P&O Technician – Syria

Position: P&O Technician

Location: NSPPL – Syria , AFRIN center

Closing Date : 14-January -2024

About NSPPL :

NSPPL was established in Feb 2013 by a group of Syrian doctors overseas to help the people whose parts have been imputed as a result of the Syrian war and provide them with prosthetic parts and the appropriate rehabilitation ,

NSPPL is a non-profit organization which serves people in Syria and Turkey .

1-Position Responsibilities and Duties:

First: assessing, measuring, Casting, and prescribing all the following cases:

• Upper and lower amputations ,
• Paralysis of the lower and upper extremities,
• Spinal orthoses .

Second: producing the prostheses and the orthoses for the described above for all their stages:

• Assessing ,
• Measuring and casting,
• Rectification,
• First Thermoforming (Test),
• Second Thermoforming (Final),
• Alignment (Final),
• Cosmetic Finishing,
• Training on the Gait Cycle,
• discharging Prostheses and orthoses (AFO, KAFO, and INSOL).

Third: Maintenance and repairing all the previous orthoses and Prostheses.

2-Ethics and professional practice show:

• Respect the privacy of the beneficiary.
• Always interact with children with the presence of their parents or caregivers
• Discussed the needs and demands in a professional manner.
• Report any event or action that would harm the beneficiary or others.
• Always ask permission to touch one in any treatment or maneuver.
• Always show respect to the other party with regard to refusing treatment.
• Demonstrate competence to conduct an effective rehabilitation intervention.
• Showing that it is willing to increase their ability to enhance the professional competence and quality of care.
• Report any need to your department manager to improve/improve your skills and knowledge.
• Participate in training sessions and other types of capacity-building activities.
• Participating in different event common to all team members (team meetings, case management meetings).
• Customs or requests to adapt to department management (reporting, etc.)

3-Qualifications & Requirements:

• Diploma or university degree in the field of prosthetics + 3 years of experience
• Or At least 5 years of experience in the field of prosthetics.
• Ability to communicate in both Arabic and English is a preference.