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Certified Otho Tech, Full Time Day

Prisma Health

#Healthcare #Medical Coding #Wound Care #Sterile Processing #Emergency Department #NBCOT #Immobilization Devices #Cerner #Trauma Bay

Quick overview

Assist physicians and residents with orthopedic procedures, including casting, splinting, and wound care in the Emergency Department. Manage orthopedic equipment, stock trauma bay supplies, and perform daily rounding on orthopedic patients.

Requirements summary

Requires a high school diploma and a certification from NBCOT or ASOP. Candidates must have five years of orthopedic experience and Heartsaver CPR certification.

high schoolprofessional certificateInventory ManagementPatient EducationMedical CodingWound CareSplintingCastingTrauma CareSterile ProcessingSurgical AssistingCernerOrthopedic Device ApplicationTraction Application

Job description

Inspire health.
Serve with compassion.
Be the difference.
Job Summary Assist the Emergency Department Physicians or Residents and Orthopedic Physicians or Residents.
Duties include, but not limited to, splinting, casting, assisting with minor procedures, wound care, applying fabricated devices, immobilization devices, traction, and overhead frames.
Attends all Traumas in the Emergency Department.
Works with Supply Distribution and Sterile Processing to provide nursing staff with supplies and sterile equipment daily.
Essential Functions All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's purpose: Inspire health.
Serve with compassion.
Be the difference.
Applies and maintains orthopedic devices as ordered by physicians throughout the hospital.
Monitors and maintains all orthopedic equipment and supplies.
Performs simple, non-sterile dressing’s changes on wounds greater than 48 hours old.
Assists orthopedic surgeons with procedures as the first and second assistant or scrub technician.
Performs cast and splint application under the direction of the physician’s orders.
Applies any immobilization and mobilization devices to patients.
Applies skeletal and manual traction.
Performs daily rounding on orthopedic patients as required.
Ensures that proper orders are completed using Cerner.
Codes procedures on inpatient accounts using batch entry for procedures that are done on patients in electronic health record system.
Works in collaboration with the nursing and medical staff to provide special order patient’s care supplies.
Maintains appropriate levels to meet the work demand.
Participates in patient education with other healthcare providers. - Completes daily compliance checks on Blanket warmers in the Emergency Department and ensures IV fluids are stocked and dated appropriately for expiration dates.
Stocks Trauma Bay cabinet with special order trays, EZ-IO needles, Arterial Line supplies, pressure bags, and Foley trays.
This includes the stocking of all Personal Protective Equipment in the Trauma Bay.

Certified Otho Tech, Full Time Day

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