Orthotist, Hunter Prosthetics and Orthotics Service

**Employment Type**: Full Time Permanent
**Position Classification**:Orthotist Level 5
**Remuneration**:$122,738 - $125,807 per annum plus 10.5% superannuation
**Hours Per Week**:40 hours per week

**Location**: Hunter Prosthetics and Orthotics Service

**The Opportunity**

The Level 5 Orthotist position encompasses a primarily clinical component with a partial clinical management element. The clinical component involves direct delivery of care to orthotic patients as well as the manufacturing of orthoses. The management component incorporates support of clinical and technical staff in the provision of prosthetic/orthotic services to patients as well as some operational service needs.

Hunter Prosthetics Orthotics Service (HPOS) is located on the John Hunter Hospital Campus, which is the tertiary referral centre for the Hunter and Northern NSW regions, and provides care to a range of Orthotic patients of all ages. Specialising in rehabilitation, the service works in collaboration with internal/external referrers and multi-disciplinary allied health teams including high-risk foot clinics, tone and function clinics, operating theatres as well as physiotherapy and orthopaedic services. The HPOS team, consisting of 11 clinical, 3 technical and 2 admin support positions, cares deeply about the positive patient care-experience. The team is passionate about assisting our clients, and their families, to achieve desired life goals and get them ‘moving through life’.

HPOS is an on-site manufacturing department enabling the fabrication of custom foot orthoses, custom thermoplastic and carbon fibre orthoses, as well as traditional KAFOs. HPOS also has on-site 3D scanning capability and access to local 3D printing services.

HPOS is a registered NDIS provider and cares for patients funded through EnableNSW, HNELHD and other private and not-for-profit entities.

The Newcastle region is the second-most-populated region in NSW and Australia’s second oldest city. Well known for our beaches, harbour and vineyards within an hour’s drive, having a population of around half a million means our city is more slowly paced than the capital cities but still has a diverse range of culture, secret hipster-friendly nightspots and a fantastic range of restaurants.

**Why Work for HealthShare NSW?**

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We reward our employees with a terrific range of benefits, including:

- **Great leave conditions**: enjoy one day off each month as an ADO, annual leave loading (a bonus extra payment of 17.5%) and 14 weeks’ paid parental leave for eligible employees
- **Salary packaging and novated leasing**: you can access up to $2782 extra per year in your pay
- **Wellbeing programs**: discounted gym memberships and special rates on private health insurance
- **Commitment to career development**: Expansive free online training, talent programs, study leave and internal development opportunities to accelerate your career

Further information on our wide range of benefits is available here.

**Eligibility Requirements**
- Meet essential requirements as outlined in the Position Description and ensure they are referenced in answers to targeted questions, or in your resume.

**How to Apply**
- Attach your resume and provide answers to the Targeted Questions below.

**Targeted Questions**
- Provide extensive detail of your clinical experience commensurate with the position description. Include in your response details of any speciality work such as paediatric, neuromuscular, high-risk conditions, scoliosis, plagio etc..
- Demonstrated ability to undertake professional supervision and promote professional proficiency and development of other clinical staff.
- Demonstrated leadership of a Prosthetic/Orthotic team. What challenges did you face and how did you motivate your team to succeed.
- Provide details around a quality project you lead. What was the project and how did you demonstrate success of the project and improvements to patient outcomes.

**We are Diverse and Inclusive**

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**COVID-19 Vaccination Compliance**

All NSW Health workers are required to have completed an up-to-date course of a COVID-19 vaccine (3 doses for Category A roles) which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the COVID-19 vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate.

Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate.

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