Job overview

Band 4 or 5 Role Dependent on Experience 

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:

• 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. 

Working for our organisation

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.