Lead Plaster and Orthopaedic Practitioner

at  The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

We are seeking a Lead Technician to manage our Plaster Service in the Orthopaedic Outpatient Department.
Do you have experience of working and running a Plaster Service / Orthopaedic Outpatient Department and are able to help drive forward innovations and deliver high quality care to our patients?
If so, this may be the ideal role for you.
The role is looking for a confident individual with excellent communication skills and is keen to teach, support and develop staff. They will be expected to act as a role model, clearly demonstrating excellent clinical skills.
Responsible for managing the day to day clinical activities carried out in the Plaster room and Orthopaedic OPD.
Responsibility for shift management and ensuring appropriate staff and skill mix for the plaster service on a daily basis to ensure excellent delivery of patient care.
Act as a role model for junior members of the team in the delivery of high standards of care.
Manage complaints and queries from staff, patients and relatives.
Be professionally competent and credible within the role.
Deliver individualised direct patient care.
Deliver education to a wide range of staff in all aspects of wound prevention and management.
Work autonomously and as part of a team.
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
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