Clean work area and tools. Inspect equipment supplies periodically and reorder as necessary. May take patients temperature, blood pressure, respiration rate or apply dressing to wounds as necessary. Maintain inventory of cast, traction and like equipment. Recommend the use of new orthopaedic devices and prepare lists of equipment for reorder.
Direct supervision is received from a designated supervisor.
A high school diploma or a combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired is necessary. Two years experience in a hospital setting is necessary.