About this role
Job summary
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***
An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Band 5 Prosthetists - 1 x permanent and 1 x 12 month contract. The successful applicants will have the opportunity to work with highly experienced Prosthetists and to develop their skills in a specialist Prosthetics centre. You will be given time and support to develop your Prosthetic skills whilst covering a caried Prosthetics caseload.
If you need any help or advice about how to complete the application forms or NHS interview processes, please call Claire Doherty (Service Clinical Manager) on 07974 913 441.
Main duties of the job
West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre is a tertiary prosthetic centre, providing a full range of advice and prosthetic rehabilitation for all levels of upper and lower limb loss including paediatric services. The centre is also one of the Veteran service centres, providing an enhanced service to veterans who have lost a limb in the service of their country.
The service is delivered at West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and at two secondary centres located in Wolverhampton and Stoke -On-Trent, plus a small number of satellite clinics located across the region.
The prosthetist will facilitate the provision of safe, high-quality care and will ensure prosthetic prescriptions for adults and children following limb loss are suitable and cost effective.
The prosthetist is responsible for providing high quality specialist lifelong prosthetics care to patients with amputation/s or congenital limb loss, in a clinical environment, working within the prosthetic team. To support the multidisciplinary team, deliver evidence-based care and ensure the best possible outcomes for patients.
The post holder will have a responsibility for a prosthetic caseload, working within the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) and British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists (BAPO) professional guidelines and standards for prosthetists and orthotists.
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Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry.
We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
Job description Job responsibilities
For further details on the job description and main responsibilities, please see the attached documents.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
BSc Honours Degree in Prosthetics/Orthotics or equivalent qualification Current registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC) Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
Member of British Association of Prosthetist and Orthotists (BAPO)
Experience Essential
Relevant post qualification experience in clinical practice Relevant experience of Adult and/or Paediatric Amputee Rehabilitation, Complex Trauma and Orthopaedics experience Experience in measuring, fitting, assessing and evaluating the function of a broad range of consumables, prosthetic components bespoke and stock prostheses Experience of working both as part of a multidisciplinary team and autonomously Can deal with conflict and use negotiation to manage patient expectations
Desirable
Participation in clinical audit
Skills/ Knowledge Essential
Communication skills for conveying sensitive and complex information to patients, carers, colleagues and other agencies including children and patients with learning difficulties, mental illness or distress Evidence of assessment skills with reference to patients with complex disability Knowledge of procurement of appropriate best value prosthetic consumables, components and prosthesis using accurate prescriptions based on stock & custom prosthetic supply Knowledge of clinical and technical information of available orthoses Knowledge of up-to-date evidence base in specialist area Experience of problem solving related to prosthetic products Ability and experience of assembling, adjusting and fine-tuning prosthetic products utilising appropriate tools and instruments to ensure safe and optimal fit and function. Ability to demonstrate individual responsibility in respect of Health and Safety Understands risk assessment and applies it to all areas of practice advising others as necessary. Knowledge of and ability to apply relevant legislative frameworks and policies relating to care e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding, Consent to Treatment Can prioritise own workload/ caseload and has insight into own coping strategies in stressful situations Excellent interpersonal skills, Listening and counselling skills Ability to maintain legible, accurate, legal clinical records. Problem solving skills for rare or unique disability/ deformity or specific rehabilitation goals
Desirable
Knowledge and experience of Digital scanning Technologies Basic workshop and machine skills Experience in Mentorship for undergraduates and other learners
Personal Essential
Highly self-motivated Can deal with conflict and use negotiation to manage patient expectations any changes within a team
Other Essential
Independently mobile across the Trust
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).
Employer details Employer name Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT
Address West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre
91 Oak Tree Lane
Birmingham
B29 6JA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)