Senior Orthopedic Technician

Kaiser Permanente; Fontana (CA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Fontana, California is seeking a Senior Orthopedic Technician to supervise and support orthopedic procedures, casts, braces, and traction, across cast room, ER, and OR settings.

You will train staff, coordinate activities, manage supplies, and assist providers while ensuring adherence to safety, policies, and patient education standards.

Qualifications

• One year experience as an Orthopedic Technician within the past three years.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Orthopedic Technologist Certificate from NBCT.
• Knowledge of orthopedic terminology.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs and apply casts, braces, and traction.

Responsibilities

• Orient Orthopedic Technicians and train new staff to meet standards.
• Coordinate cast room activities and serve as a departmental resource.
• Manage inventory: reorder points and equipment purchases.
• Assist providers in OR/ER casts and traction procedures.
• Furnish patient education and document in EMR.
• Promote customer service and quality care.

Skills

Orthopedic terminology

Lifting 50 lbs

Education

Orthopedic Technologist Certificate (NBCT)

Job description

Job Summary:

Under supervision of the Administrative Supervisor and/or Clinical Supervisor (physician and advance practice provider), and in a manner in line with company policies and procedures, federal, and state regulations, and N BOTC guidelines performs orthopedic procedures which include but not limited to applying casts, splints, braces, and bandages, in all orthopedic areas which include the cast room, emergency room and operating room. Coordinates activities and serves as an orthopedic resource to management, and internal and external customers of the department which includes training of other orthopedic personnel, patient education, and a resource for the ordering supplies and equipment.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Orients Orthopedic Technicians and newly hired Senior Ortho Technicians to assist the providers with all routine orthopedic procedures and to meet standards of job description, instructs medical students and residents in plaster techniques and teaches advanced plaster techniques for Orthopedic Residency Program.

• Coordinates activities of the cast room with other clinic and hospital functions. Acts as a resource for non-department personnel in the care of orthopedic patients and use of traction equipment in accordance with department policies. May assist providers in coordination of education programs.

• Recommends reorder points for replenishment of rotating standard stock and non-stock cast room supplies. Signs and forwards purchase requisitions to department head, evaluates necessity for acquisition of new or additional equipment for the department. Recommends purchases of capital equipment. Evaluates new items such as plaster and ready-made braces to ensure compliance with pre-determined standards.

• Applies all types of casts, splints, braces, bandages and slings by determining proper positioning, angulation and type of device according to the instruction of the provider and pre-determined orthopedic procedures and techniques.

• Attends to patients during follow-up visits by application of casts, splints, etc. as assessed and ordered by a provider.

• Sets up traction apparatus as directed, noting type of traction, positioning, and weight to be used. Checks condition of inpatients on a regular basis to determine possible problems, Notifies provider as necessary and makes adjustments as directed.

• Assists provider in Operating Room in application of casts as directed. Assists provider in Emergency Room, Cast Room, and Operating Room. Follows sterile technique, such as removing sutures and/or staples (after RN or provider assessment) from superficial incisions, closed reduction of fractures, wound debridement and pin insertion, applies casts as directed, positions and preps patient, assembles necessary equipment and instruments, applies proper dressing as directed, passes instruments and assists provider as directed, follows sterile technique for operating room procedures.

• Furnishes, fits, and provides written instructions to patients in the use of crutches, canes and other devices and documents in patients electronic medical record.

• Maintains and ensures operational readiness of equipment and supplies.

• Maintains clean and orderly work area according to established procedures.

• Will assist the provider in all phases of orthopedic or podiatry care.

• Promotes, ensures, and improves customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent with the organizations philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality service.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

• One year experience within the past three (3) years as an Ortho Tech and must take and pass departmental skills validation for competencies as established.

Education

• N/A.

License, Certification, Registration

• Basic Life Support

• Orthopedic Technologist Certificate from National Board for Certification of Orthopaedic Technologists

Additional Requirements:

• Knowledge of orthopedic terminology and procedures required.

• Ability to lift fifty (50 lbs.) and apply most kinds of casts, braces, and traction required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• National Board for Certification of Orthopedic Technologists certification required.

• Required OR first assist experience for Orthopedics and Podiatry.

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: Senior Orthopedic Technician

LOCATION: Fontana, California

REQNUMBER: 1452907

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.