Band 7 Senior Orthotist
Requirements
Requires a degree or diploma in Physiotherapy and HCPC registration with substantial post-registration experience in orthotics. Candidates must demonstrate leadership skills, a professional attitude, and the ability to manage a diverse caseload across multiple sites.
Job Description
To deliver advanced orthotics assessment, advice and treatment of patients and act as a source of expertise to fellow clinicians, Trust managers, Healthcare Professionals and other services internal and external to the Trust as required.
To lead in the advanced therapeutic assessment, management and treatment of orthotics patients, possibly with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions including pain and rheumatology to develop and deliver an individualised specialist treatment programme.
To work under the supervision of consultants in clinic settings as and when or/if required and to assist in the 18 week targets. Site of working will be flexible based on the service need (A main site will be identified)
To lead in the training and service development of clinical practice. To undertake clinical audits and evaluation of evidence-based practice, initiating/participating in research within specialist area.
To use a high degree of analytical skills and judgment to plan, develop and implement strategic and operational management and delivery of the orthotics service, in collaboration with Lead therapist and Managers.
To manage, supervise and appraise staff and students within the specialist area
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
To lead within the Orthotics Team under the direction of the MSK Therapy Lead, providing specialist assessment, treatment and management of patients with complex physical and psychological presentations. Effectively manage a diverse caseload, balancing service delivery, patient needs and professional priorities.
Lead, supervise and participate in evidence-based audit, research and service improvement activities
Use advanced communication skills, including persuasion, negotiation and motivation, to address concerns, manage informal complaints and overcome barriers to communication
Communicate effectively with patients, carers, multidisciplinary teams and external agencies to maximise rehabilitation outcomes and ensure understanding of conditions, treatment plans and the therapeutic process. Demonstrate empathy, reassurance and sensitivity when supporting patients, families and colleagues.
Promote awareness of Orthotics through presentations, conferences, education events and partnership working. Lead and contribute to multidisciplinary meetings and case conferences, resolving complex or conflicting issues through effective verbal and written communication.
Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, negotiating priorities and maintaining effective working relationships.
Provide day-to-day leadership, management and professional support within the specialist area, including staff supervision, appraisal, development and participation in recruitment processes.
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
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
Good standard of general education includingGCSE English and maths grade c or above
- A Levels or equivalent qualification
- Degree or diploma in Physiotherapy
- Registered with HCPC
- Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality
Evidence of leadership training
- Fieldwork Educator's certificateor attendance at ClinicalEducators Course
Essential
Substantial and relevant post-registrationexperience, providing a broad range ofexperience in core areas within a healthcaresetting.
- Significant Experience in Orthotics withinvarious settings of the Orthotics field e.g.Acute / Specialist clinics Neuro/In patients
- Highly developed professional clinical skills.
- Experience of effective staff management andleadership
- Interdisciplinary working.
- Team/service development.
- Implementation of change managementprinciples.
- Experience of dealing with people who displayinappropriate behaviours e.g. verbal orphysical aggression, in sensitive andpotentially hostile situations.
- Demonstration of specialist knowledge acrossa range of Physiotherapy procedures,practices and treatments, routine and nonroutine, requiring expertise within theparticular field.
- Appropriate Theoretical and practicalexperience
- An ability to cope with a range of complexoptions, find solutions, analyse, compare anddecide on an appropriate course of action.
- Understanding of current legislation andapplication to Orthotics.
- Attendance at postgraduate courses relevantto the clinical work.
- Attendance at mandatory training
- Evidence of in-service training
- CPD portfolio
Experience of conductingrecruitment and selectionprocedures
- Experience of producing reports/ data analysis
- Experience of conductingappraisals.
- Team Leadership experience
- Evidence of audit / R&D activityon a regular basis
Essential
Demonstrate enthusiasm and a desire toachieve
- Demonstrate an interest in developing furtherexpertise within physiotherapy
- Demonstrate a professional attitude
- Demonstrate an interest in promoting
- An ability to prioritise and organise ownworkload
- Proactive, innovative, creative, enthusiastic
- Flexible
- Ability to manage time and stress
- Car driver. Able to meet the travelrequirements of the position
- Flexible to work between sites
- Participation in extended hours working
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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.
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.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Maria Westwood
maria.westwood@uhb.nhs.uk
0121424093
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£49387.00 to £56515.00 Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-9018219
Job locations
Good Hope Hospital
Rectory Rd
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B75 7RR
Attachments
Job Description
Band 7 Orthotist NEW JDPS September 2026_Luke Wilkins 1.pdf – 450KB Opens in a new window
Education
Skills
About University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic. We also run a number of smaller satellite units, allowing people to be treated as close to home as possible. We see and treat more than 2.2 million people every year across our sites and our hospitals deliver more babies than anywhere else in Europe. We are a regional centre for cancer, trauma, renal dialysis, burns and plastics, HIV and AIDS, as well as respiratory conditions like cystic fibrosis. We also have expertise in premature baby care, bone marrow transplants and thoracic surgery and have the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe. We provide a series of highly specialist cardiac, liver and neurosurgery services to patients from across the UK. We are world-renowned for our trauma care and have developed pioneering surgical techniques in the management of ballistic and blast injuries, including bespoke surgical solutions for previously unseen injuries. As a result of its clinical expertise in treating trauma patients and military casualties, the QEHB has been designated both a Level 1 Trauma Centre and host of the UK’s only £20m National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC). We have over 24,000 members of staff and we are committed to investing in their development and their health and wellbeing. UHB is a Stonewall Diversity Champion and aims to achieve positive change for LGBTQ+ people by creating an inclusive, inspiring and equal environment for both staff and service users.
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