Orthotist

Are you a passionate and motivated Orthotist looking for your next career opportunity? King's Mill Hospital is seeking an enthusiastic clinician to join our well-established service, providing high-quality, patient-centred care across a diverse range of clinical specialities. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a forward-thinking multidisciplinary team committed to improving mobility, independence, and quality of life for our patients.

In this rewarding role, you will manage a varied caseload within both outpatient and inpatient settings, working autonomously to assess, prescribe, supply, and review orthotic interventions for patients with a wide range of complex needs. At King's Mill Hospital, you'll be joining a supportive and experienced team that values innovation, professional development, and continuous improvement. Alongside clinical practice, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to service development initiatives, quality improvement projects, student education, and the ongoing enhancement of our Orthotics Service.

If you are looking for a role where you can develop your clinical expertise, shape service delivery, and make a lasting impact on patients' lives, King's Mill Hospital offers an excellent opportunity to build a rewarding career within a supportive NHS team.

Main duties of the job:

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us:

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Person Specification:

• Qualifications:
• Essential: BSc (Hons) Prosthetics and Orthotics or recognised equivalent qualification
• HCPC registration as an Orthotist
• Evidence of continuing professional development and maintenance of professional competence
• Desirable: Membership of the British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists (BAPO)
• Postgraduate training or specialist clinical courses relevant to orthotic practice
• Practice educator or mentorship qualification

• Experience:
• Essential: Experience of assessing, prescribing, fitting and reviewing orthotic devices across a range of patient groups
• Experience of independently managing a varied clinical caseload
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team environment
• Experience maintaining accurate clinical records and documentation
• Experience of communicating clinical information to patients, carers and healthcare professionals
• Desirable: Experience working within NHS Orthotic Services
• Experience of paediatric, neurological, diabetic foot, musculoskeletal or rehabilitation clinics
• Experience supervising students or supporting junior staff
• Experience participating in audit, service evaluation or quality improvement activities

• Knowledge:
• Essential: Knowledge of contemporary orthotic theory, practice and rehabilitation principles
• Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, biomechanics and gait analysis
• Understanding of evidence-based practice and clinical outcome measurement
• Knowledge of clinical governance, risk management and professional accountability
• Understanding of safeguarding, consent, mental capacity and information governance principles
• Knowledge of NHS values and patient-centred care principles
• Desirable: Knowledge of service improvement methodologies
• Knowledge of national guidance, standards and developments affecting Orthotic Services
• Understanding of budgetary and resource management principles

• Skills:
• Essential: Highly developed clinical assessment and treatment planning skills
• Strong clinical reasoning and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to interpret complex clinical and biomechanical information
• Ability to make autonomous clinical decisions and justify treatment recommendations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to communicate complex information to patients and healthcare professionals in an understandable manner
• Effective caseload management and prioritisation skills
• Ability to maintain accurate clinical documentation
• Competent IT skills and experience using electronic patient record systems
• Desirable: Presentation and teaching skills
• Experience delivering training to healthcare professionals
• Experience contributing to policy, guideline or pathway development

• Personal Attributes:
• Essential: Demonstrates a patient-centred approach to care
• Professional, reliable and accountable for own practice
• Able to work independently while recognising limitations and seeking support appropriately
• Demonstrates sound professional judgement and decision making
• Able to establish effective working relationships with patients, carers and multidisciplinary colleagues
• Committed to delivering high-quality clinical care
• Adaptable and able to respond positively to changing service demands
• Committed to evidence-based practice and continuous professional development
• Demonstrates initiative and a proactive approach to service improvement
• Desirable: Demonstrates leadership potential
• Interest in developing specialist clinical expertise
• Enthusiasm for education, mentoring and supporting others

• Physical Requirements:
• Essential: Ability to undertake clinical assessment, casting, measuring and orthotic fitting activities
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including periods of standing, kneeling, bending and manual handling

• Other:
• Essential: Ability to travel independently between clinical locations
• Commitment to undertaking mandatory and role-specific training
• Flexible approach to working practices to meet service requirements