Trainee Orthopaedic Practitioner

Job overview

The Trainee Orthopaedic Practitioner is a member of the Outpatients team. The post holder will work with qualified Orthopaedic Practitioners the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Princess Royal Hospital and the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital providing support for Fracture and Orthopaedic Clinics, Virtual Fracture Clinic, Emergency Department and wards. The post holder may have to attend other Trust sites during their training to gain the relevant work experience.

The post holder must be highly motivated with excellent communication skills. You need to be willing to learn a variety of new procedures, techniques and have the ability to work as a part of the team to provide the best care for patients.

You will work closely with qualified orthopaedic practitioners and the multi-disciplinary team providing support to all patients that require casting, splinting and wound care. In return you will have the opportunity to develop the skills required and study towards the British Orthopaedic Association’s British Casting Certificate. This is a fully funded residential course run over 6 weeks at Stanmore Orthopaedic Hospital, London.

You will be expected to work as a Band 4 trainee for up to two years gaining the relevant knowledge and experience before starting your casting course. On completion and qualification you will progress to a Band 5 Orthopaedic Practitioner

Main duties of the job

You will primarily work within the plaster room supporting the running of clinics that require plaster room input, you will also need to ensure Orthopaedic inpatients have access to plaster services.

Upon qualification from Stanmore you would be required to complete a set of Trust specific competency based training for certain tasks which you would be supported with as you progress prior to moving to a band 5 Orthopaedic Practitioner.

At University Hospitals Sussex, we are committed to supporting the NHS in becoming the world’s first net zero health service. We have developed our plan using the Care without Carbon framework for sustainable healthcare. Projects that deliver the greatest direct CO2 reduction, as well as cultural change, will be prioritised.

In summary what can we offer you:

Access to ongoing training and continual professional development opportunities.

Best work/life balance so we’ll offer you a supportive and flexible working environment that will allow this.

We have an excellent health and wellbeing support network for all our colleagues, including lots of discounts in local business and hospitality.

Grow your confidence working as part of a team whilst maintaining a high level of autonomy planning care for patients seen in the Plaster room led clinics.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please note: This role does not meet the minimum criteria for visa sponsorship under the current UK immigration rules, which set specific salary and skill thresholds. As such, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. Applicants will therefore need to already have the right to work in the UK to be considered. We include this information at the outset to provide clarity and avoid unnecessary inconvenience for applicants.

If you are applying using a Graduate visa as your right to work, you must have a minimum of 18 months remaining on your visa at time of application.

• Undertake clinical duties relevant to a trainee orthopaedic practitioner role.
• Support your team and yourself to achieve.
• Work alongside qualified colleagues in practitioner led clinics.
• Provide outstanding care to our patients.
• Contribute to maintaining a great work environment where we look after each other.