Orthotics Team Lead

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We are looking for a highly motivated and innovative orthotist to join our Orthotics team in NHS Borders. This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in the development of this new in-house post in a supportive, established AHP Team. You will have excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills and demonstrate experience across the NMAHP Pillars of Practice (Clinical, Leadership, Facilitating Learning, Evidence/Research & Development).

You will apply excellent clinical judgement and decision making to work within the Orthotics Department as a Team lead providing expert clinical assessment and diagnosis to patients presenting with a variety of pathologies including, frailty, complex conditions and minor injuries and major trauma. You will make timely decisions regarding their management, providing appropriate advice, care and onward referral for further investigations or signposting and providing support and assistive devices where required.

You will work collaboratively with MDT colleagues within the acute hospital, community hospitals, Home First and wider health and social care settings to establish evidence – based pathways and relationships across services which facilitate a whole system, person-centred approach to the patient journey.

Post holder will be based in the Borders General Hospital, to support delivery of high quality orthotic care, managing the service and other member of staff and working in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team. Education and training to other members of staff using splints and prosthetics will be encouraged.

Ongoing personal and professional development is essential to provide a quality service and is supported through CPD, appraisals and in-service training.

Informal enquiries are welcomed. For further information please telephone Wilna-mari van Staden – 07310703418 or Wilna-mari.vanStaden@nhs.scot

As from 1st April 2026 the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.

Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.

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As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form

***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***

*Please note: As this is a part time post the salary shown will be pro rata*

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.