Orthotist

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Northampton; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Living wage employer

Flexible working options

Job summary

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Orthotist to join the Diabetic & High-Risk Foot Service in Northamptonshire. You will work with a multidisciplinary team to manage a complex caseload and ensure high-quality therapeutic footwear services.

The role involves prescribing stock and made-to-measure footwear, contributing to staff education, and supporting flexible working arrangements. This is a countywide post with NHS values at the core of patient care.

Qualifications

• HCPC registered podiatrist with relevant professional registration.
• Postgraduate development in musculoskeletal field.
• Masters level postgraduate education and evidence of ongoing professional learning.
• Ability to understand impact of clinical targets and local service development.
• Leadership training and experience supporting teams.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage an agreed caseload of patients in the diabetic foot service.
• Provide care to patients with diabetic foot disease, complex deformities and footwear needs.
• Collaborate with Diabetes Specialist Podiatrists and Footwear Specialists in a multidisciplinary team.
• Prescribe therapeutic footwear and participate in making made-to-measure footwear.

Skills

High-level clinical practice

Problem solver

Leadership training

Education

HCPC registered podiatrist

Masters level education

Job description

The Diabetic & High-Risk Foot Service is seeking a motivated Orthotist who is looking for a unique opportunity.

The successful applicant will join our already long-established therapeutic footwear team, specialising in a complex caseload of diabetes. The post involves working alongside a dynamic team of Diabetes Specialist Podiatrists and Footwear Specialists to provide optimum care and play an essential role in a multi- disciplinary approach to patient treatment plans. The post holder will be instrumental in ensuring that our forward-thinking footwear team continues to deliver a high-quality clinical therapeutic footwear service and excellent patient outcomes.

This is a countywide post based in Northamptonshire. Northamptonshire Foundation Health Trust strive to continually innovate and make a positive difference to our community and those working for and with our Trust. We share a collective vision to provide outstanding, compassionate care to the people of Northamptonshire and surrounding areas

Main duties of the job

Assess and manage the on-going care of an agreed caseload of patients within the specialist area. In particular, care will be provided to patients with:

• Late/end stage complications arising from diabetic foot disease and inflammatory arthropathies resulting in complex deformities requiring therapeutic footwear provision.
• Circulatory and neurological deficits and reduced tissue viability (e.g. pressure ulcers), requiring specialist off loading and footwear
• Complex medical conditions, (e.g. Peripheral vascular disease), that significantly impact foot pathology.

The post holder will be responsible for a defined caseload, primarily consisting of patients with diabetes and have associated complications. They will be expected to communicate effectively with other healthcare professionals and the diabetes multi-disciplinary team.

Prescribe therapeutic stock and modified stock footwear and be actively involved in the provision of made to measure footwear.

To participate in the education, training and supervision of other staff in association with therapeutic footwear.

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our ‘outstanding’ rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.

We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience

• Health Profession Council registered Podiatrist
• Evidence of appropriate specialist postgraduate development
• Postgraduate experience/clinical expert in the musculoskeletal field including postgraduate education to Masters level
• Understand the impact of clinical targets and development of local services
• Leadership training

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrate high level of clinical practice working with complex/ high risk patient groups
• Proven problem solver within footwear provision

By completing an application you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records and full service history.

You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility,

At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary.

Please note that all new starters to the trustare subject to a probationary period.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.