Plaster Room Technician

NHS; Colchester; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Colchester seeks a Plaster Room Technician for the Outpatients Fracture Clinic. Responsibilities include assisting daily management in the plaster room and engaging in self-directed learning. Candidates should have experience in nursing trauma patients and a British Casting Course Certificate (BCC). This role offers a salary range of £27,485 to £30,162 per annum pro rata.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Experience nursing Trauma and Orthopaedic patients.
• Participated in audit and have proven acute experience in the plaster room.
• Willingness to undertake further education.

Responsibilities

• Assist in daily management within the Plaster Room.
• Engage in self-directed learning.
• Perform general clinic duties as needed.

Skills

Healthcare experience

Wound care

IT literacy

Education

British Casting Course Certificate (BCC)

Job description

Plaster Room Technician

The closing date is 23 November 2025.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Plaster Room Technician working within the Outpatients Fracture Clinic, based at Colchester General Hospital.

You will undertake in‑house supervised practice following attendance at RNOH Stanmore to complete the registered casting course and qualify as an Orthopaedic Technician (BCC).

Providing technical and professional support within clinical areas, wards, theatres and Emergency Department. Ensuring effective development of the casting/orthotics service within the Musculoskeletal CDG. Band 3–4 Development Role may be considered for the right applicant.

Main duties of the job

• Assist with the efficient daily management of activity within the Plaster Room of the Fracture and Orthopaedic Clinic.
• Undertake self‑directed learning.
• Actively take direction within the trainee role.
• Understand limitations of responsibility and right to act during the training period.
• Assist in general clinic duties where indicated.

About us

We are East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) and provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across East Suffolk and North Essex.

Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff with a wide range of training and development opportunities, flexible working options, a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic, a digital transformation that will bring the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

• Recently worked within a healthcare setting.
• Experience of nursing Trauma and Orthopaedic patients.
• Participation in audit.
• Proven acute experience within the plaster room setting.
• Experience of acute setting.

Qualifications

• Possesses or awaiting results for British Casting Course Certificate (BCC).
• BCC Code of Conduct.
• Willingness to undertake further education.

Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of evidence based practice.
• A & P knowledge to undertake appropriate casting skills to ensure safe patient pathway.
• Evidence of wound care.
• IT literate.
• Nursing care of acute trauma and orthopaedic patients.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum pro rata