Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Assistant Appliance Technician

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an assistant appliance technician to work within our brand new workshop based at North Shields. This role will require the successful candidate to become competent in the manufacture of a wide range of orthoses including simple insoles and more complex moulded devices for the Podiatry Service.

The job will also entail day to day administrative duties associated with the provision of this service including stock control, ordering and managing tasks in SystmOne (our computer based administration system). This will allow for the receipt of prescriptions from clinical members of staff which will need to be interpreted and fabricated for use on the patient. All this must be achieved whilst ensuring that health and safety policies and procedures are adhered to.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

  • Understand and interpret clinical prescriptions received by task on SystmOne using owninitiative and skills to manufacture accurate and effective orthoses.
  • Manufacture a wide range of professional quality foot orthoses ensuring attention to detail.
  • Decide on whether prescriptions are suitable for manufacture and liaise with the Podiatry Appliance Technician/Biomechanics Specialist Podiatrist and/or the prescribing clinician to determine modifications or alternatives.
  • Seek further clarification of prescriptions that are unclear or vague, giving appropriate reasons.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Details

Date posted

18 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-6970257LT

Job locations

Meadowell Clinic

Waterville Road

North Shields

NE29 6BW


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Register orthotic prescriptions using SystmOne task system.
  • Adhere to departmental procedures to ensure that all prescriptions are traceable throughout the production process.
  • Supply information to the podiatry Musculoskeletal (MSK) team concerning orthotic production.
  • Ensure that all advisory information, including instructions for use, accompanies the orthotic upon dispatch.
  • Organise personal workload to fulfil departmental production aims.
  • Maintain adequate stock levels, re-ordering as required.
  • Send appliance materials to podiatrists as required.
  • Record, assess and where required, provide production information.
  • Adhere to all Trust and departmental polices and understand procedures and guidelines.
  • Actively participate in team meetings and work well under the guidance of a Podiatry Appliance Technician.
  • Be willing to work towards attaining a qualification in appliance/orthotic manufacture.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Register orthotic prescriptions using SystmOne task system.
  • Adhere to departmental procedures to ensure that all prescriptions are traceable throughout the production process.
  • Supply information to the podiatry Musculoskeletal (MSK) team concerning orthotic production.
  • Ensure that all advisory information, including instructions for use, accompanies the orthotic upon dispatch.
  • Organise personal workload to fulfil departmental production aims.
  • Maintain adequate stock levels, re-ordering as required.
  • Send appliance materials to podiatrists as required.
  • Record, assess and where required, provide production information.
  • Adhere to all Trust and departmental polices and understand procedures and guidelines.
  • Actively participate in team meetings and work well under the guidance of a Podiatry Appliance Technician.
  • Be willing to work towards attaining a qualification in appliance/orthotic manufacture.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Professional Registration

Essential

  • To have attained or be working towards Functional skill in maths, English and digital skill. This can be supported as part of training and must be attained by the end of the competency period
  • GCSE level 4 and above for maths and English

Desirable

  • Orthotic/Prosthetic technician qualification

Experience and knowledge

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a trade or a workshop environment
  • Experience of stock ordering

Other requirements

Desirable

  • Driving licence
Person Specification

Qualifications / Professional Registration

Essential

  • To have attained or be working towards Functional skill in maths, English and digital skill. This can be supported as part of training and must be attained by the end of the competency period
  • GCSE level 4 and above for maths and English

Desirable

  • Orthotic/Prosthetic technician qualification

Experience and knowledge

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a trade or a workshop environment
  • Experience of stock ordering

Other requirements

Desirable

  • Driving licence

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Meadowell Clinic

Waterville Road

North Shields

NE29 6BW


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Meadowell Clinic

Waterville Road

North Shields

NE29 6BW


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Podiatry Team Lead

Victoria Marshall

victoria.marshall@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk

01912828084

Details

Date posted

18 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-6970257LT

Job locations

Meadowell Clinic

Waterville Road

North Shields

NE29 6BW


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