About this role
Job summary
Lead Orthopaedic Practitioner - Plaster Room
Are you ready to take the lead in a dynamic and highly skilled team? We're looking for an inspiring professional to head up our dedicated Orthopaedic Practitioner team within our busy plaster room service.
You'll play a pivotal role in delivering a comprehensive Orthopaedic and Trauma plaster service, supporting patients across a wide range of clinical areas. Our service is integral to Fracture and Orthopaedic clinics, Outpatients, the Emergency Department, and Orthopaedic theatres (both adult and paediatric). You'll also collaborate closely with specialist services including the Diabetic Foot Clinic and Paediatric Physiotherapy.
This is an exciting opportunity to combine clinical expertise with leadership, driving high standards of patient care while supporting and developing a motivated and passionate team.
If you're looking to make a real impact in a fast-paced, collaborative environment - we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Orthopaedic Practitioner Band 6 in Orthopaedic outpatients you would have responsibilities like:
o Coordinating the daily activities of the Clinic and plaster room.
o Working with the speciality team in deciding the clinic rota and allocation of staff according to skill mix.
o Be able to help the team with complex clinical and non-clinical situations arising in a day to day basis.
o Coordinate plaster room services ensuring cover for fracture clinic, Tau, Wards, and various speciality teams.
Please see the job description for further information.
About us
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.
We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.
By working together, we make a real difference for our patients, each other, and our community. Every role matters in delivering the exceptional, person-centred care we're proud of.
We're committed to a compassionate, inclusive culture where kindness is championed, differences are valued, and diversity makes us stronger.
We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential. We prioritise staff wellbeing - and yes, we even have a pool!
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Job description Job responsibilities
Come and lead our highly motivated team of orthopaedic practitioners. The plaster room provides a comprehensive Orthopaedic and Trauma plaster service for Fracture and Orthopaedic clinics, Outpatients, Accident & Emergency department, Orthopaedic (adult and children) Theatres, Diabetic foot clinic and Paediatric Physiotherapist.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registration with the BOA
Desirable
British casting certificate gained
Knowledge Essential
At least 5 years' experience as a plaster technician.
Desirable
Be working towards specialist level of experience in paediatric casting skills.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Address Royal United Hospitals Bath
Combe Park
Bath
BA1 3NG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)