We hope to be welcoming you to the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals team soon; we've shown you exactly why we're 'a great place to work', now it's time to see for yourself! Have a look at our current vacancies down below and make the first step to starting a fantastic new career. Check out our helpful Application Guide!
You can also look at our recruitment flipbook, an interactive brochure showcasing various entry-level roles. It includes a fun quiz to help you find the right role and links to more information about our hospitals and our fantastic staff.
For roles in our corporate services departments including – Digital Services (I.T), Recruitment, Employment Services, Temporary Staffing, Rostering, Procurement and Finance, these departments are now part of OneLSC and can be found on the ELHT website
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Royal Preston Hospital Town:
Preston Salary:
£24,071 - £29,114 Band 3 Training, Band 4 following completion of competencies Salary period:
Yearly Closing:
26/01/2025 23:59 Interview date:
04/02/2025 Job Overview
Are you caring & compassionate? Are you flexible and dynamic? If so, we would love you to join our orthopaedics practitioner team. As a member of our close-knit team, you will have excellent communication and organisational skills, managing your workload, working as part of a technical and clinical team. The role involves working in our orthopaedic clinic cross-site at Preston and Chorley. This is an 18-month trainee role which you will be paid as a band 3 and move to band 4 on completion of training and competencies. There will be an expectation for you to be fully committed to learning and training throughout the role. In return, we will support you through the courses and in-house training to meet the relevant competencies required. Main Duties of the Job
As an integral member of our orthopaedic practitioner team, you will play a vital role in supporting clinics. General duties include: Being a great communicator and team player. Hours will cover between 8am - 6pm Monday to Friday with some weekend cover. The initial post will be a training post paid as a band 3; rising to a band 4 on completion of the two-year British Orthopaedic Association Diploma in casting. The post holder will be part of a specialised team providing a comprehensive, efficient casting and splinting service to the trauma and orthopaedics directorate. Providing support for all consultants, wards, clinics, and theatres across the department and both sites. The post holder will also receive practical and theoretical instruction and work alongside the Qualified Plaster technician to gain experience in casting application. After receiving a minimum of 12 months casting application experience, be prepared to undertake the British Casting Certificate course. The post holder will be supported through their training by a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and the Registered Plaster Technician. Working for Our Organisation
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria. Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns. You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path. Our values define who we are and how we behave: Caring and compassionate:
We treat everyone with dignity and respect, doing everything we can to show we care. Recognising individuality:
We respect, value and respond to every person’s individual needs. Seeking to involve:
We will always involve patients in making decisions about their care and treatment & are always open and honest. Team working:
We work together as one team, and involve patients, families, and other services, to provide the best care possible. Taking personal responsibility:
We each take personal responsibility to give the highest standards of care and deliver a service we can always be proud of. Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
Contribute to the assessment, implementation and evaluation of care to meet patients’ needs in accordance with agreed local and national standards and evidence-based guidelines under supervision. Support and provide patient education and health promotion. Support the delivery and co-ordination of care, through appropriate professional practice. Contribute to the management of risk and maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines. Communicate all relevant information to the multidisciplinary team internally and with external organisations as required, to ensure seamless care. Maintain accurate and complete records of all care activities, in a timely manner, adhering to local and professional standards for documentation. Person Specification
Knowledge & Experience
Experience in healthcare/orthopaedics Understanding of the plaster technician role Previous experience of working in a plaster room Qualifications & Education
GCSE English and Maths Willing to undertake additional learning and development courses. Evidence of continued role development Thanks for taking the time to view this advert; we’re looking forward to receiving your application. You should be aware that the vacancy may close earlier than the published date if sufficient applications are received so it would be best to apply as soon as you can. We’ll contact you by e-mail to update you on the progress of your application so please check the e-mail account that you applied from (including spam/junk) regularly. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership, neurodiversity or veteran status are encouraged to apply for this post.
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here . Site:
Royal Preston Hospital Town:
Preston Salary:
£24,071 - £29,114 Band 3 Training, Band 4 following completion of competencies Salary period:
Yearly Closing:
26/01/2025 23:59 Interview date:
04/02/2025 Job Overview
Are you caring & compassionate? Are you flexible and dynamic? If so, we would love you to join our orthopaedics practitioner team. As a member of our close-knit team, you will have excellent communication and organisational skills, managing your workload, working as part of a technical and clinical team. The role involves working in our orthopaedic clinic cross-site at Preston and Chorley. This is an 18-month trainee role which you will be paid as a band 3 and move to band 4 on completion of training and competencies. There will be an expectation for you to be fully committed to learning and training throughout the role. In return, we will support you through the courses and in-house training to meet the relevant competencies required. Main Duties of the Job
As an integral member of our orthopaedic practitioner team, you will play a vital role in supporting clinics. General duties include: Being a great communicator and team player. Hours will cover between 8am - 6pm Monday to Friday with some weekend cover. The initial post will be a training post paid as a band 3; rising to a band 4 on completion of the two-year British Orthopaedic Association Diploma in casting. The post holder will be part of a specialised team providing a comprehensive, efficient casting and splinting service to the trauma and orthopaedics directorate. Providing support for all consultants, wards, clinics, and theatres across the department and both sites. The post holder will also receive practical and theoretical instruction and work alongside the Qualified Plaster technician to gain experience in casting application. After receiving a minimum of 12 months casting application experience, be prepared to undertake the British Casting Certificate course. The post holder will be supported through their training by a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and the Registered Plaster Technician. Working for Our Organisation
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria. Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns. You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path. Our values define who we are and how we behave: Caring and compassionate:
We treat everyone with dignity and respect, doing everything we can to show we care. Recognising individuality:
We respect, value and respond to every person’s individual needs. Seeking to involve:
We will always involve patients in making decisions about their care and treatment & are always open and honest. Team working:
We work together as one team, and involve patients, families, and other services, to provide the best care possible. Taking personal responsibility:
We each take personal responsibility to give the highest standards of care and deliver a service we can always be proud of. Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
Contribute to the assessment, implementation and evaluation of care to meet patients’ needs in accordance with agreed local and national standards and evidence-based guidelines under supervision. Support and provide patient education and health promotion. Support the delivery and co-ordination of care, through appropriate professional practice. Contribute to the management of risk and maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines. Communicate all relevant information to the multidisciplinary team internally and with external organisations as required, to ensure seamless care. Maintain accurate and complete records of all care activities, in a timely manner, adhering to local and professional standards for documentation. Person Specification
Knowledge & Experience
Experience in healthcare/orthopaedics Understanding of the plaster technician role Previous experience of working in a plaster room Qualifications & Education
GCSE English and Maths Willing to undertake additional learning and development courses. Evidence of continued role development Thanks for taking the time to view this advert; we’re looking forward to receiving your application. You should be aware that the vacancy may close earlier than the published date if sufficient applications are received so it would be best to apply as soon as you can. We’ll contact you by e-mail to update you on the progress of your application so please check the e-mail account that you applied from (including spam/junk) regularly. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership, neurodiversity or veteran status are encouraged to apply for this post.
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