Senior Orthotist

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.

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.

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.

Job responsibilities
Please make sure to review the full job description and person specification attached to this advert for comprehensive details.

Person Specification
Core criteria
Essential

• HCPC Registered Orthotist/Prosthetist
• 4 years NHS or equivalent clinical experience
• Experience of working within a team
• clinical experience in all areas of orthotics
• B.Sc. Hons in Prosthetics and Orthotics or equivalent
• Experience working in MDT's
• Evidence of undertaking complex orthotic care

Desirable

• Member of BAPO
• Experience in research
• Experience inn education
• Specialist area of orthotic practise

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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