Senior Orthotist- Band 7NHS
Job summary
Are you a passionate and driven Senior Orthotist seeking your next professional opportunity? We are excited to offer a part-time, permanent position within the Orthotics department at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. This rewarding role provides diverse clinical experience, working across both outpatient and inpatient settings, and spanning a wide variety of specialties.
Please make sure to review the full job description and person specification attached to this advert for comprehensive details.
This is a part-time position for 16.66 hours/week.
Main duties of the job
As a vital part of our team, you will join a supportive group comprising Orthotists, orthotics technicians, and administrators. Our department features an on-site workshop equipped with advanced technology and our workflows for Spinal Orthoses and Functional Foot Orthoses are fully digitalised. The OUH trust is highly motivated to access new cutting-edge orthotic technologies to advance the care of our patients.
We pride ourselves on being an innovative and collaborative team, working closely with clinicians and suppliers across the Trust to develop new and effective patient treatments. The majority of your clinics will be based at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, with occasional opportunities to work within the community.
We strongly encourage multi-disciplinary teamwork, with the Trust managing numerous complex and multi-disciplinary caseloads, including:
Paediatric Spinal conditions
Diabetic Foot
Adult Foot & Ankle
Neurology
Gait Analysis
Paediatrics
Applicants must be HCPC registered, with membership of BAPO preferred.
Applicants with less experience will be considered as a link grade role band 6 to band 7.
Job description
Please make sure to review the full job description and person specification attached to this advert for comprehensive details.
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
In 2023NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles
Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.
If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.