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Orthopaedic Practitioner-Fracture Clinic Outpatients | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 06 August 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £28,407 - £34,581 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 September 2024 |
| Location: | Stevenage, SG1 4AB |
| Company: | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6425689/361-6425689 |
Summary
We are recruiting for an Orthopaedic Practitioner for our Fracture Outpatients Clinic who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
If you are seeking a new challenge in your career this could be the opportunity for you at this time.
In the absence of a qualified Orthopaedic Practitioner being successful at interview, we will consider taking on a trainee in a developmental role. As part of the interview we will ask for a clinical demonstration of a basic cast application. If successful, the trainee would work under the supervision of our Orthopaedic Practitioner Lead as a band 4.
The Trainee would be trained in house for the minimum of 1 year. Once ready, the trainee would be sent on a 5 week course to complete the British Casting Certificate (BCC).
On completion of the full course, a PIN will be presented; moving the trainee to a band 5 position.
The department is busy with various learning opportunities and experiences for your career and personal development.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
As a member of the Trauma and Orthopaedic team, you will have various opportunities in developing your skills and knowledge in the Outpatient Department.
You will become an essential part in providing a high standard of research based patient care.
You will be providing support to the team of staff in delivering a quality service that is linked to high standard of patient care.
This is an opportunity to undertake any appropriate training required to support the ongoing training and development. You will also have an opportunity to develop own personal development plans, in line with local /Trust objectives and in conjunction with your annual appraisal.
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care needs of patients attending the Fracture clinic, with the involvement of patient’s and their relatives/carers.
Communicate effectively and work in partnership with patients, the Multidisciplinary Team and all other relevant personnel.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 20 Aug 2024