Principal Orthotist

As Principal Orthotist, you will combine your

own clinical caseload with dedicated management time, providing visible

clinical and operational leadership across Portsmouth and Bournemouth. You will

work closely with the Combined Services Manager, NHS partners and the wider

Steeper team to ensure services are safe, efficient, responsive and

patient-centred.

You will support the professional development

of the clinical team, coordinate staffing and timetables, maintain service

continuity and use performance information to identify opportunities for

improvement. The role also includes oversight of the workshop interface, team

communication, student placements, multidisciplinary training and local service

development.

Service Manager in the development of pathways, processes and procedures to

improve service quality

To effectively use

up-to-date evidence-based information from national and international sources

to ensure an innovative approach to the cost-effective delivery of clinical

care

Support clinical and

organisational innovation and improvement efforts across the MDT. This will

focus in particular, but not exclusively, on care within the local setting

Lead on evaluation of

cost-effectiveness, safety and quality of new and existing devices and

services, applying evidence-based practice and guidance from Steeper Best

Practice and Product Evaluation Groups.

Lead in clinic

organisation, to maximise clinician productivity through staff utilisation,

skills mix and progression planning.

Maximise clinical

productivity with reference to local KPIs eg RTT, DNA rates

Be accountable for

KPIs linked to clinician performance, quality, outcomes and clinic management

Lead on the delivery

of audits/research within your area of responsibility

Work with the team

members to meet appraisal objectives to agreed timescales.

Facilitate training

experiences for NHS and Steeper staff within your area of responsibility.

administrative functions such as sickness reporting and annual leave planning

within your area of responsibility

Work to increase the

use of Steeper products and those of Steeper preferred suppliers within your

area of expertise.

Work as a link

between Steeper and your area of responsibility to manager operational issues

as they arise.

Management

and clinical leadership

Continue

to undertake clinics albeit reduced in number in order have necessary time to

manage

Assist

in the development of effective and efficient service modernisation and

redesign to maximise benefit to patients, including development and delivery of

new ways of working e.g. Quality and Outcomes

and lead on innovation, pilots and new service developments

that aim to make prosthetic care more

(cost-) effective and/or friendly to

patients and clinicians.

and lead on evaluation of cost-effectiveness, safety and quality

of new and existing services

development and implementation of new local care strategies

Contribute

to the clinical governance agenda.

Demonstrate

compliance with the health and safety regulations of local Trust and Steeper

Safeguard

the welfare and safety of patients, public, staff and visitors by obtaining a

balance between care and security in health care.

Ensure

the confidentiality of patient related information and records

Lead

on and deliver audits and implementation of changes arising from audit

recommendations

Any other duties as reasonably

requested, commensurate with your own skills and capabilities

Steeper Group is a privately-owned business

that has been operating for over 100 years. We have grown across prosthetics,

orthotics and assistive technology, with a focus on creating significant

turning points in people's lives through exceptional clinical services and

innovative products.

We are one of the UK's leading providers of

orthotic, prosthetic and assistive technology products and services, combining

established clinical expertise and craftsmanship with modern manufacturing,

materials and digital technology.

Steeper's

vision is to create life's turning points, together. We aim to do this through

innovative prosthetic, orthotic and assistive technology products and services.

Experience