Senior Orthopaedic Practitioner

Lead Orthopaedic Practitioner - Plaster Room

Are you ready to take the lead in a dynamic and highly skilled team? We're looking for an inspiring professional to head up our dedicated Orthopaedic Practitioner team within our busy plaster room service.

You'll play a pivotal role in delivering a comprehensive Orthopaedic and Trauma plaster service, supporting patients across a wide range of clinical areas. Our service is integral to Fracture and Orthopaedic clinics, Outpatients, the Emergency Department, and Orthopaedic theatres (both adult and paediatric). You'll also collaborate closely with specialist services including the Diabetic Foot Clinic and Paediatric Physiotherapy.

This is an exciting opportunity to combine clinical expertise with leadership, driving high standards of patient care while supporting and developing a motivated and passionate team.

If you're looking to make a real impact in a fast-paced, collaborative environment - we'd love to hear from you., As a Senior Orthopaedic Practitioner Band 6 in Orthopaedic outpatients you would have responsibilities like:

o Coordinating the daily activities of the Clinic and plaster room.

o Working with the speciality team in deciding the clinic rota and allocation of staff according to skill mix.

o Be able to help the team with complex clinical and non-clinical situations arising in a day to day basis.

o Coordinate plaster room services ensuring cover for fracture clinic, Tau, Wards, and various speciality teams.

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

By working together, we make a real difference for our patients, each other, and our community. Every role matters in delivering the exceptional, person-centred care we're proud of.

We're committed to a compassionate, inclusive culture where kindness is championed, differences are valued, and diversity makes us stronger.

We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential. We prioritise staff wellbeing - and yes, we even have a pool!

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