Job summary
To deliver SAFE, PERSONAL and EFFECTIVE patient care daily. You should be an enthusiastic and motivated plaster technician with an existing British Casting Certificate and recent experience in a plaster room in an acute hospital setting. The successful applicant would work as a team player within our busy plaster room environment within our orthopaedic outpatients department. The majority of working would be carried out on the Royal Blackburn site. However, flexibility and cross site working at our Burnley General Hospital site may also be required.
The post holder will provide a full range of casts and splints for patients’ being treated by the Trust. This includes but is not limited to patients’ visiting the Emergency Department, adult and paediatric trauma and orthopaedic wards (on both site’s), specialised theatre support, the fracture and orthopaedic clinics and the Nurse Dressing clinic on a daily basis.
Main duties of the job
Please see attached document outlining all role requirements for this vacancy.
Exciting opportunity to join our busy orthopaedic outpatients’ department and undertake the role of plaster technician and all that this requires.
Person Specification
British Casting Certificate
Essential
- Must have British Casting Certificate
- Good Orthopaedic knowledge / experience
- Excellent communicate skill’s, verbal, written and electronic
- Able to to communicate effectively with all MDT.
- Proven ability to work as a team member.
- Demonstrate a sympathetic approach when dealing with colleagues and patients
- Able to prioritise, plan and organise workload.
- Able to adapt to the changing needs of the service.
- Demonstrate ability to use own initiative and work without close supervision.
- Able to deal with confidential information in an appropriate manner.
Desirable
- Mentorship/Teaching Qualification
- Willingness to undertake future study for own professional development and service needs
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: 18 August 2026
