Job summary
37.5 hours per week.
Livewell Southwest are looking for an experienced HCPC registered prosthetist to join the prosthetics rehabilitation team based in Plymouth. Due to a development opportunity for the current post holder, there is a vacancy for a prosthetist to join the team in the permanent role of prosthetics clinical lead. As an independent in-house provider, working for Livewell Southwest will provide the opportunity to collaborate with the full range of prosthetic suppliers to deliver optimal solutions for the patients you work with.
You will lead a team of 4 prosthetists, providing clinical leadership as well as managing your own complex caseload. You will undertake true MDT working, supported by a consultant, specialist physiotherapists, specialist nurse, clinical and administrative support and a team of on-site prosthetic technicians with a full manufacturing facility. You will be involved with pre-amputation assessment, Primary patient MDT consultation and lifelong prosthetic provision, collaborating with the whole team to provide holistic solutions across the range of amputation levels and congenital limb difference. The clinical lead role will also provide the opportunity to lead on research, audit and governance for the service, driving development and quality of service provision.
If you are passionate about the prosthetic profession and would like the opportunity to work in beautiful Devon and Cornwall, this is the role for you. Relocation assistance available.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide Clinical Leadership to a team of 4 prosthetists, including line management of team members.
2. Provide leadership to the wider clinical team, leading on governance and development activities.
3. Act as a mentor.
4. In the absence of the service manager, be responsible for day to day management of the team.
5. Manage a complex prosthetic caseload, providing holistic, evidence-based care.
6. Lead and participate in pre-amputation consultations.
7. Have joint clinical responsibility for the prosthetic profession within the organisation.
8. Be the ultimate arbiter for second opinions and items requested outside of prescription guidelines.
9. Provide the lead prosthetic clinical input to the MDT.
10. Facilitate the implementation of relevant care pathways.
11. Identify, develop and implement relevant clinical competency frameworks and essential training for the prosthetic service.
12. Develop/maintain/manage the implementation of robust prescription guidelines to maximise budget.
About us
Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise delivering integrated health and social care services across Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts of Devon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, and health hubs.
As an organisation with a strong social conscience we are guided by our values: kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, and collaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability while empowering staff and those we serve.
We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, in shaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the right time and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people lead healthy, independent lives.
We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPD time, training pathways, leadership programs, and funding for qualifications like the Care Certificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorship programs ensure a smooth transition into our organisation.
Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mental health, neuro-diverse conditions and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* BSc Hons Prosthetics/Orthotics or equivalent
* HCPC Registration
* Postgraduate education/CPD relating to specialist prosthetic provision - some to MSC level
* An up-to-date CPD Portfolio
Desirable
* MSc in relevant subject
* Member of BAPO
Experience
Essential
* Minimum 3 years post graduate in clinical prosthetics practice.
* Demonstrable exposure to a wide range of highly specialist clinical prosthetic practice.
* Training of clinical and technical staff.
* Managing a clinical & manufacturing caseload that includes complex cases and a range of age groups.
* Use of relevant outcome measures.
* Experience of effective multidisciplinary working.
* Demonstrate involvement in quality issues or service improvement.
* Service redesign or involvement in change.
* Experience of audit/research.
Desirable
* Minimum 5 years post-qualification clinical practice.
* Student mentoring and line management experience.
Skills
Essential
* Ability to work without supervision, use own initiative but within professional guidelines.
* Highly Specialist Clinical assessment skills to enable clinical diagnosis and onward referral.
* Excellent communication skills; written, verbal and IT based.
* IT Skills.
* Excellent time management & organisational skills.
* Ability to work under pressure and respond to change.
* Ability to maintain accurate and legal clinical records.
* Ability to communicate complex information to patients and carers including children and those with learning disabilities, mental illness or psychological distress/disturbance.
* Ability to communicate verbally and in writing patient information and professional knowledge effectively to all levels of healthcare professional and support staff.
* Basic engineering workshop hand and machine skills.
* Ability to be empathetic.
* Ability to travel between locations.
Knowledge
Essential
* Highly Specialist knowledge of prosthetic theory, prescription, manufacture and delivery.
* Expertise in problem solving for complex prosthetic cases.
* Detailed knowledge of medical device products and technologies relevant to clinical practice.
* Fully competent in all areas of Prosthetic clinical practice.
* Knowledge of current practice of medical and other relevant Healthcare practitioners.
* Knowledge of Quality Assurance Systems.
* An awareness of national or local issues affecting prosthetics services/provision.
Desirable
* Working knowledge of ISO9000 quality management system.
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