Job summary
- Main area
- Orthotics
- Grade
- 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (12 month maternity cover)
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 411-SUR-25-7004828
- Employer
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alder Hey Childrens Hospital
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 Band 6
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Paediatric Specialist Orthotist
6
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to specialise in Paediatric Orthotists here at Alder Hey. This post is a band 6 one-year fixed term post for 30 hours per week. You will have the opportunity to work within highly specialist paediatric services including Spinal, Chest Wall, Craniofacial, Ponsetti and Major Trauma, as well as help manage the care of a large variety of post-surgery patients. The hours will be 4 days between Monday to Friday 08-30 until 4-30pm. Alternatively, there is the option to condense your hours into 3.5 days.
Main duties of the job
To work as part of the orthotics team providing a comprehensive orthotics service to patients. To use orthotic knowledge and skills to assess, prescribe, measure and fit a wide range of off the shelf and bespoke orthotic devices. To work within BAPO standards, always comply with orthotics service procedures and MHRA legislation. To provide high-quality, cost-effective care for all our patients, ensuring that patient satisfaction, providing a professional, supportive and friendly environment is at the forefront of everything we do.
Working for our organisation
As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions.ÌýIn addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.
Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is ourÌýInnovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.
We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will deliver an Orthotics Service which is a highly specialist clinical technical service which contributes to both the diagnosis and treatment of patients. Please see attachment for full details of responsibilities.ÌýÌý
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Person specification
BSc Prosthetics and Orthotics degree
Essential criteria
- achieved grade and experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience as an Orthotist completing practise across a broad range of orthotic treatments.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Caroline Batke
- Job title
- Clinical Lead for Orthotics Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
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