Orthopaedic Practitioner (Plaster Technician)

Ekhuft; Tenterden; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated Band 5 Orthopaedic Plaster Technician. This role involves assessing and managing patient care in a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high-quality care and service delivery in a flexible environment.

Qualifications

• Must hold BOA Casting Certificate.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills required.
• Experience in patient care desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assess individual patient care needs.
• Implement and evaluate care plans.
• Provide plastering service across various departments.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Flexibility

Education

BOA Casting Certificate

Job description

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated Band 5 Orthopaedic Plaster Technician with BOA Casting Certificate and with excellent communication skills to work as part of the Fracture Clinic team.

Fracture Clinic is a diverse, multidisciplinary environment which requires flexible and adaptable skills, an aptitude to learn and a motivation to develop your own skills.

If you are a dynamic individual who enjoys a challenge and would like to join a team who are passionate about providing high quality care to their patients, then we want to hear from you.

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, motivated and committed to give high quality care and be able to work autonomously as well as part of a team. You will consistently ensure that a patient's privacy, dignity and psychological well-being is maintained, and at all times, the care given is patient centred.

You need to have excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills. We require individuals who are forward thinking, well organised and with a positive attitude towards flexibility and change.

This is a 37.5 hour post working in Fracture Clinic. The successful candidate will be responsible for assessing individual patient care needs and developing, implementing and evaluating plans of care in accordance with agreed policies and professional guidelines and providing a plastering service for the orthopaedic ward, clinics, theatres, fracture clinics and Emergency department.

• Work autonomously undertaking holistic assessment examination in order to implement management plans for patients.
• Use specialist knowledge and skills to provide treatment to patients attending the Plaster Room and to assist the Lead Orthopaedic Practitioner on the development of new and current services.
• To work closely with the Lead Nurse, Managers and the Multidisciplinary Team to provide high quality and cost effective patient focused services.
• Participate in the delivery of formal and informal teaching and act as a resource for education and development within the service
• To work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
  
  

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alli Smith Job title: Fracture Clinic Service Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01233 616799

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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