Band 8a Clinical Specialist Orthotist

Job Summary

Are you looking for a new and exciting opportunity to develop your career as part of an experienced Senior Clinical Therapy Leadership Team in Orthotics? Would you like to contribute to the leadership and profile of our forward thinking inter-disciplinary Therapy Directorate?

If you are an HCPC registered Orthotist with a passion for delivering highly efficient and effective services, this would be an ideal opportunity for you.

A Band 8a post has become available combining clinical specialist roles with local operational leadership on the Birmingham Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull sites. These leads will work very closely with the QEHB lead to address service delivery and grow our own NHS employees.

A suitable band 7 staff member would also potentially be considered to develop into the 8A role with completion of successful on site competency training.

One site would be allocated as your main base, with cross site cover needed when required

Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required

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 and in collaboration with the QEHB. Take clinical responsibility for the assessment and management decisions for patients who are referred.

There is consideration of a development role from band 7 to 8a with appropriate competencies.

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 in order to evaluate service delivery.

To be responsible for the education, training and development of orthotics staff across environments to facilitate patient flow and respond to priorities.

To regularly review clinical practice delivery, identify new ways of working and advancement of extended clinical skills

To work with medical, nursing, AHP and other healthcare colleagues across the clinical specialty within UHBFT and outside of the Trust in order to optimise patient management. This may include implementing and delivering education and training to cross professional groups.

To develop and maintain key working relationships with Consultant and nursing teams.

To work alongside procurement to facilitate an annual review of preferred suppliers and locum orthotists

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 specific 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
  
  

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.

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

Alison Jackson

alison.jackson@uhb.nhs.uk

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£57528.00 to £64750.00 Yearly

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-Time, Flexible Working

Reference number

304-9010801-1

Job locations

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Attachments

Job Description

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