Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
About
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an award winning NHS Foundation Trust which provides hospital and community health services in North Tyneside, and hospital, community health and adult social care services in Northumberland.
Key details
Location
Site: Meadowell Clinic
Address: Waterville Road
Town: North Shields
Postcode: NE29 6BW
Major / Minor Region: Tyne and Wear
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
* Full time
* Part time
* Flexible working
Salary
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 pro rata per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS AfC: Band 3)
Specialty
Main area: Podiatry
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an assistant appliance technician to work within our brand new workshop based at North Shields. This role will require the successful candidate to become competent in the manufacture of a wide range of orthoses including simple insoles and more complex moulded devices for the Podiatry Service.
The job will also entail day to day administrative duties associated with the provision of this service including stock control, ordering and managing tasks in SystmOne (our computer based administration system). This will allow for the receipt of prescriptions from clinical members of staff which will need to be interpreted and fabricated for use on the patient. All this must be achieved whilst ensuring that health and safety policies and procedures are adhered to.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
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* Understand and interpret clinical prescriptions received by task on SystmOne using own initiative and skills to manufacture accurate and effective orthoses.
* Manufacture a wide range of professional quality foot orthoses ensuring attention to detail.
* Decide on whether prescriptions are suitable for manufacture and liaise with the Podiatry Appliance Technician/Biomechanics Specialist Podiatrist and/or the prescribing clinician to determine modifications or alternatives.
* Seek further clarification of prescriptions that are unclear or vague, giving appropriate reasons.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Register orthotic prescriptions using SystmOne task system.
* Adhere to departmental procedures to ensure that all prescriptions are traceable throughout the production process.
* Supply information to the podiatry Musculoskeletal (MSK) team concerning orthotic production.
* Ensure that all advisory information, including instructions for use, accompanies the orthotic upon dispatch.
* Organise personal workload to fulfil departmental production aims.
* Maintain adequate stock levels, re-ordering as required.
* Send appliance materials to podiatrists as required.
* Record, assess and where required, provide production information.
* Adhere to all Trust and departmental policies and understand procedures and guidelines.
* Actively participate in team meetings and work well under the guidance of a Podiatry Appliance Technician.
* Be willing to work towards attaining a qualification in appliance/orthotic manufacture.
Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the workplace (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Positive and are a mindful employer.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on 0191 203 1415 option 2.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Person specification
Qualifications / Professional Registration
Essential criteria
* To have attained or be working towards Functional skill in maths, English and digital skill. This can be supported as part of training and must be attained by the end of the competency period.
* GCSE level 4 and above for maths and English.
Desirable criteria
* Orthotic/Prosthetic technician qualification.
Experience and knowledge
Desirable criteria
* Experience of working in a trade or a workshop environment.
* Experience of stock ordering.
Other requirements
Desirable criteria
* Driving licence.
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Victoria Marshall
Job title: Podiatry Team Lead
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01912828084
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