Band 8a Clinical Specialist Orthotics

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton Coldfield; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 8a Clinical Specialist Orthotics. The role offers the chance to take clinical responsibility, lead a specialist service across clinics, and provide high-quality patient care. The successful candidate will engage in leadership, training, and operational management, supporting the advancement of Orthotics care. This position requires extensive clinical experience and professional registration, with a commitment to patient-centered service delivery.

Benefits

Inclusive workplace culture

Commitment to professional development

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Extensive clinical experience in a relevant clinical area.
• Significant experience in education and clinical training.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong clinical leadership within the Orthotics service.
• Lead and support audit and research projects.
• Collaborate with medical, nursing, and other healthcare colleagues.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Communication skills

Patient engagement

Clinical governance

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Operational management

Education

Relevant AHP Degree Specific to Role

Current professional registration with the HCPC

Management, Leadership or teaching qualification

Master's degree or equivalent

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 8a Clinical Specialist Orthotics

The closing date is 20 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our excellent dynamic orthotics team

The role will involve working autonomously as the lead Orthotist providing a clinical specialist Orthotics service within

associated specialist clinics across the sites and take clinical responsibility for the assessment and management decisions for patients who are referred from both in-patient and outpatient settings.

We are an innovative and outward looking department, and this is a fantastic role for those looking to expand their clinical portfolio, is highly rewarding and will enable the successful candidate to work within a service that prides itself on quality and putting the patient first.

This may include implementing and delivering education and training to cross professional groups. To develop and maintain key working relationships across professional boundaries with Consultant and nursing teams who are associated with the Orthotics service.

Main duties of the job

To work autonomously as the lead Orthotist providing a clinical specialist Orthotics service within associated specialist clinics across the sites but predominantly the HGS sites (working in collaboration with the Orthotics lead at QEHB) and take clinical responsibility for the assessment and management decisions for patients who are referred. To be responsible for ensuring clinical effectiveness across the Orthotics service clinic by utilising evaluation and research skills.

To provide strong clinical leadership in the provision of an effective, high quality, Orthotics Service for patients. To lead and support audit and research projects to evaluate service delivery. To be responsible for the education, training and development of orthotics staff across the OPD clinic section and the wards. To facilitate patient flow and respond to urgent priorities.

To regularly review clinical practice delivery considering new models of care and clinical transformation programmes within UHBFT. To identify new ways of working, including the advancement of extended clinical skills in this post and others. To work with medical, nursing, AHP and other healthcare colleagues across the clinical specialty within UHBFT and outside of the Trust to optimise patient management.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

• *Relevant AHP Degree Specific to Role
• *Evidence of continuous professional development
• *Clinical qualification at degree level or equivalent
• *Current professional registration with the HCPC
• *Management, Leadership or teaching qualification
• *Master's degree or equivalent

Experience

• *Extensive clinical experience in a clinical area relevant to the clinical team
• *Significant experience working as part of an MDT
• *Significant experience as a clinical leader including direct clinical supervision.
• *Significant experience in education and clinical training of others. Teaching experience to uni and multi -- professional groups with evidence of ability to deliver high quality presentations
• *Multi-disciplinary team leadership
• *Demonstrates excellent clinical service provision relevant to post and commensurate with grade
• *Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of interdisciplinary working
• *Experience of managing budgets and resources
• *Experience of clinical pathway development and redesign
• *Managing programmes of organisational change that have led to tangible improvements
• *Able to demonstrate experience of patient and public engagement
• *Able to demonstrate experience of operational management knowledge and skills

Additional Criteria

• *Ability to act flexibly, collaboratively and independently to ensure the service meets its delivery objectives
• *Ability to work autonomously within specialist clinical area & undertake advanced clinical analysis and reasoning skills in the assessment and treatment of patients presenting with orthotics conditions and apply broad standards and guidelines to own practice.
• *Able to demonstrate the ability to select and apply a wide range oftreatment options for a range of clinical presentations.
• *Ability to interpret national policy and initiatives, planning local implementation
• *Advanced knowledge and skill in the advanced assessment and treatment of a wide range of complex acute and chronic clinical presentations relating to the patients presenting with Orthotics conditions.
• *Advanced knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
• *Good working knowledge and application of all areas of Clinical Governance including Quality, Audit and Risk management
• *Awareness of current evidence in orthotics care management and application to clinical practice, using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
• *Understands the legal responsibilities of the profession
• *Good understanding of principles of data and statistics and experience of their use in evaluation of service delivery
• *Knowledge and understanding of the research processes
• *Significant experience in the development and performance management of students
• *Proven leadership, management of changes skills
• *Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• *Professional and personal credibility to inspire trust and confidence
• *Numeracy, IT and analytical skills
• *Ability to identify, prioritise and manage critical issues and multiple priorities
• *Able to work with others in developing and delivering creative solutions
• *Demonstrable team membership and development skills
• *Leadership -- able to evidence ability to inspire and support other
• *Strong sense of professional integrity and compliance with trust vison andvalues
• *Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• *Flexibility
• *Commitment
• *Willingness to take responsibility
• *Confidence
• *Able to maintain judgement under pressure
• *Ability to participate in weekend working, supporting delivery of extended and 7 day service where relevant
• *Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post -- holds a UK driving licence and has use of a vehicle for work purposes Therapy services

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.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust