Employer: Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Salford Royal Hospital
Town: Salford
Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/11/2024 23:59
Consultant Prosthetist (Reconstructive Science)
Band 8B
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has become available for a Consultant Prosthetist to work within the ENT Prosthetics service, part of Salford Care Organisation.
The Consultant Practitioner will be responsible for providing expert clinical, scientific, advisory and support services to patients undergoing reconstructive procedures or rehabilitation using implants, splints and prostheses.
Main duties of the job
The Consultant Practitioner will be responsible for providing expert clinical, scientific, advisory and support services to patients undergoing reconstructive procedures or rehabilitation using implants, splints and prostheses.
They will provide consultancy and work across the four pillars of practice (clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research) putting expertise in place across systems of health and social care.
At least 50% of their time will be in clinical practice ensuring that this advances and underpins practice within their specialty and beyond.
To contribute to the strategic direction and implementation of the corporate objectives and clinical strategy within the local service.
To proactively lead the service within the Division/Care Group/service, providing support, guidance and direction to achieve optimal clinical effectiveness, and financial outcomes.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.
Person specification
Qualifications
* MSc Maxillofacial Prosthetic Rehabilitation
Professional Registration
* MSc Maxillofacial Prosthetic Rehabilitation
Knowledge, Training & Experience
* Highly developed specialist knowledge in relevant specialist area of practice and formal training in specialist field
* Demonstrable knowledge of risk management processes and clinical governance
* Applied research methodology at post-graduate level
* Significant post qualification experience in an NHS organisation or equivalent
* Expertise in relevant specialist area of practice with significant experience across the 4 pillars clinical, leadership, education, and research
* Significant experience in planning activities and quality improvement projects resulting in improved outcomes
* Experience in policy development and implementation
* Training in QI
Skills & Abilities
* Proven high standard of technical work in the manufacture of: Osseointegrated prostheses, Facial Prosthetics, Hand & Finger Prosthetics, Breast and NAC Prosthetics, Indwelling Orbits, Leg Contour Defects
* Expert communication skills in managing highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, and supporting people in making complex decisions
* Able to make judgements involving highly complex facts where there may be conflicting information/opinion
* Evidence of translation of research evidence into practice through guidance or policy authorship
* Ability to analyse data to produce stereolithography models, CADCAM.
* Experience of gathering and analysing complex information/report writing
* Excellent IT/digital skills Evidence of leadership skills
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.
We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.
We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed term contracts will be only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.
In applying for this post, you give the Trust permission to use your data for recruitment purposes.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should we receive sufficient applications or if it is filled via the internal redeployment process.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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