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ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:

• Applies, adjusts, and removes all common orthopedic devices using practice protocol as a guide.
• Assists Physicians and performs patient care activities as scheduled or as needed.
• Cleans equipment after each use and maintains a safe and clean work environment.
• Completes assigned patients rounds in a timely manner.
• Apply, modify, and remove upper and lower extremity casts.
• Exhibits aseptic techniques in dressing change, removal of sutures or staples, and setting up surgical fields and functional application of skin and skeletal traction.
• Enters charges, required patient information, and other data into the computer in an accurate and timely manner according to departmental guidelines.
• Establishes and maintains effective communication and reporting relationships with the Chief Orthopedic Technologist.
• Interprets with guidance and supervision simple fractures and dislocations on x-ray films.
• Performs in an operating room environment under the direct supervision of a Surgeon.

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