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Company Overview

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

All employees are eligible for medical coverage on their first day! In addition, upon hire all employees are eligible for a 403(b) and Roth 403 (b) Retirement Saving Plan with matching contributions of up to 6% after one year of service. Employees in a FT or PT status (40+ hours per pay period) will also be eligible for paid time off, life insurance, short term and long-term disability and the Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plans and a Health Savings Account (HSA) if a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) is elected. Additional benefits available to FT and PT employees include tuition reimbursement, home & auto, hospitalization, critical illness, pet insurance and much more! Coverage is available to employees and their qualified dependents in accordance with the plans. Benefits may vary based on state law.

Job Overview

Are you looking for a great new opportunity to work with a mission based healthcare organization?   If so, we have a great opportunity for a Full Time Cast Tech. 

Our orthopedic casting team delivers amazing care and successful outcomes for our patients.  In this position, you will be involved in providing direct patient care to our pediatric orthopedic patients in various settings in our hospital, both inpatient and in our outpatient clinic located here in our Greenville hospital.  Your role would allow you to aid the medical staff in the application, maintenance and removal of casts, traction and other splint or motion devices as ordered.  Additionally,  you would inform patients/families, staff and students about the use and care of casts and traction devices. 

You would have a work schedule that has no nights, no holidays and no weekends!   We can provide onsite training and certification opportunites for you when you join our team.  

If you are passionate about your career and want to make a difference in the lives of our pediatric patients and their families, we would like to meet you!

Responsibilities

• Assists the nursing and medical staff with casting procedures including in OR, Mehta casting, and overwraps for inpatient as needed.
• Assesses patient for pain management.  Assistance is given with cast applications and TLSO molds and other procedures as directed by the PA/MD.
• Provides education to families related to cast care.
• Assures adequate inventory of cast room supplies and keeps cast equipment clean and in excellent working condition
• Maintains the physical environment of the cast rooms by ensuring that cast rooms are clean and safe
• Provides safe and effective age and developmentally appropriate patient care 

Qualifications

Required:

High School Diploma/GED

Basic Life Support (BLS) 

Preferred:

At least 1 year of casting experience in pediatric orthopedics 

Orthopedic Cast Technician Certification