Band 4 Prosthetic / Orthotic Assistant Technician
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Job overview
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.
Prosthetic/ Orthotic Assistant Technician provides technical input to the Prosthetic/ Orthotic Service at West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre, and the satellite clinics.
The Prosthetic/ Orthotic Assistant Technician provides technical skills and support to ensure the highest quality Prosthetic/Orthotic Service is delivered to patients, through close liaison with the clinical and non-clinical team.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for completing repair schedules in a timely manner as allocated by the workshop manager, working and communicating as an integral member of the clinical and non-clinical team.
Responsible for evaluating prosthetic/ orthotic medical devices, undertake equipment testing and prosthetics/ orthotics adaptations.
Communicates effective and concisely with the workshop/ clinicians regarding worksheets instructions on how to manufacture the medical device; advice/ supervision available from senior technicians.
Performs skills for analysing & diagnosing faults in complex medical devices which requires concentration on planned maintenance & dealing with fault on equipment connected to prosthetic & orthotic patients; advice/ supervision available from senior technicians.
The post holder must be fully conversant in the use of equipment within the clinical and technical environment that is used to treat patients and to manufacture and adjust prostheses,
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description and Person Specification for full details of this vacancy .
Please note that this vacancy will close once it reaches a set number of aplications.
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This advert is for Band 4 Prosthetic / Orthotic Assistant Technician with Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Birmingham, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £28,392 - £31,157 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 19 Jun 2026.
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