Orthopaedic Practitioner/Trainee Orthopaedic Practitioner

Orthopaedic Practitioner/Trainee Orthopaedic Practitioner Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Orthopaedic Practitioner to join the Fracture Clinic Plaster room team, at the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (RDUH) Eastern site.

Main duties of the job

As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be involved in the provision of specialist casting and post operative wound care, predominantly to Trauma & Orthopaedic patients. However, the post holder will also engage in the delivery of a same day casting service to Plastics Trauma, Diabetic Podiatry patients, and ED MUA clinics when required.

The post holder will also be required to assist in the delivery of training and education to areas within the Trust who use Plaster of Paris, and to provide expert patient/carer/staff advice when a cast is applied.

We would also consider taking on a Trainee Orthopaedic Practitioner, to undertake significant self-directed study to complete the BOA casting framework syllabus, in addition to working clinically within the Plaster room, following a 5 week assessment period at Stanmore Orthopaedic Hospital. Unregistered staff will be uplifted to a Band 5 once the BOA has been successfully completed within the specified timeframe. The post holder will be required to successfully pass their BCC - in order to become an independent Orthopaedic Practitioner.

Working Pattern: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Person Specification General Requirements

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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

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust