Senior Orthopaedic Practitioner

Jarrodean Healthcare Recruitment; St Martin; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation allowance

Staff accommodation on-site

Annual bonus £1,605

Job summary

Jarrodean Healthcare Recruitment seeks suitably experienced Orthopaedic Practitioners or Registered Nurses to join the Orthopaedic Outpatient team at the major health facility on Guernsey. Essential British Casting Certificate and recent casting experience are required.

The role reports to the Outpatient Manager and involves managing the plaster room staff, delivering the casting/splinting service, and performing skilled cast and brace applications/removals including complex theatre cases.

Qualifications

• British Casting Certificate is essential.
• Registered Nurse or experienced Orthopaedic Practitioner required.
• Current or recent Casting role experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Take management responsibility for plaster room staff daily.
• Deliver casting/splinting service across a wide patient group.
• Apply and remove casts/braces, including complex theatre applications (e.g. scoliosis jackets, hip spicas).

Skills

Casting experience

Staff supervision

Education

British Casting Certificate

Registered Nurse

Job description

Applications are invited from suitably experienced and qualified Orthopaedic Practitioners to join the busy Orthopaedic Outpatient team at the major health facility on the beautiful Island of Guernsey, in the Channel Islands. Applicants must be experienced Orthopaedic Practitioners or Registered Nurses and hold the British Casting Certificate as essential.

Reporting to the Outpatient Manager, you will:

• Take management responsibility for staff within the plaster room on a daily basis, prioritising the workload and delegating appropriately
• Delivery of the casting/splinting service provision across a wide and varied patient group
• Be responsible for the skilled application and removal of casts and braces, including complex applications in Theatre i.e. Scoliosis jackets, hip spicas.

Please note; Guernsey has adopted the AfC banding system, but have applied their own salary scales. The current Band 5 salary range is £38,744 to £49,970 plus an annual bonus of £1,605 and higher unsocial hours enhancements; 36% evening/Saturday and 72% Sunday/BH. Annual leave starts at 36 days up to 42 days with full credit for NHS service for annual leave and sick leave.

The island of Guernsey is in the Channel Islands and has a population of 65,000. It has some of Britain's finest and best-kept beaches, an especially mild and sunny climate, and an offbeat, historic harbor town in St. Peter's Port, the island's capital.

This unique integrated health service delivers a diverse range of services including diagnosing and treating patients in the island's acute hospital complex, and supporting people with in the wider community. Providing excellent care, supported by modern equipment and reliant on Healthcare professionals recruited to a high standard.

Person requirements:

• Registered Nurse or experienced Orthopaedic Practitioner
• Completion of the British Casting Certificate (formerly known as the BOA/RCN (SOTN) AOT Casting Techniques Certificate)
• Current or recent experience in a Casting role is essential

The benefits of working in Guernsey include:

• A higher-than-UK salary.
• A generous bonus scheme £1,605annually
• A flat rate 20% income tax.
• No Council tax or VAT
• A relocation payment of £5,000*
• On-site Staff Accommodation or a generous allowance for private rental accommodation*
• A continental lifestyle, where the people are friendly, and crime is very low.

*Full T&C in relocation directive