilise a wide range of treatmentskills and options to formulate management and treatment programmes of carethat are sensitive to individual values, cultural and religious diversity. To integratethese into a multidisciplinary care. To work with your senior staff to provide thisservice for patients with complex presentations.4.
To delegate parts of your caseload to support staff, as appropriate. To maintainappropriate professional and legal responsibility and accountability for the workthat you delegate.5. To demonstrate dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory senses for assessment andmanual treatment of patients. You will be required to employ safe moving andhandling techniques during your therapeutic handling of patients.6.
To maintain accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date documentation, in line withlegal and departmental requirements, and communicate assessment andtreatment results to the appropriate disciplines both verbally and in writing e.g.medical notes, reports and letters.7. To be aware of Health and Safety aspects of your work and implement any policies,which may be required to improve the safety of your work area, including yourprompt recording and reporting of accidents using the Trust reporting systems, andensuring that equipment use is safe. To risk assess all areas of your work includingmanual handling risks, bio-hazards from for example open wounds, body fluids /sputum, anxious or angry clients/carers, lone working, patients with mental healthor cognitive dysfunctions etc.8. To provide spontaneous and planned advice, treatment options, teaching andinstruction to patients, relatives, carers and other health and social careprofessionals, to promote understanding of the aims of Physiotherapy, and toensure a consistent approach to patient care.9.
To contribute to occasional Hand Therapy educational / work place / home visits.10.To assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid consent andhave the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity toconsent to treatment. To work with your Senior staff to assess for compliance toFraser Guidelines for the consent of paediatric patients11. To be an active member of the RCH out of hours service as part of the wider physiotherapy team.
