Outpatient OT Resource Clinician - CHT Hand Therapist Leader
Posted Jul 28, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
This role is a CHT hand therapist leader. Tell me about your certification and the hand and upper extremity cases you see most.
What they are checking: Whether they have the specialized hand therapy depth that the team will rely on them for.
Tell me about a time you worked closely with a hand surgeon on a patient's plan. How did you handle a disagreement?
What they are checking: Whether they can communicate as a peer with surgeons while keeping the patient's recovery at the center.
How do you keep protocols current as hand therapy evidence changes?
What they are checking: Whether they keep learning and turn new evidence into updated practice for the whole team.
How do you balance a full patient caseload with the leadership and teaching parts of this job?
What they are checking: Whether they can plan their time realistically so neither patients nor staff development gets shortchanged.
What would you do
A newer therapist asks you to look at a patient who isn't progressing. How do you help without taking over?
What they are checking: Whether they can coach clinical reasoning so the other therapist learns and stays responsible for the case.
When the clinical coordinator is out, you're the designate. What would you do if the schedule overflowed and a therapist called in?
What they are checking: Whether they can make sound operational decisions when they are temporarily in charge.
A patient isn't doing their home exercise program and is frustrated by slow progress. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they can find out what is getting in the way and adjust the plan to fit the patient's life.
About the work
Walk me through how you treat a patient after flexor tendon repair in the first few weeks.
What they are checking: Whether they know protocols well enough to protect the repair while preventing adhesions.
How do you decide on and fabricate a custom orthosis for a patient?
What they are checking: Whether their splinting judgment and hands-on skills match what a CHT leader is expected to model.
How would you set up competency criteria for staff treating hand patients?
What they are checking: Whether they can define clear, observable standards that keep care consistent across the clinic.
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