Plaster Room Practitioner - West Bromwich, United Kingdom - Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

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West Bromwich, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The plaster room provides a comprehensive Orthopaedic and Trauma plaster service for Fracture and orthopaedic clinic, outpatients, orthopaedics(adult and children) Theatres and paediatric physiotherapists.

The post holder needs to be professionally accountable and work according to the (AOP) Association of orthopaedic practitioners code of professional practice in

The assessment of care and health education needs

The development implementation and evaluation of programmes of care including discharge planning for each patient.

To provide instruction to patients and carers regarding plaster care and encourage patient and 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 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.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff.

Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

We have three newly emerging strategic objectives: