Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustAre you caring & compassionate?
Are you flexible and dynamic?
If so, we would love you to join our orthopaedics practitioner team.
As a member of our close-knit team, you will have excellent communication and organisational skills, managing your workload while working as part of a technical and clinical team.
The role involves working in our orthopaedic clinic across sites at Preston and Chorley.
This is an 18-month trainee role, where you will be paid as a Band 3 and move to Band 4 upon completion of training and competencies.
There will be an expectation for you to be fully committed to learning and training throughout the role.
In return, we will support you through the courses and in-house training to meet the relevant competencies required.
Main Duties of the JobAs an integral member of our orthopaedic practitioner team, you will play a vital role in supporting clinics.
General duties include:
Being a great communicator and team player.Covering hours between 8am - 6pm Monday to Friday with some weekend cover.Providing a comprehensive, efficient casting and splinting service to the trauma and orthopaedics directorate.Supporting all consultants, wards, clinics, and theatres across the department and both sites.Receiving practical and theoretical instruction while working alongside the Qualified Plaster Technician to gain experience in casting application.Being prepared to undertake the British Casting Certificate course after receiving a minimum of 12 months casting application experience.About UsWe have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients.
Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area and give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely makes a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You will have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fantastic people, and do things you'd never have done.
You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
Our values define who we are and how we behave: Caring and compassionate: We treat everyone with dignity and respect, doing everything we can to show we care.Recognising individuality: We respect, value, and respond to every person's individual needs.Seeking to involve: We will always involve patients in making decisions about their care and treatment and are always open and honest.Team working: We work together as one team and involve patients, families, and other services to provide the best care possible.Taking personal responsibility: We each take personal responsibility to give the highest standards of care and deliver a service we can always be proud of.Job ResponsibilitiesContribute to the assessment, implementation, and evaluation of care to meet patients' needs in accordance with agreed local and national standards and evidence-based guidelines under supervision.Support and provide patient education and health promotion.Support the delivery and co-ordination of care through appropriate professional practice.Contribute to the management of risk and maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety, and security legislation, policies, procedures, and guidelines.Communicate all relevant information to the multidisciplinary team internally and with external organisations as required to ensure seamless care.Maintain accurate and complete records of all care activities in a timely manner, adhering to local and professional standards for documentation.Person SpecificationKnowledge & ExperienceExperience in healthcare/orthopaedics.Understanding of the plaster technician role.Previous experience working in a plaster room.Qualifications & EducationGCSE English and Maths.Willingness to undertake additional learning and development courses.Evidence of continued role development.Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 NameLancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
£24,071 to £29,114 a year.
Band 3 Training, Band 4 following completion of competencies.
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