Orthopaedic Technician (HTAC/HT 2) - St. Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital

The ideal candidate will meet the following educational criteria:

• Five (5) CSEC subjects including Mathematics and English language  
• One (1) year experience in an approve health care hospital 

Specific Skills Required:

• Ability to exert average physical effort 
• Ability to work effectively under stress or emergency situations 
• Ability to sit or stand for extended period of time 
• Ability to push, pull, squat, twist, turn, lift, bend, stoop and reach overhead.  
• Ability to acquire knowledge of health care and medical procedures including terminology
• Good oral communication skills. 
• Good time management skills. 

Key Responsibility Areas:

• Application and removal of casts, splints and braces. 
• Instruct patients in caring for their injuries, understand and adjust traction equipment (skin & skeletal) and be able to adjust crutches, walkers, and other aids and provide instructions to patients in their use 
• Attend to surgical patients-remove plasters and traction, prepare limb (wash & sanitize)
• Pre-surgical patient preparation- prepare equipment, position patient on operating table
• Proper equipment management- preparation, usage, cleaning and storage. 
• Assist physicians in the manipulation of fractures 
• Assist physicians with patient care; properly fit and apply pre-operative braces, crutches, and other soft goods; assists in preparation for and application of casts and orthopedic appliances; changes dressings, remove sutures, casts and splints. 
• Assists physicians and nurses with Orthopedic procedures, including wound care, aspirations, minor surgical procedures, fracture reductions etc; instructs patients in casts and traction care and the use of orthopedic appliances 
• Maintains clean and well stocked casts and soft goods room; orders special supplies and or equipment 
• Coordinates data collection resources for the clinic information systems 

NB. WE THANK ALL APPLICANTS FOR RESPONDING, HOWEVER, ONLY SHORT-LISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED.