NHS
Senior Orthopaedic Practitioner
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Job Description
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- To manage on a day to day running of the plaster room efficiently.
- To manage effectively and efficiently the patient caseload within the plaster room, informing waiting patients of the reason for delays.
- To minimize hazards in the working area and report any identified hazards to the line manger.
- To adhere to all safe systems of work applicable to the work area.
- To undertake risk assessments and implement risk reducing measures. Reporting to the line manager any deficiencies in the arrangements for minimising risk.
- To contribute to the learning needs of staff within the department.
- To support clinic activity in trauma and orthopaedics.
- To undertake any other duties, required by line manager appropriate to the grade and relevant to the post.
- Advocate for the profession
- Time management skills of self and others
- Problem solving
- Ability to influence at management and team level
- British Casting certificate
- level 3 in Health and social care
- ongoing evidence of CPD
- Experience within a Health Care Setting
- Experience of total contact casting
- Experience of serial casting
- Advocate for the profession
- Time management skills of self and others
- Problem solving
- Ability to influence at management and team level
- British Casting certificate
- level 3 in Health and social care
- ongoing evidence of CPD
- Experience within a Health Care Setting
- Experience of total contact casting
- Experience of serial casting
Job summary
To work independently and support qualified staff and Allied health care professionals in the assessment, planning, implementing, evaluation of care of all Trauma and Orthopaedic conditions. Including the application of all casts and braces without direct supervision.
To work independently and support qualified staff and allied health care professionals with wound care without direct supervision.
To undertake removal of all casting and fracture bracing for all orthopaedic & trauma patients within the trust including fracture and orthopaedic clinics, all wards, theatres and emergency department.
The post holder will also clinically supervise the plaster room technician trainee and plaster room support worker in cast application or removal without direct supervision. In the absence of the lead orthopaedic practitioner the post holder will oversea the day to day running of the plaster room.
The post holder will contribute to the development and evaluation of clinics in relation to the plaster room service and trauma & orthopaedic outpatients.
The post holder will act in accordance with the Trust policies and Guidance.
Main duties of the job
Service Delivery:
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Details
Date posted
30 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year pa pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
229-CS-7232236
Job locations
Hereford County Hospital
Stonebow Rd
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.
Job responsibilities
For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential
Education & Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential
Education & Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Additional informationDisclosure 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
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
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Hereford County Hospital
Stonebow Rd
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Hereford County Hospital
Stonebow Rd
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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