BULLETIN BOARD

Membership for 2009 is due and payable no later than December 31, 2008. To download a renewal form please go to Membership and Application forms.

If you belong to a Chapter, please ensure your chapter dues are paid. Chapters depend on the small membership fee to help offset their costs.

POSITION(S) AVAILABLE

We will periodically advertise positions available at various Hospitals.

If you are available for casual, part time or full time employment,
please email the CSOT or call (416) 445 4516

If you would like to place an advertisement on the bulletin board,
please call us.

Halton Healthcare Services
posting#: 2008-574047

Non-Union Position

Position: Registered Orthopedic Technologist x 2 positions

Department: Emergency/Ambulatory Care

Status: Casual

Hours: All shifts

Site: Milton

Responsibilities:

• Works under the direction of physicians and in collaboration
  with other members of the health care team
• Provides care to clients with orthopaedic problems through
  the application, adjustment and removal of a variety of casts,
  splints and traction fittings
• Performs casting services primarily in the Fracture Clinic setting
• Dressing removal, removal sutures, staples and pins
  related to external fixation
• Cast application (including specialized casts, fracture braces
  using plaster or synthetic materials
• Measures and fit patients for othopaedic devices and ambulatory aids
• Instruction of patients regarding care and proper use of appliances
• Assists in the application, maintenance and adjustment of
  traction including patient education
• Fabricates and apply splints and bandages
• Instruction of Patient/family in the care of the cast, slab or brace
• Order and maintain equipment and orthopaedic supplies
• Collaborate with other health care professionals such as
  physicians, nurses, physiotherapists and occupational
  therapists as required
• Interact with other departments to obtain
  the resources needed to assist in patient care

Qualifications:

Halton Healthcare Services is seeking individuals who are competent
in their chosen profession; patient/customer focused; team players;
effective communicators; caring and respectful and are fiscally responsible.

• High School graduate or equivalent
• Graduate from a recognized Orthopaedic Technologist program sanctioned by the C.S.O.T
• Basic understanding of anatomy
• Ability to apply and remove all types of casts, splints and
  orthopaedic devices
• Understanding of theory and application skin and skeletal traction
• Understanding of the proper application of aseptic technique
  in dressing change, pin and suture removal, setting up of surgical fields
• Previous experience in Meditech preferably with Client Server
  platform, Order Entry and Electronic Medical Record applications
• Satisfactory employment and attendance record

Salary: $24.93 - $28.71 per hour

Date Posted: June 13, 2008 Posted until filled

Please submit your application via the HHS website directly
to this posting and include a current copy of your resume.

Congratulations to Tanis Malkoske of Winnipeg (191/215) winner of the 2006 Guy Chartrand Award for the Highest Overall Mark on the exams and to Stan Szumlak of Winnipeg (188/215) winner of the 2007 Guy Chartrand Award.

To Stan Szumlak of Winnipeg winner of the 2006 Ronald Wallace Award for the highest mark on the written exam - 84% and to Igor Fluerar of Winnipeg and Catherine Skrabec of Ontario winners of the 2007 Award - 88%.

To Fiona Fitzpatrick of Ontario winner of the 2004 Guy Chartrand Award for the Highest Overall Mark on the exams and to Alex Tarambikos of Quebec
winner of the 2005 Guy Chartrand Award.

To Jennifer Gomez of Ontario winner of the 2004 Ronald
Wallace Award for the highest mark on the written
exam - 86% and to Shannon MacIntosh of Ontario winner of
the 2005 Award - 88%.

Techs Available for Part Time Employment

If you are available for short term employment
ie. as summer relief or filling in for illness, please contact the CSOT with your name and months available.

Toronto Area

• Calvin Bautista R.T. (Orthopaed) - available for casual work.
  905-970-1891 or 905-598-1628
• Mary Jane Buchner R.T. (Orthopaed)
  Available for part/full time 416-320-3781
  
• Laura Cardona (416) 733-8374
• Lei Chen R.T. (Orthopaed) - (416) 491-1504
  
• Al Dalton R.T. (Orthopaed) - 416-480-4206 or 416 227-2061
• Dale DeCaire R.T.(Orthopaed) - 416-809-7469
• Fiona Fitzpatrick R.T. (Orthopaed) Available for summer
  coverage in GTA. 416-763-4098
• Faye Gibson R.T. (Orthopaed) 416-924-8974 or
  416-627-8974
• Gord Jones R.T. (Orthopaed) 416-819-3319 or 416-482-3319
  
• Gholam Khalili - 416-696-5366 or 416 435-3458
• Nathan Lam (416) 823-8811
  
• Galo Orellana R.T. (Orthopaed) - (416) 382-2931 or
  (647) 444-2994
• Ranjana Pagay R.T. (Orthopaed)
  Available for partime casual work (905) 858-4490
  
  

MEETINGS

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Alberta Chapter of the CSOT

The Alberta Chapter meets every 4th Tuesday beginning
April 22, 2008.

Future Meeting Dates

No meetings in July and August
Septemer 23
October 28
November 25
December 23

ASOPA's 33rd Annual Meeting/NAOT's 27th Annual Clinical Symposium

August 5 - 8, 2009
Marriott Hotel & Memphis Cook Convention Center,
Memphis, TN

Contact: NAOT, 8365 Keystone Crossing, # 107, Indianapolis IN 46240
(317) 205-9484
naot@hp-assoc.com
www.naot.org

Association of Orthopaedic Technicians/Practitioners - U.K. (AOT)

June 5 - 7, 2009 - Chesford Grange, Warwickshire

International Conference
30th Year Celebration of the formation of the AOT and the 25th Year
of the formation of the ISOT
Edinburgh Scotland - June 4 and 5, 2010

Major Speakers - Professor Augusto Sarmiento, Professor David Rowley and others.

For more information please contact: John Thomson at THOMSONJD@aol.com or visit www.AOT-UK.com

3M Casting Specialist Program
At present, these modules are available only in Ontario.
3M hopes to extend this programme across Canada.

A continuing education program for individuals seeking to improve their technical and leadership skills. The program will assist individuals to augment their knowledge base, enhance their role and foster a team approach to patient care in the field of immobilization within their facilities.

Program Details: Registration fee $10.00.
Enrollment is not limited by profession
Modules are $20 - $50.00 dependent on topic, speaker and materials
required.
Participants receive a certificate upon completion of each module.
3M will offer 2 - 4 modules/year. Participants will receive an
acknowledgement plaque upon completion of all 8 modules.

For further information contact your 3M representative or
call 1-800-265-1840 X 2730

Upcoming Modules

Module 8 - Option Module - This module will be designed using
the input of members of the 3M Casting Specialist Program.

It will be based on additional interests and needs or requirements
specific to identified settings.

UPCOMING CSOT CONFERENCES

The following dates have been set for the CSOT Conference
at the Doubletree International Plaza Hotel, Toronto, Ontario

• 2010 - April 30, May 1 and 2
• 2012 - April 27, 28 and 29