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Website NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Job Description:
NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Groups (NYPMG) are part of the physician enterprise of NewYork-Presbyterian, one of the nation’s most comprehensive academic health care delivery systems affiliated with two world-renowned medical schools. Through primary care and multispecialty medical practices, the physicians and other health care professionals of NYPMG, in collaboration with ColumbiaDoctors and Weill Cornell Physicians, provide families with high quality, patient-centered care close to home in the New York metropolitan area.
Job Responsibilities:
- Removal of sutures or staples and providing dressing changes to post-surgical patients as directed by the attending physician
- Counsel patient regarding diagnosis, treatment options, and outcomes.
- Preparing patients for injections that will be performed by the attending physician. Preparations include cleaning and disinfecting the area to be injected and preparing materials to be utilized both prior to and after the injection.
- Fitting the patient with splints, crutches, braces, wraps, and other various durable medical equipment as directed by the attending physician.
- The incumbent will also educate the patient on the appropriate use of the equipment provided to the patient.
Job Requirements:
- Review pre-operative instructions and explains the surgical process to patient Formulates, coordinates and updates patient care plan from pre-operative to post-operative Collects pre-operative clearance data to be shared with physicians
- Set up examination rooms at the start of each day and cleans rooms in-between patient visits and at the end of the day.
- May be needed for patient positioning, retraction, suction, and wound closure as discretion of physician Knowledge and skill of sterile prep and draping in
- May be needed for patient positioning, retraction, suction, and wound closure as discretion of physician Reviews post-operative discharge instructions with patients including wound care and pain management
- Perform administrative aspects of patient care, i.e. schedules, attendance records, charges, insurance requirements, etc. Ensures documentation is in accordance with the department policy.
Job Qualification:
- Master’s degree preferred in Athletic Training from an Accredited Institution
- Prior experience working in orthopedic practice preferred.
Job Details:
Company: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Vacancy Type: Full Time
Job Functions: Others
Job Location: New York, NY, US
Application Deadline: N/A
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