Orthotists and Prosthetists - FOI Response Register

1. Do you directly employ (i.e., directly pay the salary) HCPC registered Prosthetists and Orthotists? Please select one of the most appropriate response/s below selected.

      No, the orthotic service has been commissioned from an external supplier

Please note if you do not have a P&O service at your Trust, you do not need to provide any further information. If you have a contracted service please continue.

2. Do you directly employ any other prosthetic and orthotic staff? I would like the most appropriate response/s below selected. If other – please explain this response

Technicians (manufacturing)

Other – administration staff

3. Please confirm how many HCPC registered Prosthetists and Orthotists are employed in your service. Please express this as whole time equivalent (WTE) where 5 days is equal to 1, 1/2 day is equal to 0.1 WTE, 1 day is equal to 0.2 WTE, 2 days is equal to 0.4 WTE etc.

For example, if you have 3 Orthotists each providing 1 day per week, the response would be 0.6

N/A

4. Please confirm how many HCPC registered Prosthetists and Orthotists make up the WTE response provided for Q.3.

Using the example given in Q3. Your response would be 3 Orthotists and 0 Prosthetists.

 N/A

5. What is the number of non-registered clinical support staff employed within the service? Please express this as whole time equivalent (WTE) where 5 days is equal to 1, 1/2 day is equal to 0.1 WTE, 1 day is equal to 0.2 WTE, 2 days is equal to 0.4 WTE etc.

For example, if you have 3 support workers each providing 1 day per week, the response would be 0.6 WTE

1 WTE

6. Please confirm the hours per day the service is open ( if the hours vary please provide the average opening hours)

  09:00-16.30

7. Please confirm the number of days the service runs per week.

5

8. Which days of the week is the service open including weekends?

Orthotist led clinics tend to run on a 6 weekly cycle with Clinic days Mon-Weds but with some variation.

Repairs and reissue happen mon-Friday as appropriate

9. Are you closed on bank holidays?

Yes

10. What is the current number of learners supported by the service per week? Please express this as whole time equivalent (WTE). For example if you have a learner with you full time for 12 weeks, this will work out as follows:

37.5 x 12 = 450 total hours

Divide this by 52 to get the weekly hours = 8.6

Divide this by 37.5 to get the WTE = 0.2

Using this example your answer would be 0.2 WTE.

If you had 3 learners all doing a full time 12-week placement the answer would be 0.6 WTE.

Note:

Learners may be students on block placements, apprentices on practice-based learning outside of their main employment (e.g. an apprentice employed by an orthotic department attending a prosthetic practice-based learning setting.

None

11. Does your service have any of the following which may be a barrier to learner support capacity? If other, please specify. Please select as many of these options as apply to your service.

No trained practice educators

Other – service model does not support students.

12. What model of practice-based learning do you offer? Please reply by using as many of the options below that apply. If other, please specify

None

13. What are your department plans to sustain or improve the ability of your service to support learners in practice-based learning settings? Please indicate as many of the options below that apply.

Link in with our AHP and wider colleagues to support our learners in practice-based learning settings