Registered Prosthetic Technician - Rehabilitation & Supportive Care Services

Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health•Halifax, NS

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today. Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here. Reporting to the Manager of Assistive Technology, and under the direction of Certified Prosthetist, the Registered Prosthetic Technician is an integral member of the clinical health team that provides prosthetic care to both inpatient and outpatients. Registered technicians provide technical expertise towards evaluation, treatment planning, individualized design, custom fabrication, implementation and maintenance of limb prostheses to enhance patient mobility and/or physical function. Registered technicians work collaboratively with the inter-professional health care team and others to provide optimal prosthetic care and to assist the patient in achieving their prosthetic goals. Registered technicians work with patients daily and indirectly by contributing in the prosthetic evaluation, treatment planning, treatment implementation, re-evaluation and ongoing care. Registered technicians work closely with prosthetists to ensure the quality and integrity of prostheses provided to patients meet the physical and functional needs of the patients and their goals by ensuring the materials and components used are best evidence informed practice. Registered technicians incorporate critical thinking, problem solving, and effective communication to deliver high quality care to patients.

Requirements

Two year diploma - Prosthetic/Orthotic Technician Program plus completion of a two year (3450 hours) Technical Internship supervised by a Registered Technician or Certified Prosthetist
Registered as a Registered Technician Prosthetic RTP(c), or as both a RTP(c) and RTO(c)
Successful Completion of the National Technician Registration Examination (Orthotics Prosthetics Canada)
Registration in good standing with Orthotics Prosthetics Canada
Experience working with patients with physical/cognitive impairments, ideally in a hospital setting
Ability to communicate well with patients, families and the health care team
Excellent interpersonal skills
Organizational skills to complete assigned work and manage changing caseloads
High level of manual dexterity
Strong problem solving abilities
Computer skills
Understanding of privacy and confidentiality requirements
Understanding of infection control procedures

Nice To Haves

Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Responsibilities

Provide technical expertise towards evaluation, treatment planning, individualized design, custom fabrication, implementation and maintenance of limb prostheses to enhance patient mobility and/or physical function.
Work collaboratively with the inter-professional health care team and others to provide optimal prosthetic care and to assist the patient in achieving their prosthetic goals.
Contribute in the prosthetic evaluation, treatment planning, treatment implementation, re-evaluation and ongoing care.
Ensure the quality and integrity of prostheses provided to patients meet the physical and functional needs of the patients and their goals by ensuring the materials and components used are best evidence informed practice.
Incorporate critical thinking, problem solving, and effective communication to deliver high quality care to patients.