Orthopaedic Practitioner Trainee - Basingstoke, United Kingdom - Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Basingstoke, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

An exciting opportunity has become available within the orthopaedic outpatient department, as a trainee Orthopaedic Practitioner.

The Orthopaedic Practitioner Trainee is a member of the plaster room team which primarily serves the orthopaedic and fracture clinics and the inpatient orthopaedic wards.

The post holder will be required to work under the supervision of the Orthopaedic Practitioner, although at times and with experience, they may be asked to work unsupervised on casts dependent upon skills.

They must not carry out any procedure they have not received in-house training for.

The Orthopaedic Practitioner Trainee will be encouraged to undertake the distance learning programme in plaster technology.

To provide inpatients and outpatients with a casting service which meet the requirements of the patient's injury.
The post holder will undertake the role of trainee to the existing Orthopaedic Practitioners.
To fit and instruct patients on the use of appliances such as aircast boots, TROMS, joint support braces
To support the running of both elective and fracture clinics
This post is to work cross site

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient.

Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital.

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally.

We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs over 8,600 staff and has a turnover of over £450 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

We expect the post holder to uphold the trust's CARE values:
COMPASSION caring about our patients and our staff

ACCOUNTABLE and responsible, always improving

RESPECT for all colleagues, patients and their families

ENCOURAGING and challenging each other to always do our best

For further information about this role, please refer to the attached Job Description and Personal Specification document.