Job overview

Are you able to provide specialist 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 participates in Clinical Audit and research?

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 an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to join our established team within Burns, Plastics and Hand Therapy.

We currently have a vacancy in our hand therapy team, delivering clinical interventions both face to face and virtual appointments to a wide range of 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, and there is scope to rotate across other areas of Burns and Plastic Surgery in the future.

Depending on previous experience, the post could be available to a Band 5 applicant who can work towards competencies with the support of senior staff.  Full training will be given.

Working for our organisation

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
 
From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.
 
We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.