PROSTHETIC ORTHOTIC TECHNICIAN
Clinic | San Antonio, TX | Full Time
Job Description
PROSTHETIC ORTHOTIC TECHNICIAN
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
A successful and established Texas based Workforce Solutions Company is accepting applications for a full time Prosthetic Orthotic Technician to provide services at San Antonio Military Medical Center. The position offers the opportunity to enhance and/or gain valuable work experience while working within the Federal Employment System.
JOB FUNCTIONS (INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO)
- Fabricates, fits, maintains, and repairs artificial limbs, plastic cosmetic appliance, braces, surgical supports, plaster casts and other orthopedic or prosthetic devices, according to prescription specifications and under guidance of a prosthetist/orthotist
- Reads specifications to determine type of orthopedic device or prosthesis to be fabricated and materials and tools required
- Lays out and marks dimension of parts, using precision measuring instruments and templates
- Bends, forms welds, saws, carves, cuts, and grinds wood, plastic, metal or fabric to fabricated parts, using hammers, anvils, welding equipment, saws and cutting machines and hand cutting tools
- Drills and taps holes for rivets, rivet components, and screws, using drill press
- ALL ADDITIONAL JOB FUNCTIONS OUTLINED IN POSITION DESCRIPTION (PD) PROVIDED TO INTERESTED APPLICANTS FOR REVIEW
QUALIFICATIONS (INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO)
- Minimum of three years’ experience as a prosthetic orthotic technician
- Background experience and proficiency in general fabrication procedures of orthotic prosthetic devices, which include working with thermal plastic, metal, leather, plaster, and prosthetic components
- Read, write, and speak English well enough to communicate with all personnel eligible for medical care
- Records transcribed must be legible
- Basic Life Support-Healthcare Provider-American Heart Association Certified
- ALL ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS OUTLINED IN POSITION DESCRIPTION (PD) PROVIDED TO INTERESTED APPLICANTS FOR REVIEW