Introduction

opcare is one of the largest providers of prosthetic and orthotic services to the NHS in the UK with over 70,000 patients.Working in partnership with the NHS in locations throughout the UK. opcare was founded in 1989, and now has over 250 employees.

Our services involve the design, manufacture and fitting of artificial limbs (prostheses) to over 25% of NHS users of prosthetics - more than 15,000 people. In the orthotics service, our orthotists prescribe 'orthotics' - orthopaedic appliances used to support, align, prevent, or correct posture or to improve the function  of the body.

Focus on: Postural Mobility

Learn more about our postural mobility services - specialist seating, wheelchair provision and servicing.

opcare is the only company providing NHS prosthetic services to be run by a Prosthetist. Our highly qualified and experienced specialists are experts in prosthetics.

opcare employs the prosthetists and technicians who manufacture the artificial limbs (prostheses). We also provide all of the support functions, such as logistics, Human Resources and quality management. We work in partnership with NHS Consultants, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Rehabilitation Engineers and NHS Managers.

opcare is a company focused on delivering high quality prosthetics services through its dedicated staff. We have been recognised for our approach to professional development with the Investors in People standard.

Our focus is on patient care and we use the latest technology in computer aided design, manufacture and management information systems to support our approach.

Recruitment
We currently have a vacancy for a Prosthetist in Exeter, a prosthetist in Manchester and a prosthetist in Ireland.
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opcare provides orthotic services for the NHS clinics throughout the UK.

We work with the NHS to provide this essential service. A growing number of patients with long term conditions and rehabilitative needs rely on this service to enhance their mobility and improve their quality of life.

Our clinics are based in NHS Hospitals, schools for children with special needs, GP practices and community hospitals.

Our highly skilled orthotists are supported by our senior management team based in Abingdon. Our orthotists have access to the latest technology both for scanning and manufacturing orthotic devices.

We work to the international medical quality standard  ISO 13485, which is specific for medical devices.

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We are please to announce a new contract award - to provide prosthetic and orthotic services to Colchester Hospital - starting in June 2013
opcare also provides postural mobility services, involving the manufacture of special seating and wheelchair provision and wheelchair servicing.

These are complex services which we provide to NHS patients in partnership with NHS therapists.

opcare has worked in partnership with the NHS to develop and design a service capable of meeting the ever changing needs of the client. We have state of the art manufacturing capabilities with the latest robot carving technology to support specialist seating design and manufacture.

We understand how fundamental our service can be for patients, and we focus on continual improvement and exceeding each patient's expectations.
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