Orthopaedic Practitioner

Orthopaedic Practitioner - Band 4

Orthopaedic Centre Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Band 4 (£29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rata)

Full Time

Permanent

Orthopaedic Centre

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and patient-focused Orthopaedic Practitioner to join our busy Orthopaedic Centre. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with an interest in orthopaedic and trauma care. The role is primarily based within the Plaster Room, where you will provide specialist casting, splinting, and orthopaedic support to patients attending fracture and elective orthopaedic clinics. The successful candidate will also support the nursing team in the delivery of outpatient clinics.

The post holder will provide support to orthopaedic ward and theatre services as required. We welcome applications from both experienced Orthopaedic Practitioners and newly qualified practitioners. The successful candidate will be supported through a structured induction and competency-based development programme to enable them to deliver safe and effective patient care across the Orthopaedic Centre.

We are seeking an individual who demonstrates excellent communication skills, a compassionate approach to patient care, and a commitment to delivering high-quality services within a busy clinical setting.

• Deliver a high-quality plaster room service for patients attending the Orthopaedic Centre.
• Apply, adjust, remove, and maintain a range of casts, splints, braces, and orthopaedic appliances.
• Assess patients for cast-related complications and take appropriate action within scope of practice.
• Support clinicians and nursing staff during fracture and orthopaedic clinics.
• Assist with clinic preparation, patient flow, and follow-up arrangements.
• Provide patients and carers with education regarding cast care, mobility, and recovery.
• Support orthopaedic ward teams with casting requirements and orthopaedic interventions.
• Assist with theatre-related orthopaedic support, including post-operative splinting and casting, when required.
• Maintain accurate and timely patient records.
• Work collaboratively with consultants, nurses, therapists, theatre teams, and administrative staff to ensure the delivery of safe and effective patient care.
• Good record-keeping and IT skills.
• Ability to deliver compassionate, patient-centred care.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff.

As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please…