Casting Tech (Temp) - Pediatrix

Overview:

 

The Casting Technician is responsible for application and removal of casts including complex casting and orthopedic splints and devices.  The position has a significant amount of patient contact and is typically involved in the team assessment of patient needs and fitting/finishing services of patients that may fall in all age groups neonatal to geriatrics.  The Casting Technician- ensures the proper maintenance, record keeping, and ordering of tools, equipment and/or inventory and provides training for medical students and residents as well as nursing, ancillary staff and students. 

Responsibilities:

• Application of casts using a variety of materials including plaster and synthetic casting materials and high and low temperature plastics, with minimal or no supervision
• Apply appropriate cast/splint per physician order using appropriate casting/ splint material with body in appropriate position.
• Shape cast to ensure maximum comfort and minimum unnecessary pressures.
• Trim and remodel cast to ensure comfort and fit with cast knife, cast cutter, and cast spreader to remove parts of cast and to enlarge cast to decrease pressure in swollen area.
• Performs appropriate documentation and patient education related to cast or splinting and as directed by physician, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant resident or Registered Nurse.
• Mold, fit and trim synthetic or plastic splints to fit patients.
• Customize splints and braces as necessary for patient use.
• Serial casting for flexion contractures and diabetic ulcers
• Application and adjustment of orthopedic devices such as braces, splints, and compression stockings.

• Obtain measurements from patient as necessary.
• Prepare mold of appropriate part of patient’s body ensuring body part in proper alignment.
• Position, align and adjust orthopedic device on correct body part ensuring correct fit to patient with maximum possible comfort.
• Adjust hinged orthopedic devices to physician specifications.
• Modify or customize brace or splint for appropriate patient fit.
• Instruct patient on use, adjustment, and adaptation and care of device.

• Clean exam and procedure tables, work areas and tools according to schedules. Clean general equipment (wheelchairs, IV poles, etc.) according to guidelines.
• Stock exam and procedure rooms according to schedules and as needed. Inventory specialty items.  Initiate reorder of supplies as needed.
• Clean and maintain all clinic specialty equipment according to hospital infection control standards and clinic procedures, eg. Speculums, flexible sigmoidoscope, etc.
• Report non-functioning or defective equipment to supervisor and submit repair request.
• Prepare and stock special procedure trays: suture trays, toenail trays, etc, and follow reprocessing procedures.
• File paperwork as required.
• Maintain tools and equipment.

Qualifications:

Education Level: High school diploma or equivalent.  Educational cources srelated to casting preferred.

Experience Years: Minimum three (3) years casting experience.

Experience Industry: Healthcare.       

Benefits and Compensation:

Benefits for Full Time employees and qualified dependents: 

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Progyny Fertility Benefits
• Teladoc Health and Second Opinion Services
• 401(K) Thrift Program & Sharing Plan**
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) – 15% discount*
• Basic Employee; Spouse; Child Life Insurance
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)
• Employee Optional Life and AD&D
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Pre-Tax Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
• Employee and Dependent Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Parental Leave Benefit
• Sick Pay Bank
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Group Aflac Policies
• Identity Theft Protection
• Employee Charitable Fund
• Care.com
• Continuing Education Assistance
• Various Discount Programs

*Part Time Regular employee classifications also receive this benefit

**Available to part-time regular and part-time casual employees aged 21 and over

About Us:

 

Pediatrix Medical Group is one of the nation’s leading providers of highly specialized health care for women, babies and children. Since 1979, Pediatrix has grown from a single neonatology practice to a national, multispecialty medical group. Pediatrix-affiliated clinicians are committed to providing coordinated, compassionate and clinically excellent services to women, babies and children across the continuum of care, both in hospital settings and office-based practices. The group’s high-quality, evidence-based care is bolstered by significant investments in research, education, quality-improvement and safety initiatives. 

 

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Pediatrix is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.