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Active Podiatry & Orthotics is in need of a fabulous clinical assistant to help the Podiatrist/ Foot Specialist with day to day activities and clinical treatments. You must be a dynamic, friendly, caring, multi-task with the abilities to handle your time with precision. You must be energetic and physically capable of working up to 9hours a day. Familiarity with clinical settings and or human anatomy is an asset but we will also train. You must not mind working with other people's feet and should consider it a privilege to help people with foot problems such as ingrown and fungal nails, warts, infections, diabetes, vascular issues, bunions etc.
Interested candidates please apply via email.
Responsibilities Include:
- Keep treatment rooms stocked with all necessary supplies and check them each day to make sure
- Greet all patients warmly by correct name and make them feel at ease
- Assist Podiatrist in maintaining medical records, and performing treatments such as laser and shockwave
treatments
- Assist Podiatrist with nail and skin surgical procedures
- Assist with proper instrument sterilization and cleaning up the treatment rooms
- Ordering supplies and equipment from designated vendors
- Follow infection control procedures and keep a log
- Aid in casting for orthotics, shoe fitting and compression stocking fittings
- Maintain yearly maintenance on equipment
- Provide patient education
- Assist in marketing, data and feedback collection from patients
- Care calls the next day to new patients/ after a surgical procedure
- Work on other projects as directed by the Podiatrist and perform other duties as directed
Reports to the Podiatrist. This position requires some travel and a reliable means of transportation available all
the time. Wages offered are $16/hour, training provided at $14/hour.
We do require a vulnerable check from police and references.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Additional Skills
- Order supplies and equipment
- Maintain inventory of equipment
- Maintain records and inventories of supplies
- Clean and maintain equipment
Blood Donor Clinic Assistant Specific Skills
- Maintain supplies
Work Setting
- Medical clinic
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Physically demanding
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Security and Safety
- Criminal record check (abstract)