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SalaryWorking as a Band 4 Plaster Technician you will be involved in the care of patients who need casting and other orthopaedic devices in their treatment. You will also be working with other Trained Practitioners and the Multi-disciplinary team.
This is a chance for a motivated individual to join a thriving team and help develop the service and give out standing care to our patients.
The British Orthopaedic casting certificate is essential for this role.
If you would like more information, please contact Unit Co-ordinator Gail Boughen on 01284 713309.
Working in clinics with the muti disciplinary team.
Helping with wound care
Applying and removing casts
Working in the virtual fracture clinic
Helping develop new staff
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
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Please see job description for full details.
- Ensure effective communication takes place between patients and their advocates, all departmental staff, the relevant multidisciplinary team and including community staff or other relevant agencies.
- Ability to use tact, discretion and reassurance when dealing with barriers to communication.
- To assist the team in ensuring that a comprehensive casting and splinting service is provided and developed to meet the requirements of the Trust.
- To assess each patient individually and to contribute to the care plan under supervision.
- Provide appropriate walking aids and teach the correct use to the patients under supervision.
- To assist in the application of traction in Theatre and wards under supervision.
- To act as patient advocate.
- To provide information and support to patients, relatives/carers, as appropriate, liaising with the multidisciplinary team as required.
- Ensure written documentation in patient's records of all treatments provided.
- To be able to work supervised within the remit of the orthopaedic technician.
- Give patients advice on health and related conditions in the prevention of complications and future problems.
- To maintain Trust policies/procedures to ensure safe practice. To contribute in the development of the departments operational policy and standards with the aim to continually improve the quality of care.
- To communicate with the multi-disciplinary team within orthopaedics outpatients, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and wards.
