Job summary
A vacancy has arisen for a band 5 or graduate Orthotist to join our established NHS In-House Orthotic department.
Based in a busy acute NHS Teaching Trust the Orthotic department provides both in-patient care and outpatient clinics at Doncaster, Bassetlaw and Mexborough Hospitals.
The department is busy with a diverse range of clinical conditions treated.
The successful candidate would take part in our trust preceptorship programme and our Orthotic development package. Multi-disciplinary working is actively encouraged throughout the Trust with a strong emphasis on clinical governance, evidence based practice and continuing professional development.
We are looking for committed professionals with a flexible approach to delivering superior orthotic care. If this is you we would welcome your application.
All applicants must be HPC registered and preferably a member of BAPO.
Main duties of the job
- To promote clinical excellence through his/her practice within their level of competence and developing skill set
- To manage a clinical caseload within a defined clinical area working autonomously, but with access to advice/support from senior staff.
- Work collaboratively in the multidisciplinary team to plan treatment and care of individual patients.
- Work in collaboration with other health care professionals within the wider health community to drive the excellence in clinical care and service improvement within the speciality.
- To act as a resource for patients assessing their individual needs and observing the principles of holistic care when planning treatments that are sensitive to the ethnic, cultural and spiritual needs of the patient.
About us
We recognise the importance of interprofessional learning within DBTH with a 12 month preceptorship programme available to all Newly Qualified Practitioners which includes a formal teaching programme, self-directed study, formal supervision, therapy competencies and reflection.
We believe that the best care to our patients and community is provided by a professional and motivated team, so we invest heavily in training and education. There will also be lots of opportunities to support your development and improve your skills.
At Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust you'll be rewarded by a team that's proud to support its staff in all aspects of their lives. If you are up to the challenge, submit an application to become part of team DBTH.
It is our goal to give those who join Team DBTH the tools and opportunities in order to grow their career, so whether you spend just one year or fifty with us, it's our pledge to help youDevelop,BelongandThrive,Here.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- To act as a source of clinical knowledge within the team to non-qualified staff.
- To actively take part in the Orthotic department shadowing and clinician development programme.
- To promote clinical excellence through his/her practice within their level of competence and developing skill set
- To manage a clinical caseload within a defined clinical area working autonomously, but with access to advice/support from senior staff.
- Work collaboratively in the multidisciplinary team to plan treatment and care of individual patients.
- Work in collaboration with other health care professionals within the wider health community to drive the excellence in clinical care and service improvement within the speciality.
- To act as a resource for patients assessing their individual needs and observing the principles of holistic care when planning treatments that are sensitive to the ethnic, cultural and spiritual needs of the patient.
- Proactively contribute to the achievement of standards/ compliance of targets within their speciality.
- Provide advice and support to patients and carers from diagnosis and throughout the patient pathway. Liaising with the multidisciplinary team to provide a high standard of care
- Enable and empower patients to make informed decisions regarding treatment options through the provision of expert knowledge and utilisation of relevant resources
- Will participate in service reviews
- Provide prompt clinical advice to all health professionals, using personal clinical knowledge to positively influence care delivery to patients
- Provide appropriate information and education to patients and their relatives and contribution to the development and production of information for patients
- Proactively supports patients and carers in coming to terms with their condition, providing ongoing support, encouraging them to promote health and wellbeing
- Provide symptom advice to patients & health professionals in the management of patients
- Assist in the formulation clinical guidelines and protocols actively involving other members of the MDT, patients, carers, community colleagues
- Establish and sustain excellent communication links with primary care and other healthcare providers including colleagues in the voluntary sector
- Demonstrate effective use of counselling skills when dealing with patients who are psychologically distressed i.e. having received bad news
- Provide support to patients receiving significant news and refer to appropriate support agencies as relevant.
- Participate in all aspects of research, clinical audit and service evaluation and through evidence-based practice, demonstrate clinical excellence with measurable standards and outcomes aiming to improve care and quality of life
- Proactively demonstrate engagement in research
- The post holder will have a portfolio of relevant up to date evidence of clinical practice within his/her specialist field
- Use clinical supervision and peer group support to underpin personal professional development
- Take responsibility for driving personal annual appraisal process
- To hold responsibility for managing own caseload within an agreed defined area.
- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate therapy intervention to meet the assessed needs of patients.
- To ensure assessment / treatment is carried out in the most appropriate environment.
- To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work and support junior staff to do the same.
- To provide advice to colleagues with regard to the Therapy management of patients with complex needs.
- To complete a range of written reports as appropriate.
Management/ Organisational
- To contribute to service developments through the use of peer review, audit, evaluation of outcome measures etc.
- To take part in the trust / therapies Preceptorship programme.
- To help facilitate changes/improvements to the service as required.
- To help facilitate service developments/ changes within the clinical pathway in conjunction with other professionals/agencies and more experienced clinicians.
- Contribute to the provision of a high standard of service, delivered within local and national guidelines and within the resources available.
- To help in the implementation of appropriate new evidence based techniques and activities.
- Acting as a role model, employ professional behaviour that encourages and coaches their peers to challenge their current competencies, whilst seeking opportunities to enhance their roles.
- To liaise with and provide regular feedback to their line manager on clinical issues e.g. resources, waiting times, outcome monitoring targets.
- To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication skills to communicate effectively with a wide range of people.
- To maintain robust communication networks with other agencies and professions. This may include attending meetings, case discussions etc.
- To participate in and contribute to a range of meetings/forums as required.
- To actively seek the views of patients and carers on patient experience provided. Taking action to make improvements where indicated.
- Proactively engage and implement any recommendations from findings of patient and carer surveys and national reports linked to clinical care and patient safety.
- Actively encourage staff to take part in staff surveys. Proactively engage and undertake any recommendations from findings of staff surveys
Education and Development
Has a key role in promoting a learning environment. This includes:
- regular clinical supervision
- induction of new staff into the Team, as and when is appropriate
- contributing to the development and delivery of educational programmes using a variety of media for relevant staff.
- the involvement in the on-going professional development of Therapy staff and other staff/students from other professions as required.
- providing supervision for and assessment of Therapy students on placement including the provision of written assessments in accordance with professional body competence framework
- being responsible for own Continuing Professional Development to ensure professional competence and fitness to practice.
- To demonstrate evidence of completion of training as per Statutory and Essential Training (SET) Matrix
- demonstrating CPD through participation in internal and external training opportunities as appropriate.
- maintaining a Personal Professional Portfolio.
4.4 Clinical Governance, Quality and Standards
- To be aware of clinical governance and clinical risk issues, reporting their concerns as per Trust policy
- To contribute to the monitoring of practice standards and the application of national guidelines and legislation relating to own specialist area.
- To contribute to the setting and monitoring of local policies and guidelines relevant to own specialist area.
- To contribute to the development of local policies and guidelines for own area of speciality.
- Further develop local networks and to learn from best practice.
- To initiate and undertake audit/research projects as appropriate to own area of speciality.
- To improve own and others research and development skills through participation in audit projects.
4.5 Professional Ethics
- Ensuring your own and others clinical practice is patient centred and evidence based in accordance with the HCPCs Code of Practice & other professional codes and standards
- To comply with all Trust Policies and procedures.
- To comply with any future developments designed to ensure patient safety and best practice.
- To comply with all Health and Safety Regulations as required.
To respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of patients and their families / carers and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- To act as a source of clinical knowledge within the team to non-qualified staff.
- To actively take part in the Orthotic department shadowing and clinician development programme.
- To promote clinical excellence through his/her practice within their level of competence and developing skill set
- To manage a clinical caseload within a defined clinical area working autonomously, but with access to advice/support from senior staff.
- Work collaboratively in the multidisciplinary team to plan treatment and care of individual patients.
- Work in collaboration with other health care professionals within the wider health community to drive the excellence in clinical care and service improvement within the speciality.
- To act as a resource for patients assessing their individual needs and observing the principles of holistic care when planning treatments that are sensitive to the ethnic, cultural and spiritual needs of the patient.
- Proactively contribute to the achievement of standards/ compliance of targets within their speciality.
- Provide advice and support to patients and carers from diagnosis and throughout the patient pathway. Liaising with the multidisciplinary team to provide a high standard of care
- Enable and empower patients to make informed decisions regarding treatment options through the provision of expert knowledge and utilisation of relevant resources
- Will participate in service reviews
- Provide prompt clinical advice to all health professionals, using personal clinical knowledge to positively influence care delivery to patients
- Provide appropriate information and education to patients and their relatives and contribution to the development and production of information for patients
- Proactively supports patients and carers in coming to terms with their condition, providing ongoing support, encouraging them to promote health and wellbeing
- Provide symptom advice to patients & health professionals in the management of patients
- Assist in the formulation clinical guidelines and protocols actively involving other members of the MDT, patients, carers, community colleagues
- Establish and sustain excellent communication links with primary care and other healthcare providers including colleagues in the voluntary sector
- Demonstrate effective use of counselling skills when dealing with patients who are psychologically distressed i.e. having received bad news
- Provide support to patients receiving significant news and refer to appropriate support agencies as relevant.
- Participate in all aspects of research, clinical audit and service evaluation and through evidence-based practice, demonstrate clinical excellence with measurable standards and outcomes aiming to improve care and quality of life
- Proactively demonstrate engagement in research
- The post holder will have a portfolio of relevant up to date evidence of clinical practice within his/her specialist field
- Use clinical supervision and peer group support to underpin personal professional development
- Take responsibility for driving personal annual appraisal process
- To hold responsibility for managing own caseload within an agreed defined area.
- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate therapy intervention to meet the assessed needs of patients.
- To ensure assessment / treatment is carried out in the most appropriate environment.
- To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work and support junior staff to do the same.
- To provide advice to colleagues with regard to the Therapy management of patients with complex needs.
- To complete a range of written reports as appropriate.
Management/ Organisational
- To contribute to service developments through the use of peer review, audit, evaluation of outcome measures etc.
- To take part in the trust / therapies Preceptorship programme.
- To help facilitate changes/improvements to the service as required.
- To help facilitate service developments/ changes within the clinical pathway in conjunction with other professionals/agencies and more experienced clinicians.
- Contribute to the provision of a high standard of service, delivered within local and national guidelines and within the resources available.
- To help in the implementation of appropriate new evidence based techniques and activities.
- Acting as a role model, employ professional behaviour that encourages and coaches their peers to challenge their current competencies, whilst seeking opportunities to enhance their roles.
- To liaise with and provide regular feedback to their line manager on clinical issues e.g. resources, waiting times, outcome monitoring targets.
- To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication skills to communicate effectively with a wide range of people.
- To maintain robust communication networks with other agencies and professions. This may include attending meetings, case discussions etc.
- To participate in and contribute to a range of meetings/forums as required.
- To actively seek the views of patients and carers on patient experience provided. Taking action to make improvements where indicated.
- Proactively engage and implement any recommendations from findings of patient and carer surveys and national reports linked to clinical care and patient safety.
- Actively encourage staff to take part in staff surveys. Proactively engage and undertake any recommendations from findings of staff surveys
Education and Development
Has a key role in promoting a learning environment. This includes:
- regular clinical supervision
- induction of new staff into the Team, as and when is appropriate
- contributing to the development and delivery of educational programmes using a variety of media for relevant staff.
- the involvement in the on-going professional development of Therapy staff and other staff/students from other professions as required.
- providing supervision for and assessment of Therapy students on placement including the provision of written assessments in accordance with professional body competence framework
- being responsible for own Continuing Professional Development to ensure professional competence and fitness to practice.
- To demonstrate evidence of completion of training as per Statutory and Essential Training (SET) Matrix
- demonstrating CPD through participation in internal and external training opportunities as appropriate.
- maintaining a Personal Professional Portfolio.
4.4 Clinical Governance, Quality and Standards
- To be aware of clinical governance and clinical risk issues, reporting their concerns as per Trust policy
- To contribute to the monitoring of practice standards and the application of national guidelines and legislation relating to own specialist area.
- To contribute to the setting and monitoring of local policies and guidelines relevant to own specialist area.
- To contribute to the development of local policies and guidelines for own area of speciality.
- Further develop local networks and to learn from best practice.
- To initiate and undertake audit/research projects as appropriate to own area of speciality.
- To improve own and others research and development skills through participation in audit projects.
4.5 Professional Ethics
- Ensuring your own and others clinical practice is patient centred and evidence based in accordance with the HCPCs Code of Practice & other professional codes and standards
- To comply with all Trust Policies and procedures.
- To comply with any future developments designed to ensure patient safety and best practice.
- To comply with all Health and Safety Regulations as required.
To respect the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of patients and their families / carers and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in patient assessment and formulating and delivering treatment plans
- Demonstrable experience of working as part of a team (Multi-Disciplinary Team working)
- Knowledge of clinical audit
- Broad range of clinical knowledge and practical background
- Evidence of CPD and reflective practice
- Awareness of the legal responsibilities of the profession and the associated code of ethics
- Appreciation of good record keeping and standards
- Understanding of clinical governance, health and safety, infection prevention and control, data protection, risk management
Desirable
- Knowledge in research
- Knowledge of Quality Innovation and Improvement projects
- Demonstrate an understanding of the NHS, NICE guidelines etc
Qualifications
Essential
- BSC degree or equivalent in Orthotics
- HCPC Registration
Desirable
Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Good interpersonal skills - including observation, listening and empathy skills
- Good communication skills and ability to communicate complex information in simple terms to a variety of audiences
- Ability to work independently but also function well within a team
- Flexibility and reliability in work practices
- Recognise own limitations and have willingness to share and learn skills from others
- Computer literate
- Demonstrate confidence, motivation and enthusiasm in everyday work and continuing professional development
Desirable
- High degree of dexterity, good hand eye coordination and concentration to undertake intricate work for prolonged periods of time with speed and accuracy
Organisational Skills
Essential
- Organisational and time management skills to manage day to day running of clinics, prioritise workload and work with speed and accuracy
- To be able to make decision and problem solve when dealing with a variety of situations (sometimes difficult or stressful circumstances)
- Flexibility in hours/locations to fit the changing needs of the service
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in patient assessment and formulating and delivering treatment plans
- Demonstrable experience of working as part of a team (Multi-Disciplinary Team working)
- Knowledge of clinical audit
- Broad range of clinical knowledge and practical background
- Evidence of CPD and reflective practice
- Awareness of the legal responsibilities of the profession and the associated code of ethics
- Appreciation of good record keeping and standards
- Understanding of clinical governance, health and safety, infection prevention and control, data protection, risk management
Desirable
- Knowledge in research
- Knowledge of Quality Innovation and Improvement projects
- Demonstrate an understanding of the NHS, NICE guidelines etc
Qualifications
Essential
- BSC degree or equivalent in Orthotics
- HCPC Registration
Desirable
Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Good interpersonal skills - including observation, listening and empathy skills
- Good communication skills and ability to communicate complex information in simple terms to a variety of audiences
- Ability to work independently but also function well within a team
- Flexibility and reliability in work practices
- Recognise own limitations and have willingness to share and learn skills from others
- Computer literate
- Demonstrate confidence, motivation and enthusiasm in everyday work and continuing professional development
Desirable
- High degree of dexterity, good hand eye coordination and concentration to undertake intricate work for prolonged periods of time with speed and accuracy
Organisational Skills
Essential
- Organisational and time management skills to manage day to day running of clinics, prioritise workload and work with speed and accuracy
- To be able to make decision and problem solve when dealing with a variety of situations (sometimes difficult or stressful circumstances)
- Flexibility in hours/locations to fit the changing needs of the service
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).
