Trainee Orthopaedic Practitioner

There is a vacancy for a Trainee Orthopaedic Practitioner to join our motivated and busy Plaster Team at both the Royal Glamorgan and Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda Hospitals, Wales. You will be working alongside the Trauma and Orthopaedic team of consultants in this busy department.

We provide a Monday to Friday service for adults and children following their admission to either the Emergency Department or the Minor Injuries Unit. We also provide a Plaster service to our inpatient Trauma Wards. The role would also include providing advice and support to the Emergency Department and Operating Theatres. The clinic coordinate a mixture of Fracture and Orthopaedic during the week.

Applicants will need to be able to act independently within the UHB and professional guidelines, referring to supervisory sister/charge nurse as appropriate.

Applicants will need to have a clear vision for best practice and evidence of decision-making and Organisational skills.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

**We live by our core values**:

- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Please see detailed job description and main responsibilities contained in the additional job description and personal specification documents.