Description |
Working for an organization with the size and resources of Kaiser Permanente Southern California means having the potential to positively affect the health and well-being of entire communities. That's because each of us-from our financial professionals and IT team members to our RNs and physicians on the front line of care-shares a commitment to providing the best possible care experience. One of the most diverse regions in the country, Southern California offers everything from quaint coastal communities to bustling urban cities, high desert plains to snowy mountain peaks. Here, you'll find the cultural, lifestyle, and recreational amenities to complement your work and your life. Come discover the resources, support, and opportunity you need to build the career you've always wanted.
Under general supervision of Orthopedic Supervisor and/or departmental physicians, provides functional guidance to assigned staff by training new employees, adjusting work schedules, directing work flows, resolving non-routine problems & assisting supervisor in various additional administrative matters such as developing & revising departmental procedures.
Essential Functions:
- Trains & orients Junior Orthopedic Technicians & newly hired Orthopedic Technicians to assist the physicians w/ all routine orthopedic procedures & to meet standards of job description, instructs medical students & residents in plastic techniques & teaches advanced plaster techniques for Orthopedic Residency Program
- Adjusts work schedules & directs work flows of assigned staff in the application of orthopedic technique & procedures
- Coordinates activities of the cast room w/ other clinic & hospital functions
- Acts as resource person for non-department personnel in the care of orthopedic patients & use of traction equipment in accordance w/ department policies
- May assist physician in coordination of education programs
- Recommends re-order points for replenishment of rotating standard stock & non-stock cast room supplies
- Signs & forwards purchase requisitions to department head, evaluates necessity for acquisition of new or additional equipment for the department
- Recommends purchase of capital equipment
- Evaluates new items such as plaster & ready-made braces to ensure compliance w/ pre-determined standard
- Applies all type of casts, splints, braces, bandages, & slings by determining proper positioning, angulations & type of device according to the instruction of the physician & pre-determined orthopedic procedures & techniques
- Attends to patients during follow-up visits by checking casts, splints, etc
- Attends for sure such conditions as comfort & circulation problems, trimming, removing & reapplying casts, splints, etc, as ordered by physician
- Sets up traction apparatus as directed, noting type of traction, positioning & weight to be used, checks condition of inpatients on a regular basis to determine possible problems, notifies physician as necessary & makes adjustments as directed
- Assists physician in Operating Room in application of casts as directed
- Assists physician in Emergency Room & Cast Room w/ procedures such as closed reduction fractures, wound debridement & pin insertion, applies casts as directed, positions & preps patient, assembles necessary equipment & instruments, applies proper dressing as directed, passes instruments & assists physician as directed, & observes sterile technique for operating room procedures
- Furnishes, fits & instructs patients in the use of crutches, canes, & other devices, documents charges on standard form
- Maintains & ensures operational readiness of equipment & supplies
- Maintains clean & orderly ward area according to established procedures
- Performs other related duties as required such as assisting physician in specific phases of patient care
- Promotes, ensures, & improves customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent w/ the organization's philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations & quality service
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Requirements |
Basic Qualifications:
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II required.
- One year Kaiser Permanente experience as an Ortho Tech II preferred
- NBCOT certification required.
- Must take and pass department skills validation for competencies as established.
- Knowledge of orthopedic terminology and procedures required.
- Ability to work in operating room settings.
Notes:
- Must successfully pass or have passed the bilingual test (within the last 12 months), or be active in the QBS program.
- Ability to take call on weekends.
- Will float between Riverside campus and Moreno Valley MOB II.
Primary Location: California-Riverside
Scheduled Hours (1-40): 20
Shift: Variable
Working Days: Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun
Working Hours Start: 4:00 PM
Working Hours End: 12:00 AM
Schedule: Call-in/On-Call
Job Type: Standard
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group: USWA - Local 7600
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Job: Patient Care Services (Non RN)
Public Department Name: Orthopedics Department
Travel: No
Job Eligible for Benefits: Yes
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. We are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
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