Key responsibilities include selecting, applying, removing, and maintaining various types of casts, measuring and fitting braces and splints, ensuring proper limb positioning, and providing patient education regarding care for casts and splints. The technician will also be expected to recognize and report any signs of wound infection or inflammation. This permanent position is part of a weekly rota from Monday to Friday.
We have an exciting opportunity to join our friendly Orthopaedic Plaster Technician Team.
This is a full-time permanent post, and will require the cross-cover at both St Helier and Epsom Hospitals, as part of a weekly rota Monday - Friday.
You will be responsible for supporting the fracture clinics during the morning and the elective clinics / ward patients during the afternoon.
You must have completed your BOA Orthopaedic Practitioner qualification and have experience of working in an acute hospital.
Please do not apply if you do not have your BOA Orthopaedic Practitioner qualification - we are not currently accepting trainees
1. In consultation with the treating clinician select, apply, remove and maintain casts made of plaster, plastic resins or other materials in the Plaster room or within other wards or departments at Epsom and St Helier Hospital.
2. To measure and apply braces and splints according to requests.
3. To ensure that limbs are correctly positioned before, during and after the application of casts.
4. Apply and remove all plaster casts without direct supervision.
5. Provide information to patients and their carers on all aspect of care for their casts/splints in relation to their condition, both oral and written.
6. Recognise symptoms of wound infections or inflammations and report to the nurse in charge.
About us
Please see the attached job description for further details of the requirements for this post.
For further information please contact - Orthopaedic Technician Manager.
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