Orthopedic Technician
Posted:
Tuesday, 01 April 2025
Valid Thru:
Thursday, 01 May 2025
Index Requested on:
04/01/2025 19:31:39
Indexed on:
04/01/2025 19:31:39
Location:
Pensacola, FL, 32514, US
Industry:
Advertising and Public Relations
Occupational Category:
13-0000.00 - Business and Financial Operations
Type of Employment: FULL_TIME
Nemours is hiring!
Description:
Nemours is seeking an Orthopedic Tech (Full-Time), to join our Nemours Children's Health team in Pensacola, Florida.
This position is responsible for:
All casting procedures and application/approval of soft goods. To provide assistance to the provider whenever needed, to expedite the patient care process.
- Responsible for all casting and Orthopedic equipment.
- Application and removal of all types of casts, splints and soft goods. Modify casts as needed in clinic and in hospital when necessary for the patient benefit.
- Instruct patient, parents/legal guardians in appropriate use and care of casts and Orthopedic equipment.
- Responsible for inventory of all casting materials, splints and soft goods.
- Skills
- Ability to verbalize descriptions of orthopedic conditions with basic understanding of anatomical structures and relationships with one another.
- Ability to apply, adjust, and remove all common Orthopedic devices, using a manual or standard practice as a guide.
- Knowledge of theory and application of skin or skeletal traction.
- Knowledge of the proper application of aseptic techniques in dressing change, removal of sutures or staples and in setting up surgical fields.
- Ability to interpret simple fractures and dislocations on X-ray films.
- Ability to supervise and train other certified, eligible Orthopedic Technologists.
- Assist with rooming of patients.
- Obtain vital signs
- Capturing and entering patient information into EMR.
- Ensuring appropriate documentation such as x-rays and laboratory reports are available for provider's review.
- Rooming of patients into exam rooms with preparation for exam and assisting provider with exam.
- Ensure accurate ICD-9 and CPT-4 codes are recorded.
- Assist the provider with procedures as necessary.
- Prepare, clean and stock exam rooms for clinic.
- Ability to cross cover in other clinical departments.
Job Requirements- High School Diploma required.
- Specialized (1 year of training beyond high school) with orthopedic certification preferred.
- Minimum of one (1) to three (3) years' experience required.
- American Heart Association BLS Certification required upon hire.
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