Band 5 Prosthetist (Maternity Leave Cover) | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Prosthetist to cover maternity leave until 31.08.2027. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work with highly experienced Prosthetists and to develop their skills in a specialist Prosthetics centre. You will be given time and support to develop your Prosthetic skills whilst covering a caried Prosthetics caseload., West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre is a tertiary prosthetic centre, providing a full range of advice and prosthetic rehabilitation for all levels of upper and lower limb loss including paediatric services. The centre is also one of the Veteran service centres, providing an enhanced service to veterans who have lost a limb in the service of their country. The service is delivered at West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and at two secondary centres located in Wolverhampton and Stoke -On-Trent, plus a small number of satellite clinics located across the region. The prosthetist will facilitate the provision of safe, high-quality care and will ensure prosthetic prescriptions for adults and children following limb loss are suitable and cost effective. The prosthetist is responsible for providing high quality specialist lifelong prosthetics care to patients with amputation/s or congenital limb loss, in a clinical environment, working within the prosthetic team. To support the multidisciplinary team, deliver evidence-based care and ensure the best possible outcomes for patients. The post holder will have a responsibility for a prosthetic caseload, working within the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) and British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists (BAPO) professional guidelines and standards for prosthetists and orthotists.,

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BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands. If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.