Ambulatory Tech 1
Core
Assists providers during outpatient exams and surgical procedures, performs clinical tasks, and manages patient care functions in orthopaedic clinics.
Role type
Entry-level ambulatory surgical technologist (IC)
Builds
Patient care workflows and diagnostic/surgical support in outpatient orthopaedic clinics
Domain
Healthcare / Orthopaedics
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Patient vitals collection, specimen collection and labeling, sterile field setup, equipment operation (EKG, pulse oximeter, autoclave), infection control protocols, electronic medical record data entry, inventory management
Preferred skills
Medical terminology knowledge, computer experience, associates degree
Technologies
Electronic medical record systems, EKG equipment, pulse oximeters, autoclaves, telemetry devices
Responsibilities
Attaches patients to diagnostic equipment, obtains vital signs, performs diagnostic testing and specimen collection, prepares rooms and instruments for surgical procedures, sterilizes instruments, enters patient data into EMR, maintains clinical equipment and supply levels, precepts new technologists
Seniority
Entry-level, supervised IC