Principal OrthotistNHS

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Orthotist to join Steeper as Principal Orthotist - South Coast, with operational responsibility for our established orthotic services in Portsmouth and Bournemouth. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced clinician looking to progress into leadership and develop operational management skills while remaining clinically active.

Based at Portsmouth you will provide day-to-day leadership across the South Coast services, line managing a team of five Orthotists and an Orthotic Technician, with oversight of the local orthotic workshop. Previous formal management experience is not essential; full support and development will be provided through the Combined Services Manager and wider Steeper leadership team.

Main duties of the job

As Principal Orthotist, you will combine your own clinical caseload with dedicated management time, providing visible clinical and operational leadership across Portsmouth and Bournemouth. You will work closely with the Combined Services Manager, NHS partners and the wider Steeper team to ensure services are safe, efficient, responsive and patient-centred.

You will support the professional development of the clinical team, coordinate staffing and timetables, maintain service continuity and use performance information to identify opportunities for improvement. The role also includes oversight of the workshop interface, team communication, student placements, multidisciplinary training and local service development.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Assist the Clinical Service Manager in the development of pathways, processes and procedures to improve service quality

To effectively use up-to-date evidence-based information from national and international sources to ensure an innovative approach to the cost-effective delivery of clinical care

Support clinical and organisational innovation and improvement efforts across the MDT. This will focus in particular, but not exclusively, on care within the local setting

Lead on evaluation of cost-effectiveness, safety and quality of new and existing devices and services, applying evidence-based practice and guidance from Steeper Best Practice and Product Evaluation Groups.

Lead in clinic organisation, to maximise clinician productivity through staff utilisation, skills mix and progression planning.

Maximise clinical productivity with reference to local KPIs eg RTT, DNA rates

Be accountable for KPIs linked to clinician performance, quality, outcomes and clinic management

Lead on the delivery of audits/research within your area of responsibility

Work with the team members to meet appraisal objectives to agreed timescales.

Facilitate training experiences for NHS and Steeper staff within your area of responsibility.

Provide administrative functions such as sickness reporting and annual leave planning within your area of responsibility

Work to increase the use of Steeper products and those of Steeper preferred suppliers within your area of expertise.

Work as a link between Steeper and your area of responsibility to manager operational issues as they arise.

Management and clinical leadership

Continue to undertake clinics albeit reduced in number in order have necessary time to manage

Assist in the development of effective and efficient service modernisation and redesign to maximise benefit to patients, including development and delivery of new ways of working e.g. Quality and Outcomes

Support and lead on innovation, pilots and new service developments

that aim to make prosthetic care more (cost-) effective and/or friendly to

patients and clinicians.

Support and lead on evaluation of cost-effectiveness, safety and quality

of new and existing services

Support development and implementation of new local care strategies

Contribute to the clinical governance agenda.

Demonstrate compliance with the health and safety regulations of local Trust and Steeper

Safeguard the welfare and safety of patients, public, staff and visitors by obtaining a balance between care and security in health care.

Ensure the confidentiality of patient related information and records

Lead on and deliver audits and implementation of changes arising from audit recommendations

Any other duties as reasonably requested, commensurate with your own skills and capabilities

About us

Steeper Group is a privately-owned business that has been operating for over 100 years. We have grown across prosthetics, orthotics and assistive technology, with a focus on creating significant turning points in people's lives through exceptional clinical services and innovative products.

We are one of the UK's leading providers of orthotic, prosthetic and assistive technology products and services, combining established clinical expertise and craftsmanship with modern manufacturing, materials and digital technology.

Steeper's vision is to create life's turning points, together. We aim to do this through innovative prosthetic, orthotic and assistive technology products and services.