Plaster Technician

Cambridge University Hospitals; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - GBP 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Cambridge is seeking qualified Orthopaedic Practitioners to join their dedicated team overseeing casting and bracing procedures. This role involves working in a range of specialist clinics and providing essential care for patients, including teaching families on treatment options. The ideal candidate will hold a UK professional registration, have experience in an Orthopaedic environment, and be committed to multi-disciplinary teamwork. The position offers flexible working options for a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

On-site leisure facilities

Subsidized transport options

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Qualified Plaster Practitioner with minimum 6 months experience in Orthopaedics.
• Previous healthcare experience in primary or hospital setting.
• Understanding of anatomy and physiology regarding fractures and bone healing.

Responsibilities

• Apply and remove both simple and complex casts in various materials.
• Cover specialist clinics, including pediatric Ponsetti casting.
• Provide teaching to patients on plaster/brace care.

Skills

Basic IT skills

Good verbal communication skills

Effective interpersonal skills

Commitment to multi-disciplinary working

Education

UK professional registration

Standards of continued professional development

Job description

Main area MSK Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Full Time or Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered) Job ref 180-A-253197-RE

Employer Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Addenbrookes Hospital-Division A
Town Cambridge
Salary £31,049 - £37,796 p.a. pro rata
Salary period Yearly
Closing 22/02/2026 23:59

Job overview

An exciting opportunity to join a small and dedicated team of Orthopaedic Practitioners in Addenbrookes Plaster room, working across fracture and specialist clinics such as Ponsetti, diabetic foot and pediatric physiotherapy.

This diverse role provides the opportunity also supports pediatric theatres, inpatients and the emergency department.

Our main service is to apply and remove casts in different materials and their removal, as well as the measuring and fitting of braces which is becoming a larger element of the role as the service evolves in line with health care practices.

Main duties of the job

Our main role is to apply and remove both simple and complex casts in a range of different materials.

To cover a range of specialist clinics, pediatric Ponsetti casting, diabetic total contact casting and the application of removable casts.

Ability to communicate effectively with other health care professionals and members of the wider disciplinary team.

Correct documentation of patients treatments.

Provide teaching to patients and care givers on plaster/brace care both verbally and through written care instructions.

Ability to recognise concerns from a patient interaction, provide correct information as they arise and escalate as needed.

Able to work as part of a team and autonomously.

To act as a role model.

Attend theatres to apply complex casts, emergency department and wards as needed to apply casts and braces.

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

• applied for a Graduate visa
• or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
• or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment

This vacancy will close at midnight on 22nd February 2026

Interviews are due to be held on 6th March 2026

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person specification

Qualifications

• To meet the standards of continued professional development ( CPD ) as required by the BOA, to remain on the live register of practitioners.

Experience

• Experience as a qualified Plaster Practitioner (6 months minimum), working in an Orthopaedic environment.
• Previous Health care experience either in the primary or hospital setting.

Knowledge

• Understanding of anatomy and physiology, relating to fracture, bone healing and Musculo skeletal congenital conditions.
• Up to date with current casting techniques and materials.
• Experience of working as a band 5, to include wound assessment and wound care competencies.
• Knowledge of pressure area care (to include risk assessment and escalating/acting on findings).
• Experience of working within an MDT.
• Team working environment throughout the hospital.
• Ability to work and communicate with differing levels of staff across the trust.
• Understanding the important of confidentiality and data protection.
• Understanding of accountability.

Skills

• Basic IT skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Capable of working as an integral member of a small team.
• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to multi -disciplinary working.
• Act as a mentor for more junior staff, prepare and present teaching for other specialities across the trust.
• Communicate effectively with patients and relatives and other health care professionals, be able to identify and escalate as appropriate areas of concern, to the correct responsible health care professional.

Additional Information Form

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.