Occupational Therapist: Specialist Hand & Upper Limb Therapy
Core
Assessing and treating patients with hand, wrist, and upper limb injuries and conditions in a private practice setting.
Role type
Specialist Occupational Therapist (Hand & Upper Limb)
Builds
Custom thermoplastic splints, exercise programs, and treatment plans for trauma, post-operative, and nerve injury cases.
Domain
Healthcare / Rehabilitation / Hand Therapy
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Splinting, clinical reasoning, nerve gliding, neuromuscular retraining, oedema management, scar and wound management, return-to-work planning
Preferred skills
Membership of national hand therapy association, experience with workers compensation cases
Technologies
Thermoplastic materials
Responsibilities
Assessing and treating patients with hand and upper limb injuries, designing and fabricating custom splints, prescribing graded exercise programs, liaising with surgeons and referrers
Seniority
Experienced Specialist