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Orthotist
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
37.5 hours per week (Full time, Part time)
Job ref
040-AHP167-1025
Employer
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Gwent Hospital
Town
Newport
Salary
£48,527 - £55,532 per annum, pro rata if part time
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/11/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board logo

Highly Specialist Orthotist

Band 7

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments OR SUPPORT needed. If you need any documents in a larger font or a different format (such as braille) please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3 OR EMAIL [email protected]

If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

 

Job overview

This role requires a dynamic and adaptable clinician who can work independently and collaboratively. The post holder will be responsible for delivering high-quality orthotic care across a range of clinical settings.

As part of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, the successful candidate will be expected to work across multiple hospital sites, providing services in both acute and community environments.


To meet the demands of the role, the post holder must be independently mobile, with the ability to travel between locations across the Health Board area. This includes attending clinics, inpatient visits, and home visits where necessary.

Flexibility, excellent time management, and strong communication skills are essential to ensure continuity of care and effective service delivery.

Main duties of the job

  • Manage a highly specialist clinical caseload, providing expert orthotic assessment and treatment across a range of patient groups and conditions.

  • Provide supervision, mentorship, and clinical leadership within the orthotics team, supporting the development of junior staff and students.

  • Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team (MDT), contributing to integrated patient care and shared decision-making.

  • Participate in the delivery of training and education, both within the department and to wider healthcare professionals.

  • Engage in research, development, and clinical audit activities to support evidence-based practice and service improvement.

  • Design and lead quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient outcomes and service efficiency.

  • The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff. 
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Full job description and personal specification attached for further information re activities and responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Bsc Prosthetics and Orthotics + Post Graduate Level 7

Governance

Essential criteria
  • HCPC Registration

Clinical Skills

Essential criteria
  • Highly Specialist Clinical Skills

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Clinical experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Credit Unions WalesApprenticeships logoAge positiveImproving working livesStop Smoking Wales is the NHS Smoking Cessation Service in WalesArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardStonewall Hyrwyddwr Amrywiaeth Diversity ChampionMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerHyderus o ran anabledd crflogwrRNIBCore principles

Applicant requirements

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.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Tanja Scherrer
Job title
Principal Orthotist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0776 651 1277
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