Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Plaster Technician
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Plaster Technician
If you have any questions on the role, please contact Karen Taylor.
About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join our team of plaster technicians. We are a very busy orthopaedic outpatients department at Mid Yorkshire NHS Teaching Trust. We have clinics Trustwide at Pinderfields, Pontefract, and Dewsbury hospitals.
You will predominantly be based at Pinderfields, which is our busiest site, providing a wide range of plaster services for adults and children. We have trauma (fracture) and elective clinics for both the adult and paediatrics.
The ideal candidate will have experience as a qualified plaster technician and be competent in carrying out all aspects of the plaster technician role.
Main Duties
- To work with the multi-disciplinary team to provide a patient-centred casting service.
- To remove and apply a wide range of plaster casts and orthosis to adults and children.
- To undertake uncomplicated wound care and serial casting in a wide range of settings including the outpatient clinics, wards, and theatres, also supporting the emergency department when required.
- Able to manage own time and workload effectively and proactively engage with professional development to maintain their skills and expertise.
Essential Person Specification Requirements
- Registered holder of the British Casting Certificate (BCC) SCQF Level 8 Diploma (formerly BOA(SON)/AOT qualification) or equivalent.
- Able to demonstrate continuing professional development.
- 5 GCSE grade C or equivalent.
- Experienced in the application of a wide range of plaster casts.
- Experienced in the application of orthotic devices.
- Able to work in the multi-disciplinary team.
- Experienced in giving appropriate advice to patients regarding their plaster cast / orthosis.
- Up-to-date knowledge of current casting issues and practices.
- Knowledge of trauma and orthopaedic conditions and treatment options.
- Knowledge of casting techniques.
- Awareness of own limitations.
- Excellent level of knowledge of the musculo-skeletal system.
- Excellent understanding of patient care needs.
- Able to plan, assess, implement, and evaluate patient care.
- Prioritise tasks appropriately.
- Excellent communication & interpersonal skills.
- Promotes patient education.
- Ability to work under pressure.
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Be Part of MY Team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
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Our Benefits
- Access to the NHS pension plan.
- Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service.
- Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services.
- Extensive benefits and support, including:
- Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme.
- Home electronics scheme.
- Cycle to work scheme - subject to eligibility criteria.
- Car lease salary sacrifice scheme - subject to eligibility criteria.
- Working carers support and advice, carers network, and carers passport.
- Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies.
- Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality.
- Career progression, training, and support.
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