Surgical Tech- Orthopedic Associates of Meadville- Full Time

Meadville Medical Center • Meadville, PA

13h • Onsite

About The Position

Provide safe and effective patient care in office and surgical settings.

Requirements

• Surgical Tech experience
• Orthopedic experience
• Ability to follow clinical assignment sheets
• Ability to coordinate patient flow
• Ability to prepare patients for examination
• Ability to update patient information in EHR
• Ability to change dressings, collect specimens, and provide treatments
• Ability to remove and apply casts/splints/sutures/staples
• Ability to take, document, and complete phone messages
• Ability to provide DME and complete paperwork
• Ability to provide pre- and post-operative teaching
• Ability to schedule tests or appointments
• Ability to maintain a clean and organized clinical area
• Ability to stock patient rooms
• Ability to promote safe and effective patient care
• Ability to comply with OAM personnel policies and procedures
• Effective communication and interaction skills with patients, families, physicians, peers, and team members
• Ability to maintain patient and staff confidentiality
• Ability to follow compliance and safety requirements
• Ability to prepare for surgical cases
• Ability to follow orthopedic technician on-call schedule
• Ability to assist providers with injections/procedures
• Ability to check equipment availability for surgery
• Ability to position patients for surgery
• Ability to apply Tourniquets
• Ability to prep and drape patients for surgery
• Ability to maintain sterile conditions
• Ability to assist with wound exposure, hemostasis, retraction, bone reduction, drilling, plate/screw implant
• Ability to prepare tissue grafts
• Ability to insert drains
• Ability to close wounds
• Ability to apply dressing, braces, splints and casts
• Ability to apply ice therapy
• Ability to complete code sheets and return to billing department
• Ability to log surgeries

Responsibilities

• Follow clinical assignment sheet daily including team duties.
• Coordinate patient flow.
• Prepare patient for examination by practitioner.
• Update vital patient information in EHR.
• Change dressings, collect specimens and provide treatments as directed by practitioner.
• Remove and apply casts/splints/sutures/staples as directed by practitioner.
• Take, document and complete phone messages from patients or other health care providers and route them appropriately per each team protocol.
• Provide DME to patients and complete DME flow of paperwork.
• Patient pre- and post-operative teaching as ordered by practitioner.
• Schedule tests or appointments with hospital or other providers as needed.
• Assure the clinical area is clean and organized.
• Stock patient rooms as needed.
• Promotes safe and effective patient care.
• Assures the clinical area is clean and organized.
• Observes and complies with all OAM personnel policies and procedures.
• Communicate and interact effectively with patients and families, physicians, peers and other team members to maximize successful patient outcomes.
• Maintain the confidentiality of patient and staff related information.
• Follow compliance and safety requirements.
• Prepare for surgical cases by delivering all necessary surgical paperwork, templates, radiology exams, etc.
• Follow orthopedic technician on-call schedule
• Assist providers with injections/procedures
• Check that all equipment is available for surgery
• Position patients for surgery
• Apply Tourniquets
• Prep and Drape patients for surgery
• Maintain sterile conditions
• Assist with wound exposure, hemostasis, retraction, bone reduction, drilling, plate/screw implant
• Prepare tissue grafts
• Insert drains
• Close wounds
• Apply dressing, braces, splints and casts
• Apply ice therapy
• Complete code sheets and return to billing dept.
• Log surgeries
• Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed