City and County of San Francisco

Orthopedic Technician II (#2515)

$34.78-$42.26 Hourly / $6,028.00-$7,326.00 Monthly / $72,332.00-$87,906.00 Yearly


Definition

Under general supervision, performs a variety of duties in a hospital in the application, removal and adjustment of regular and specialized casts, traction apparatus and other orthopedic attachments; may exercise work direction over other Orthopedic Technicians and/or instructs students in the application and removal of casts and the use of traction equipment; and performs related duties as required.

Requires responsibility for: Carrying out and explaining existing methods and procedures relating to the application and removal of casts and the use of special traction equipment and other orthopedic attachments; making regular contacts with patients in the cast room or in the orthopedic wards; maintaining records of orthopedic supplies and equipment and records of patients treated. Work requires considerable physical effort and manual dexterity in lifting patients and manipulating a plaster cast and materials; involves exposure to somewhat disagreeable working conditions. This class differs from Orthopedic Technician I in the responsibility for working with the more difficult cast cases, including full body casts, hip fractures and traumatic fractures and in work direction and instruction of students.

Examples of Important and Essential Duties

1. Applies and removes a variety of regular and specialized casts in the cast room or on orthopedic wards in accordance with physician’s specific instructions-; applies, adjusts and removes complete body casts, casts for traumatic fracture cases and hip fractures; adjusts traction apparatus; may improvise sub-stitute devices when standard devices are not suitable or not available; responds to calls from surgery to assist physicians in the application and removal of casts.

2. Maintains a wide variety of supplies in the cast room; including such items as plaster of paris, anesthetics, arm and leg slings, sheet wadding, webril and stockinette bandages, various types of splints, needles, pin cutters, different sizes of pins, cast cutters, crutch tips, sandbag weights and other necessary equipment; places orders when supplies in stock are low; maintains necessary records in conjunction with ordering of supplies and equipment.

3. Makes and prepares crutches, pylons ‘or amputees, prepares canvas covers, Bradford frames, Stryker frames and Foster bed covers; answers calls from doctors for overhead frames and orthopedic attachments; sets up anesthetic for injection by physician; issues crutches and canes; adjusts and modifies crutches and canes when required by patient’s size or condition; demonstrates attachments and equipment to fitted patients; sets up exercise frames for special patient needs.

4. May exercise work direction over Orthopedic Technician I and/or instructs students in the application and changing of casts and the use of traction equipment.

5. Maintains records on the number of patients treated in the cast room and the orthopedic clinic; keeps timeroll records for Orthopedic Technicians assigned to the cast room and/or clinic.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

 Requires considerable knowledge of: Various types of casts, crutches, specialized traction, and other orthopedic equipment; their principal uses; how they are applied and removed.

Requires considerable ability and skill to: Follow oral, and written instructions accurately; gives instruction and work direction; maintain records and reports; get along well with superiors and co-workers.

Experience and Training

Requires completion of four years of high school supplemented by two years of experience in performing the duties of an Orthopedic Technician, as described above; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

Disaster Service Workers

All City and County of San Francisco employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law (California Government Code Section 3100-3109). Employment with the City requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to complete all Disaster Service Worker-related training as assigned, and to return to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.

CLASS: 2515; EST: 1/1/1900; REV: 1/1/1900;