Orthopedic Tech I

Nemours Children's Health; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 2,066,000 - 3,168,000; Full time

Job summary

Nemours Children's Health in Jacksonville, FL is seeking an Orthopedic Tech to manage casting and orthopedic equipment, support providers, and expedite patient care. The role involves travel to other sites and being on-call to assist with procedures.

Responsibilities include casting applications/removals, inventory management, rooming patients, EMR data entry, and coordinating tests with pre-authorization where needed.

Qualifications

• Verbalize descriptions of orthopedic conditions.
• Understand theory and application of skin and skeletal traction.
• Understand proper aseptic techniques in dressing change and setting up surgical fields.

Responsibilities

• Room patients and take vital signs.
• Enter patient information into EMR and ensure documentation (x-rays, labs) is available for provider review.
• Assist provider with exams and procedures as needed.
• Coordinate scheduling for PT/OT, surgery, and tests including pre-authorization.

Skills

Verbalize orthopedic conditions

Traction theory understanding

Aseptic techniques

Vital signs

EMR documentation

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Job Description

Nemours is seeking an Orthopedic Tech in Jacksonville, FL. All casting procedures and application/approval of soft goods. To provide assistance to the provider whenever needed, to expedite the patient care process. This position will require travel to other sites and being on-call.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for all casting and Orthopedic equipment.
  
  
  
  • Application and removal of all types of casts, splints and soft goods. Apply and removal of upper and lower extremity casts
  
  
  • 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.
  
  
  • Understanding of theory and application of skin and skeletal traction.
  
  
  • Understanding of the proper application of aseptic techniques in dressing change and in setting up surgical fields.
  
  
  
  


• 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.


• Under the direction of the provider will schedule PT/OT, surgery and diagnostic tests to include pre-authorization and notification of patient.


• Prepare, clean and stock exam rooms for clinic.


• Ability to cross cover in other clinical departments

Requirements

• high school diploma


• BLS from the American Heart Association required


• more than 1 year and up to 3 years of experience

About Us

Nemours Children\'s Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year. We deliver care across six states through two freestanding children’s hospitals — Nemours Children\'s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children\'s Hospital, Florida — along with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospital partnerships.

Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7B nonprofit system is dedicated to improving children\'s health through clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention. Our Whole Child Health approach focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help every child thrive.

Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth. We are committed to culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and valued.

Learn more at Nemours.org .