Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS FT
Orthotist
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Band 7
37.5 hours
Fixed term - 6 months
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Band 7 Orthotist to join our team at Tameside during a transformative period, as we develop and establish a new in-house Orthotics service.
This is a fantastic time to be part of shaping and leading a high-quality, patient-centred service. You will work as an autonomous, highly specialist practitioner, managing a complex caseload across outpatient and inpatient settings while playing a key role in service development, clinical leadership, and innovation.
We are looking for a motivated and forward-thinking Orthotist with strong clinical expertise, leadership skills, and a passion for improving patient outcomes. You will collaborate closely with multi-disciplinary teams and contribute to building pathways, driving quality improvement, and ensuring excellent standards of care.
- To be the named lead for the Orthotic service and devise and implement appropriate clinical guidelines and patient pathways associated with this area.
- To act as an Orthotic point of contact for colleagues and other professionals.
- To perform advanced therapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, to provide a diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.
- To be responsible for your own caseload and a defined area of the service and provide support/supervision/training to colleagues working in your specialist area.
- To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
- Undertake evidence-based audit and research projects to further own clinical practice. Make recommendations liaising with the operational management team for changes to practice, which may lead to the implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to service guidelines.
- To introduce and manage innovation and change using QI principles.
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Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
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We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Sam Ledwith
Job title: Deputy Divisional Director
Email address: samantha.ledwith@tgh.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0161 922 5771
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