Band 7 Senior Orthotist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves delivering advanced orthotics assessment, advice, and treatment to patients, acting as an expert resource for clinicians and other healthcare professionals. The Senior Orthotist will lead in therapeutic assessment and management of complex orthotics patients, developing individualised treatment plans. Responsibilities also include leading training, service development, clinical audits, and managing staff and students within the specialist area. The position requires strategic planning and operational management of the orthotics service in collaboration with leadership.
Essential criteria
- Good standard of general education includingGCSE English and maths grade c or above
- * A Levels or equivalent qualification
- * Degree or diploma in Physiotherapy
- * Registered with HCPC
- * Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of leadership training
- * Fieldwork Educator's certificateor attendance at ClinicalEducators Course
- Substantial and relevant post-registrationexperience, providing a broad range ofexperience in core areas within a healthcaresetting.
- * Significant Experience in Orthotics withinvarious settings of the Orthotics field e.g.Acute / Specialist clinics Neuro/In patients
- * Highly developed professional clinical skills.
- * Experience of effective staff management andleadership
- * Interdisciplinary working.
- * Team/service development.
- * Implementation of change managementprinciples.
- * Experience of dealing with people who displayinappropriate behaviours e.g. verbal orphysical aggression, in sensitive andpotentially hostile situations.
- * Demonstration of specialist knowledge acrossa range of Physiotherapy procedures,practices and treatments, routine and nonroutine, requiring expertise within theparticular field.
- * Appropriate Theoretical and practicalexperience
- * An ability to cope with a range of complexoptions, find solutions, analyse, compare anddecide on an appropriate course of action.
- * Understanding of current legislation andapplication to Orthotics.
- * Attendance at postgraduate courses relevantto the clinical work.
- * Attendance at mandatory training
- * Evidence of in-service training
- * CPD portfolio
- Experience of conductingrecruitment and selectionprocedures
- * Experience of producing reports/ data analysis
- * Experience of conductingappraisals.
- * Team Leadership experience
- * Evidence of audit / R&D activityon a regular basis
- Additional Criteria
- Demonstrate enthusiasm and a desire toachieve
- * Demonstrate an interest in developing furtherexpertise within physiotherapy
- * Demonstrate a professional attitude
- * Demonstrate an interest in promoting
- Orthotics to health professionals and otheragencies.
- * An ability to prioritise and organise ownworkload
- * Proactive, innovative, creative, enthusiastic
- * Flexible
- * Ability to manage time and stress
- * Car driver. Able to meet the travelrequirements of the position
- * Flexible to work between sites
- * Participation in extended hours working
- Good standard of general education includingGCSE English and maths grade c or above
- * A Levels or equivalent qualification
- * Degree or diploma in Physiotherapy
- * Registered with HCPC
- * Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality
- Evidence of leadership training
- * Fieldwork Educator's certificateor attendance at ClinicalEducators Course
- Substantial and relevant post-registrationexperience, providing a broad range ofexperience in core areas within a healthcaresetting.
- * Significant Experience in Orthotics withinvarious settings of the Orthotics field e.g.Acute / Specialist clinics Neuro/In patients
- * Highly developed professional clinical skills.
- * Experience of effective staff management andleadership
- * Interdisciplinary working.
- * Team/service development.
- * Implementation of change managementprinciples.
- * Experience of dealing with people who displayinappropriate behaviours e.g. verbal orphysical aggression, in sensitive andpotentially hostile situations.
- * Demonstration of specialist knowledge acrossa range of Physiotherapy procedures,practices and treatments, routine and nonroutine, requiring expertise within theparticular field.
- * Appropriate Theoretical and practicalexperience
- * An ability to cope with a range of complexoptions, find solutions, analyse, compare anddecide on an appropriate course of action.
- * Understanding of current legislation andapplication to Orthotics.
- * Attendance at postgraduate courses relevantto the clinical work.
- * Attendance at mandatory training
- * Evidence of in-service training
- * CPD portfolio
- Experience of conductingrecruitment and selectionprocedures
- * Experience of producing reports/ data analysis
- * Experience of conductingappraisals.
- * Team Leadership
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Band 7 Senior Orthotist
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
To deliver advanced orthotics assessment, advice and treatment of patients and act as a source of expertise to fellow clinicians, Trust managers, Healthcare Professionals and other services internal and external to the Trust as required.
To lead in the advanced therapeutic assessment, management and treatment of orthotics patients, possibly with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions including pain and rheumatology to develop and deliver an individualised specialist treatment programme.
To work under the supervision of consultants in clinic settings as and when or/if required and to assist in the 18 week targets. Site of working will be flexible based on the service need (A main site will be identified)
To lead in the training and service development of clinical practice. To undertake clinical audits and evaluation of evidence-based practice, initiating/participating in research within specialist area.
To use a high degree of analytical skills and judgment to plan, develop and implement strategic and operational management and delivery of the orthotics service, in collaboration with Lead therapist and Managers.
To manage, supervise and appraise staff and students within the specialist area
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