Steeper Group is recruiting a graduate prosthetic clinician to join its existing clinical team. The work centres on assessing patients who have lost a limb through congenital conditions, amputation or injury, working with technicians on custom-fit devices and following up to check fit and function. Building experience across distinct, sometimes specialist, areas of practice is central to the post. A BSc in prosthetics and orthotics or equivalent is essential, as it leads to HPCP registration, which is itself desirable.
What the job involves
- Assess the needs of patients who have lost a limb through congenital conditions, amputation or injury
- Design, fabricate and fit artificial limbs (prostheses)
- Work with technicians to create custom-fit devices
- Provide follow-up care to check proper fit and function
- Help patients regain mobility, function and independence
- Provide high quality prosthetic care
- Develop knowledge and experience across distinct areas of practice, some of which may be specialist
What’s required
Qualifications
- BSc Hons in Prosthetic and Orthotics or equivalent
Nice to have
- HPCP registration
- Some clinical experience
- Experience in lower limb prosthetics prescribing
- Experience in upper limb prosthetics prescribing
- Experience with a CAD system
- Good computer and presentation skills, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel
- Good communicator
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
