The British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists

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NICE in Action – webinar series

Launch of NICE into Action webinar series for Allied Health Professionals (AHPs)

 

Evaluating, improving and evidencing the impact of AHP services in health, care and wellbeing is a priority for AHPs into Action, so we are delighted to share the launch of the NICE into Action webinars.

 

This series of four free webinars from NHS Improvement, NICE and NHS England will help AHPs to:

  • understand and engage with NICE’s work
  • influence guideline development
  • take structured approaches to implementing guidelines and using quality standards
  • support greater uptake of NICE guidance to improve care and outcomes for patients and service-users.

 

The webinars will take place once a month, over lunchtime:

 

Further information on each session is available via the hyperlinks above. The webinars have been designed to complement each other as a series, or accessed as standalone sessions – we hope people will gain the most value by taking part in them all. They can be joined live or viewed afterwards, and registration for each webinar is also via the links above.

 

For more information about CAHPR see their website

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Health Education England / NIHR BRIDGING SCHEME

Are you a Nurse, Midwife, Allied Health Professional, Pharmacist or Healthcare Scientist?

Have you completed or are about to complete a masters level degree or a PhD?

Could you be looking to undertake a PhD or a post-doctoral level fellowship?

Do you want to make a difference through undertaking high quality clinical research?

 

The HEE/NIHR ICA bridging scheme offers a 12 month post-doctoral programme with an individual award of up to  £34,000 and up to £10,000 for the 6 month pre-doctoral programme. It is envisaged that the award will make a contribution towards salary backfill costs, training modules, travel expenses and access to high quality academic mentorship.

Awardees will be released for 50% of their contracted hours to focus on the development of their research career and work towards a successful NIHR fellowship application. The programme  will provide ;-

A dedicated period within which to develop your research proposal to form the basis of an application for a HEE /NIHR ICA doctoral or postdoctoral fellowship or alternative. 

– An opportunity for you to assess your current levels of ‘researcher’ skills and competence allowing you to identify, plan and commence your developmental activity. 

– Access to academic and clinical environments that will encourage you to develop creativity and originality in research design and delivery.

– Engagement with advanced research techniques and knowledge specific to your proposed research. 

– Enhancement of your personal development of written, oral presentation and other communicative abilities required by clinical academic researchers.

– The opportunity to widen your research network links at regional, national and potentially international level.

– Development of the skills and knowledge required for you to become investigators and research leaders of the future.

 

In order to be eligible for the pre-doctoral level bridging scheme, individuals who work within the Integrated Clinical Academic professions must hold a Master’s level qualification (or evidence of postgraduate study at Level 7).

In order to be eligible for the post-doctoral scheme, individuals who work within the Integrated Clinical Academic professions must have completed or are about to complete a PhD and are looking to apply for  a post-doctoral fellowship.

Closing date for applications is 5pm Monday 17th September and interviews will be held on Monday 15th October in Leeds.

 

The programme for pre doctoral will commence with a one and a half day residential workshop in Leeds mid November 2018 and the post doctoral programme will commence in January 2019.

 

For an application form please contact joanne.simpson@researchnorthwest.nhs.uk

For eligibility criteria  http://research.northwest.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/TCC-ICA-Eligible-Professions-and-Registration-Bodies-1.pdf

Or for the website http://research.northwest.nhs.uk/work/the-releasing-potential-programme/hee-nihr-bridging-scheme/

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FORTH presents Contracture Management

Forward Thinking Orthotics (FORTH) presents

CONTRACTURE MANAGEMENT – A REVIEW OF TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

26 JANUARY 2019
CENTRE FOR LIFE , NEWCASTLE

Early Bird Tickets  – £20

 

Book now:

Online: www.forthconference2019.eventbrite.co.uk
Email: lisa.swanston@peacocks.net
Phone: 0191 276 9616

Click here to download the flyer

 

Program

9.00Registration & Refreshments
9.30Welcome
9.35Introduction; What is contracture?
Dr Stephen Ashford
10:05A physiotherapy approach
Sharon Solan, paediatric orthopaedic physiotherapist;
Great North Children’s Hospital
10.25An Orthotic approach
Gary Carden Orthotist, Peacocks Medical Group
10.45What if it isn’t contracture? Tone v contracture;
Jane Gillman Senior physiotherapist North East Regional
Clinical Gait Laboratory
11:05Coffee & Biscuits
11:25Research project; Use of contracture correction devices in
Muscular Dystrophy
Jassi Sodhi; Research Physiotherapist Regional Muscle Team,
Centre For Life
11:45Splinting for the prevention and correction of contractures in adults
with neurological dysfunction. Practice guidelines for occupational
therapists and physiotherapists
Dr Stephen Ashford
12:15Surgical options for contracture management
Mr Antoine De Geldhere FRCS, Consultant paediatric orthopaedic
surgeon, Great North Children's Hospital
12.45Other technologies and applications
Professor Anand D Pandyan Professor of Rehabilitation Technology
13:15Discussion
13:30Lunch

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Health Education England announces prosthetist as the winning career for Pipers Corner School, High Wycombe

Health Education England (HEE) is delighted to announce that four students from Pipers Corner School in High Wycombe have won the Step into the NHS schools’ competition for the Thames Valley and Wessex region.

Freya Gallagher, Cleony Booker, Zoe Fairmann and Christiana Hutchings impressed the judges with their entry to promote the role of a prosthetist. They created an informative poster, highlighting the qualifications, job responsibilities and skills required to be a prosthetist.

This poster, along with others beat more than 1,700 entries across the country, as the competition attracted record numbers of pupils to get involved and learn more about careers in the NHS.

Now in its ninth year, the competition aims to promote the 350 plus careers available in health and social care professions across the NHS and students were tasked with designing an advertisement and job description for their chosen role, working individually or in groups of up to four.

Helen Ness-Gifford, Headmistress of Pipers CornerSchool said:

“I am delighted that Freya, Cleony, Zoe and Christiana have achieved success in the Step into the NHS schools’ competition for the Thames Valley and Wessex region. Through our School Careers Programme we aim to equip the girls with skills for life and encourage them to explore the huge amount of options open to them when they leave school. Taking part in initiatives such as this are a fantastic way of gaining an insight into the world of work.”

Freya, Cleony, Zoe and Christiana said:

“We have learnt that there are so many diverse jobs roles involved in running a hospital, aside from doctors and nurses, and that the NHS is so much broader than we once thought. From cooks to phlebotomists, there are so many different jobs available. Whether you’re a plumber or a social worker, a cardiographer or an ambulance driver, there is a job for you in the NHS. Our group have also learned the details of a prosthetist’s job and how they can change people’s lives.”

Kelly Whitehead, Stakeholder Engagement and Partnership Lead and Tessa Candy, Associate Workforce Transformation Lead for Health Education England said:

“We’d like to congratulate Freya Gallagher, Cleony Booker, Zoe Fairmann, Christiana Hutchings and Pipers Corner School on their fantastic entry. Young people are extremely important to the future of the NHS workforce. It is important that the NHS engages with young people now and lets them know about the wealth of career opportunities.

“There are more than 350 different careers to choose from in health and jobs range from community matron, dietician or public health analyst to a finance manager or web developer. Initiatives such as the schools’ competition really help to raise awareness of this.”