An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Orthopaedic Practitioner to join the Plaster Room team at CHFT.
The Orthopaedic clinics at CHFT are looking for an orthopaedic casting technician who holds the British Orthopaedic Association Plaster Certificate and has recent experience of working in a demanding plaster room environment providing support to Trauma and Orthopaedic clinics as well as trauma in- patients.
Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate their skills and knowledge in a wide wide range of casting skills with Plaster of Paris and Synthetic materials.
The ability to work under pressure, independently and autonomously and in a timely manner to avoid patients waiting unnecessarily must be evidenced.
The post will require flexibility of hours across the working week between the hours of 8.00am and 18:00.
Main duties of the job
- To provide instruction to patients/carersregarding plaster care and encourage patient/carer involvement.
- To ensure practice in casting and bracing techniques throughout the Trust is underpinned by best practice/evidence-based practice incorporating current advances in casting care.
- To ensure patients safety, comfort, privacy, and dignity are always maintained.
- To contribute to the effective structure of clinics.
- To maintain a professional attitude in approach and appearance.
- To network effectively with similarly qualified colleagues to ensure best practice.
- To keep appraised of current advances in casting care and facilitate their implementation for the benefit of the patients.
- To support, supervise and provide educational direction to clinic staff working within the Plaster Room environment.
- Knowledge of incident reporting and requirements for root cause analysis
- To maintain all equipment and consumables required for the Plaster Room to function effectively and safely.
- To assist in controlling stock limits, requisitioning departmental stores and equipment.
- To ensure all equipment is functional and meets service
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- British Casting Certificate Qualification (BOA)
- GCSE Maths and English (Grades A-C / Grade 4-9) or equivalent.
- Evidence of recent continuing professional development
Desirable
- Tissue Viability qualification or equivalent
- Wound Management qualification or equivalent
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Significant experience working in outpatient plaster room or equivalent
- Supervision and mentoring trainee plaster technicians
- Evidence of practical experience in the application to plaster casts and splints
- Recent relevant practical experience in care of children requiring serial casting
- Up to date casting skills for a variety of limb needs
- Competent at Infection Control to reduce risk of bone infection and care of wound/limbs in the plaster room environment
- Prevention of Pressure Ulcer under casts
- In depth knowledge of variety of casts and sharing of best practice to patients, carers and colleagues
- Care planning and competent computer skills (using EPR)
- Up to date with safeguarding in relation to adults and Child Protection
- Documentation Skills
- Care planning and competent computer skills (using EPR)
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential
- Enthusiasm and passion for orthopaedics/ plaster room and care of casts/limb splints
- Personal Resilience to manage stress
- Team player
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrate Trust Values and Behaviours
- Flexible and ability to adapt and respond to unplanned casting needs (e.g. acute A&E or theatres)
- Ability to prioritise workload in plaster room
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 26 January 2026
