Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our excellent dynamic orthotics team
The role will involve working autonomously as the lead Orthotist providing a clinical specialist Orthotics service within
associated specialist clinics across the sites and take clinical responsibility for the assessment and management decisions for patients who are referred from both in-patient and outpatient settings.
We are an innovative and outward looking department, and this is a fantastic role for those looking to expand their clinical portfolio, is highly rewarding and will enable the successful candidate to work within a service that prides itself on quality and putting the patient first.
This may include implementing and delivering education and training to cross professional groups. To develop and maintain key working relationships across professional boundaries with Consultant and nursing teams who are associated with the Orthotics service.
Main duties of the job
To work autonomously as the lead Orthotist providing a clinical specialist Orthotics service within associated specialist clinics across the sites but predominantly the HGS sites (working in collaboration with the Orthotics lead at QEHB) and take clinical responsibility for the assessment and management decisions for patients who are referred. To be responsible for ensuring clinical effectiveness across the Orthotics service clinic by utilising evaluation and research skills.
To provide strong clinical leadership in the provision of an effective, high quality, Orthotics Service for patients. To lead and support audit and research projects to evaluate service delivery. To be responsible for the education, training and development of orthotics staff across the OPD clinic section and the wards. To facilitate patient flow and respond to urgent priorities.
To regularly review clinical practice delivery considering new models of care and clinical transformation programmes within UHBFT. To identify new ways of working, including the advancement of extended clinical skills in this post and others. To work with medical, nursing, AHP and other healthcare colleagues across the clinical specialty within UHBFT and outside of the Trust to optimise patient management.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Relevant AHP Degree Specific to Role
- *Evidence of continuous professional development
- *Clinical qualification at degree level or equivalent
- *Current professional registration with the HCPC
Desirable
- *Management, Leadership or teaching qualification
- *Master's degree or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- *Extensive clinical experience in a clinical area relevant to the clinical team
- *Significant experience working as part of an MDT
- *Significant experience as a clinical leader including direct clinical supervision.
- *Significant experience in education and clinical training of others. Teaching experience to uni and multi -- professional groups with evidence of ability to deliver high quality presentations
- *Multi-disciplinary team leadership
- *Demonstrates excellent clinical service provision relevant to post and commensurate with grade
- *Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of interdisciplinary working
Desirable
- *Experience of managing budgets and resources
- *Experience of clinical pathway development and redesign
- *Managing programmes of organisational change that have led to tangible improvements
- *Able to demonstrate experience of patient and public engagement
- *Able to demonstrate experience of operational management knowledge and skills
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Ability to act flexibly, collaboratively and independently to ensure the service meets its delivery objectives
- *Ability to work autonomously within specialist clinical area & undertake advanced clinical analysis and reasoning skills in the assessment and treatment of patients presenting with orthotics conditions and apply broad standards and guidelines to own practice.
- *Able to demonstrate the ability to select and apply a wide range oftreatment options for a range of clinical presentations.
- *Ability to interpret national policy and initiatives, planning local implementation
- *Excellent report writing skills
- *Advanced knowledge and skill in the advanced assessment and treatment of a wide range of complex acute and chronic clinical presentations relating to the patients presenting with Orthotics conditions.
- *Advanced knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
- *Good working knowledge and application of all areas of Clinical Governance including Quality, Audit and Risk management
- *Awareness of current evidence in orthotics care management and application to clinical practice, using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
- *Understands the legal responsibilities of the profession
- *Good understanding of principles of data and statistics and experience of their use in evaluation of service delivery
- *Knowledge and understanding of the research processes
- *Significant experience in the development and performance management of students
- *Proven leadership, management of changes skills
- *Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- *Professional and personal credibility to inspire trust and confidence
- *Numeracy, IT and analytical skills
- *Ability to identify, prioritise and manage critical issues and multiple priorities
- *Able to work with others in developing and delivering creative solutions
- *Demonstrable team membership and development skills
- *Leadership -- able to evidence ability to inspire and support other
- *Enthusiasm
- *Strong sense of professional integrity and compliance with trust vison andvalues
- *Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- *Flexibility
- *Commitment
- *Willingness to take responsibility
- *Confidence
- *Able to maintain judgement under pressure
- *Assertive
- *Ability to participate in weekend working, supporting delivery of extended and 7 day service where relevant
- *Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post -- holds a UK driving licence and has use of a vehicle for work purposes Therapy services
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Relevant AHP Degree Specific to Role
- *Evidence of continuous professional development
- *Clinical qualification at degree level or equivalent
- *Current professional registration with the HCPC
Desirable
- *Management, Leadership or teaching qualification
- *Master's degree or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- *Extensive clinical experience in a clinical area relevant to the clinical team
- *Significant experience working as part of an MDT
- *Significant experience as a clinical leader including direct clinical supervision.
- *Significant experience in education and clinical training of others. Teaching experience to uni and multi -- professional groups with evidence of ability to deliver high quality presentations
- *Multi-disciplinary team leadership
- *Demonstrates excellent clinical service provision relevant to post and commensurate with grade
- *Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of interdisciplinary working
Desirable
- *Experience of managing budgets and resources
- *Experience of clinical pathway development and redesign
- *Managing programmes of organisational change that have led to tangible improvements
- *Able to demonstrate experience of patient and public engagement
- *Able to demonstrate experience of operational management knowledge and skills
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Ability to act flexibly, collaboratively and independently to ensure the service meets its delivery objectives
- *Ability to work autonomously within specialist clinical area & undertake advanced clinical analysis and reasoning skills in the assessment and treatment of patients presenting with orthotics conditions and apply broad standards and guidelines to own practice.
- *Able to demonstrate the ability to select and apply a wide range oftreatment options for a range of clinical presentations.
- *Ability to interpret national policy and initiatives, planning local implementation
- *Excellent report writing skills
- *Advanced knowledge and skill in the advanced assessment and treatment of a wide range of complex acute and chronic clinical presentations relating to the patients presenting with Orthotics conditions.
- *Advanced knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
- *Good working knowledge and application of all areas of Clinical Governance including Quality, Audit and Risk management
- *Awareness of current evidence in orthotics care management and application to clinical practice, using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
- *Understands the legal responsibilities of the profession
- *Good understanding of principles of data and statistics and experience of their use in evaluation of service delivery
- *Knowledge and understanding of the research processes
- *Significant experience in the development and performance management of students
- *Proven leadership, management of changes skills
- *Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- *Professional and personal credibility to inspire trust and confidence
- *Numeracy, IT and analytical skills
- *Ability to identify, prioritise and manage critical issues and multiple priorities
- *Able to work with others in developing and delivering creative solutions
- *Demonstrable team membership and development skills
- *Leadership -- able to evidence ability to inspire and support other
- *Enthusiasm
- *Strong sense of professional integrity and compliance with trust vison andvalues
- *Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- *Flexibility
- *Commitment
- *Willingness to take responsibility
- *Confidence
- *Able to maintain judgement under pressure
- *Assertive
- *Ability to participate in weekend working, supporting delivery of extended and 7 day service where relevant
- *Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post -- holds a UK driving licence and has use of a vehicle for work purposes Therapy services
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
