Before submitting your Application Form for the BAHT award of ‘Accredited Hand Therapist (AHT)’ please ensure that you are familiar with the content of this website and have downloaded and read the relevant AHT Application Guidelines.

What is required to Apply?

All applications require

• Three supporting testimonials (which must be on letter headed paper and signed).
   
• Submission of an extended CV see AHT guidelines for guidance and requirements of the extended CV.
   
• £30, payable to BAHT to cover the administration costs of assessing the application (see AHT guidelines for more details).
   
  • Payment can be made by BACS or by contacting Eve Dunn, BAHT Administrator: bahthandtherapy@gmail.com

*Applicants must have been actively practicing in the field of hand therapy over the two years preceding their application. Overseas applicants also note that the BAHT AHT award is based on working knowledge of hand therapy practice in the United Kingdom. To ensure parity, overseas applicants with less than 50% of their clinical experience gained in the United Kingdom will be awarded an accreditation known as ‘Overseas Accredited Hand Therapist’.

Ready to apply online?

Application forms for accreditation should be downloaded, completed and submitted online along with supporting documents.

Applications must follow the procedures outlined on this website. Any queries about the application process should be forwarded to the AHT Co-Ordinator baht.aht@gmail.com.

The same application procedure should be used for new AHT and those re-accrediting.

Online application procedure

Please note for the accreditation and re-accreditation process to commence, the fees must be paid.

1. Download and complete the relevant application form before submission.
    
2. Go to Your CPD Log in the Member’s Area of the website, expand the ‘Submit a New Log Entry’ section, and select ‘Accredited Hand Therapist (AHT)’ from the ‘Level’ dropdown (have your BAHT login username and password available, as you will need to be logged into your membership account).
    
3. You will then require the following completed documents:
   • Application form and CV
   • Clinical Hours Log
   • Testimonies
   • Course Certificates (including evidence of courses being used to claim BAHT points)
   • Evidence to support Promotion of Specialism
   • Evidence to support Management Skills
   • Evidence to support Personal Contribution to Development of Hand Therapy
      
4. You will be contacted by the AHT Co-Ordinator by email to inform you of the result of your application within 6-8 weeks of your application.

Download clinical log

Applying for Re-Accreditation

Your initial accreditation will be valid for five years, after which time you will need to apply to re-accredit in order to remain on the register of BAHT Accredited Hand Therapists (AHT).

You do not need to gain a further 12 BAHT points in order to re-accredit but you do need to supply the following to the AHT Co-ordinator:

• Must be HCPC registered as an Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist.
   
• Applicants must be members of the British Association of Hand Therapists.
   
• Evidence of minimum 100 hours CPD since last accreditation.
   
• 2000 clinical hours in hand therapy (gained in the UK^*) demonstrated in a Clinical Hours Log (we advise that this is completed as the hours are accrued, which is approved and signed by a relevant manager).
   
• Three supporting testimonials (which must be on letter headed paper and signed).
   
• Submission of re-accreditation application form.

^*Applicants must have been actively practicing in the field of hand therapy over the two years preceding their application. Overseas applicants also note that the BAHT AHT award is based on working knowledge of hand therapy practice in the United Kingdom. To ensure parity, overseas applicants with less than 50% of their clinical experience gained in the United Kingdom will be awarded an accreditation known as ‘Overseas Accredited Hand Therapist’.

£30 is payable to BAHT to cover the re-accreditation administration costs of assessing the application (see AHT Re-accreditation Guidelines for more details).