Band 7 Highly Specialist Prosthetist

Job overview

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

The Highly Specialist Prosthetist will be an experienced clinician, who will work closely with the Clinical Lead Prosthetist and the Multidisciplinary Team to facilitate the provision of safe, high-quality care for all our patients. They will ensure prosthetic prescriptions for adults and children following limb loss are suitable and cost effective. The Highly Specialist Prosthetist will also be expected to support and manage other members of the team, to develop the service and ensure best outcomes for all prosthetic users. Alongside this, they will need to provide advice and input to wider West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre services and satellite services as required.

If you wish to talk through how to apply to an NHS post, please contact Claire Doherty on 07974 913 441 - I am happy to talk through the requirements.

Main duties of the job

• Clinical Care: Assessing, analysing and developing individualised treatment plans for patients with highly complex disabilities, including performing challenging casting/shape capture and fitting bespoke prosthetic devices to paediatric and adult populations
• Service Management: Managing their own caseload, supervising other prosthetists and students, and contributing to the efficient, cost-effective delivery and development of the prosthetic service.
• Technical Expertise: Specifying, evaluating, modifying (including positive model rectifications), and ensuring the safety and quality of bespoke prosthetic devices, involving detailed communication with the manufacturing workshop.
• Communication & Documentation: Effectively communicating complex and sensitive information to patients, carers, and colleagues, and maintaining accurate, confidential patient records in line with professional standards.
• Leadership & Development: Providing clinical leadership, assisting in developing evidence-based services, undertaking research and audits, delivering training, and managing projects within the service.
• Safety & Compliance: Performing risk assessments, ensuring the safe use of equipment, and adhering to legal frameworks for consent and capacity. 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, and to document every clinical contact.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details on the job description and main responsibilities, please see the attached documents.