# Orthopaedic Practitioner/Plaster Technician

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust
- **Town:** London
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse practitioner
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £38,488 - £46,852 per annum inc
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-26T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-26T13:34:03.694Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/Trauma_Orthopaedic_Fracture_Clinic/Trauma_Orthopaedic_Fracture_Clinic-v8115002
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8115002?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are looking for a dynamic Orthopaedic Practitioner/plaster technician who can work a team consisting of 2-3 technicians, providing a complete orthopaedic technical service to the Surgical and Anaesthetic Directorate and guidance to any other service group within the Trust.

Can work effectively as a member of the clinic nursing team to ensure the provision of the highest standard of patient and customer care.

You will become part of a talented, dedicated team of people committed to providing the very best in orthopaedic and orthopaedic trauma injury care.

To assist in managing, maintaining and supporting effectively all clinics that run in the Orthopaedic Outpatient Clinic (Fracture Clinic); run alongside orthopaedic surgeons, This includes assisting in planning staffing around clinic templates to ensure the smooth running of the clinics and plaster service for adult and children and help with  Virtual Fracture Clinic.

### Main duties of the job

- Be a part of a team consisting of 2-3 orthopaedic practtioners/ plaster technicians, providing a complete orthopaedic technical service to the Surgical and Anaesthetic Directorate and guidance to any other service group within the Trust.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Ability to demonstrate enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge
- Understanding of own Knowledge and Skills Framework and ability to identify learning needs and interests
- Ability to self reflect, carry out tasks of own job and identify what s/he needs to learn to able to do current job better
- Ability to take an active role in agreed learning activities and keeps a record of them

**Desirable**

- Knowledge about Virtual Fracture clinic

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of working with children 0 – 16 years old
- Ponsetti experience
- Post qualification experience in an outpatient orthopaedic setting

**Desirable**

- With Talipes Experience- working with children 0-16 years old

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- BOA(British Orthopaedic Association Registered
- RCN (RoyalCollege of Nursing) Registered
- AOT(Association of Orthopaedic Technician) Registered
- Ponsetti Course

**Desirable**

- Mentorship course

## Documents

- [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119)
- [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 672.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10410568)
- [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120)

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