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Job description / Role
Our client, a large medical facility in the UAE, is currently looking for a Certified Orthotist and Prosthetist. In this role, you will have the following responsibilities:
• Maintain patients' records.
• Research new ways to construct and use orthopedic and prosthetic devices.
• Show and explain orthopedic and prosthetic appliances to healthcare workers.
• Update skills and knowledge by attending conferences and seminars.
• Confer with physicians in order to formulate specifications and prescriptions for orthopedic and/or prosthetic devices.
• Construct and fabricate appliances or supervise others who are constructing the appliances.
• Design orthopedic and prosthetic devices, based on physicians' prescriptions, and examination and measurement of patients.
• Examine, interview, and measure patients in order to determine their appliance needs, and to identify factors that could affect appliance fit.
• Fit, test, and evaluate devices on patients, and make adjustments for proper fit, function, and comfort.
• Instruct patients in the use and care of orthoses and prostheses.
• Make and modify plaster casts of areas that will be fitted with prostheses or orthoses, for use in the device construction process.
• Repair, rebuild, and modify prosthetic and orthopedic appliances.
• Select materials and components to be used, based on device design
Requirements
To be considered for this role, you need to meet the following criteria:
• Bachelor degree or Diploma minimum of three (3) years course duration in Prosthetics and Orthotics
• Current National License or membership in a recognized international registration board
• Have a valid Basic Life support (BLS) certificate
• Relevant post graduate certificates/diploma/degrees
• Not less than 3 years as a Orthotist/Prosthetist in a large hospital with relevant experience with patients with same diagnosis seen in acute care hospital or rehab facilities
CANDIDATE/S MUST HAVE A VALID HAAD/DHA LICENSE OR HAVE AT LEAST PASSED THE ELIGIBILITY EXAM OF DHA/HAAD.
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