Prosthetic/Orthotic Technician
Arkansas Children's
**Work Shift:**
Day Shift
**Time Type:**
Part time
**Department:**
CC014295 Prosthetic-Orthotic
**Summary:**
PRN work schedule - varied weekday shifts
Responsible for assisting clinical staff in the fabrication of orthotic devices provided by this department. Fabrication duties include pouring and modifying plaster models of arms and legs, preparing plastic and various materials to vacuum form over the plaster models. Uses power tools such as drills, grinders, and saws, as well as frequently performs other various duties such as riveting, sewing, and gluing materials in a shop like setting.
**Additional Information:**
**PRN work schedule - varied weekday shifts**
**Required Education:**
No education requirements
**Recommended Education:**
High school diploma or GED or equivalent
**Required Work Experience:**
2 years of relevant experience; HS Diploma or GED may substitute for 2 years of work experience
**Recommended Work Experience:**
**Required Certifications:**
**Recommended Certifications:**
**Description**
1. Fabricates a wide variety of devices commensurate with skill level.
2. Accurately sets up plaster models and ensures correct anatomical alignment.
3. Ensures correct model identification.
4. Performs accurate model modifications to plaster models of arms and legs.
5. Accurately selects and efficiently uses materials for fabrication as stated on work order.
6. Ensures quality standards are met.
7. Maintains a level of technical production commensurate with skill.
8. Ensures that production times are met.
9. Follows the intent of work orders.
10. Produces a safe system; maintains a safe and clean environment.
11. Correctly and completely fills out section information forms.
12. Reports data in professional terminology and in a timely manner.
13. Assists the prosthetists and orthotists in patient care (clinical & technical).
14. Uses the appropriate department/section staff to support patient care (office/technical).
15. Participates in the interdisciplinary team approach.
16. Performs other duties as assigned.
Arkansas Children’s (https://www.archildrens.org/about-us) is the only hospital system in the state dedicated to caring for children, which enables us to uniquely shape the landscape of pediatric care in Arkansas.
Arkansas Children’s is driven by four core values—safety, teamwork, compassion and excellence—which inform every action.
Arkansas Children’s Hospital has received Magnet Status (https://www.archildrens.org/about-us/magnet-recognition) from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), for nursing excellence and patient outcomes. And we are nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report (https://www.archildrens.org/about-us/awards-and-recognition) for Cancer, Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Nephrology, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Pulmonology & Lung Surgery and Urology.
For more than a century, Arkansas Children’s has met the unique needs of children. But we’re more than just a hospital treating sick kids—our services include two hospitals, a pediatric research institute, foundation, clinics, education and outreach, all with an unyielding commitment to making children better today and healthier tomorrow.
Arkansas Children’s Little Rock campus includes a 336-bed hospital with the state’s only pediatric Level 1 Trauma Center, burn center, Level 4 neonatal intensive care and pediatric intensive care, as well as a nationally-recognized transport service. And Arkansas Children’s Northwest (https://www.archildrens.org/locations/arkansas-childrens-nw) provides inpatient and emergency care, clinic rooms and diagnostic services to children in that corner of the state.
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