Orthotist/Prosthetist

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust; Newport; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Wight Healthcare on the Isle of Wight is seeking a healthcare professional to join our integrated in-house P&O service, focusing initially on orthotics while collaborating with our Prosthetics team and senior clinicians.

You will work alongside technicians, assistant practitioners and apprentices, contributing to patient care across orthotics and prosthetics in an NHS setting with MDT support and wide on-the-day options.

Job description

Are you early on in your P&O career, working in orthotics but still wanting to practice in prosthetics? Are you keen to work and develop in the NHS with all the benefits that brings? If so, a role in our integrated in-house P&O service on the beautiful Isle of Wight may be for you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the right individual to join our dedicated team of clinicians, technicians and support staff working across orthotics and prosthetics. You will initially be focusing on providing care to patients in orthotics, working alongside our experienced orthotists, assistant practitioner, technicians and apprentices but you will also join our Prosthetic Rehabilitation Team and Prosthetic Team Lead in the care of new amputees.

Our service has full manufacturing capabilities, a full MDT in Prosthetics and close working relationships with services in both the community and the acute hospital.

Our aim is to provide excellent patient care according to clinical need and you can expect to have a high level of prescription freedom, a wide range of orthoses available to provide on the day and support from our experienced technical team.

We are a small specialised multidisciplinary team with plenty of opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge into more senior roles.