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The department operates Monday through Friday for scheduled, urgent, and emergent procedures. The unit is staffed 24/7. Additionally, there are 3 dedicated on-call teams to provide after-hours surgical coverage seven days a week, ensuring access to critical surgical interventions for pediatric patients across the region.
As part of a leading academic medical center, Doernbecher’s Operating Room supports ongoing education, clinical research, and quality improvement initiatives. The team is committed to
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Identifies, resolves and documents complex therapeutic problems, demonstrating advanced knowledge and application of this knowledge to a specific patient population.
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Responds accurately to requests for drug information from physicians, nurses, patients and patient's families; independently reviews and interprets the literature and applies this information to specific patient care situations.
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Monitors therapeutic response and adverse effects of medications to guide drug...
- Identifies, resolves and documents complex therapeutic problems, demonstrating advanced knowledge and application of this knowledge to a specific patient population.
- Interprets and evaluates prescriber's orders and for accuracy, completeness and appropriateness. Documents activities of clinical decision or medication distribution issues that are not in line with the standard of practice, require follow-up, or continued monitoring/evaluation. Verify the accuracy and appropriateness of medications prepared and dispensed from the pharmacy.
- Assists in the...
- Hybrid work schedule with variable 10-hour days Monday-Friday.
- Must be able to work in a busy clinic environment and prioritize duties with multiple interruptions throughout the day.
- Must be able to use medical and non-medical unit equipment required to perform essential functions of this position.
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Transports medical equipment, mail, labs, blood products and supplies to and from various locations within the OHSU environment. These locations are, but not limited to: nursing units, diagnostic areas, clinics, exam rooms, operating rooms, laboratories, morgue or offices.
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Operates elevators for patient and equipment movement. Relieves elevator operators for breaks.
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Cleans and disinfects transportation medical equipment: stretchers, wheelchairs, morgue carts,...
Patient Preparation:
- Tech documents a comprehensive patient history including neurological symptoms and medications. For EEG: this tech measures and accurately applies electrodes in less than 30mins and with appropriate impedance of <5kohms. The Tech 2 is able to use multiple electrode application techniques; observes, records, and attempts to eliminate artifact and body movements that can affect recording of cerebral activity, and prepares a technical report. Learns and applies basic EEG waveform recognition, relevant medical terminology, anatomy, physiology, infection...
Provides a Safe Therapeutic Environment
- Ensures the safety and welfare of patients and fellow employees
- Utilized proper posture and sound body mechanics and principles for safe patient handling
- Maintain general good physical and mental health and self care in order not to jeopardize the health and safety of self and others in the workplace.
- Maintains a clean, safe, and orderly environment for patients, family and personnel. Includes but not limited to maintaining organization of supplies and equipment, notifying appropriate personnel...
- Great customer service.
- Ring in customer order.
- Help customers with special needs.
- Stock items for customers.
- Clean in the café.
- Food preparation (including espresso drinks).
Imaging:
- Provides quality images with accuracy and efficiency, using optimal skills and knowledge of all equipment.
- Technologists will be trained in all general radiology exams/areas so that they are able to rotate through the department based on workflow needs.
- Utilize the VIP transportation system to arrange for patient delivery.
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Quality Program Management:
- Establishes and maintains systems and procedures to monitor the quality of the areas under the scope of the position.
- Performs scheduled and unscheduled quality audits of processes, analyzes outcome, and process indicators for the clinical program and Apheresis Unit. Generates reports, reviews with leadership, management and other appropriate stakeholders, and makes recommendations based on results.
- Responsible for accreditation...
To perform, collect and analyze research procedures in all aspects of laboratory setting and ensure accuracy and progression of research projects, including but not limit to:
- Collect and analyze research data
- Keep accurate details of experimental procedures and original data
- Prepare research summaries, abstracts, manuscripts
- Develops and document standardized lab protocols, and assist with training of...
- Patient management–Uses EPIC for report writing to reach out to patients by making cold calls, My Chart messages, sending letters. Supports the team by entering referrals, orders and interacting with the care team to ensure health maintenance and preventive care is provided. Scrubs (reviews and manages) charts daily to understand what is and is not needed by each scheduled patient. Proactively schedules appointments.
- Care coordination–Assumes a lead role in the work for health maintenance and panel coordination. Assists with questions regarding referrals and...
- Conducts psychosocial evaluations of patients/families and significant others including, but not limited to the following:
- adjustment to medical or health condition; care coordination; mental health status; adjustment/compliance to treatment process; substance usage; child and elder abuse/neglect assessments; domestic violence issues; cognitive status (including potential guardian issues); and patient/family resources.
- Provides crisis intervention and supportive short-term counseling to patients/families and significant others as necessary to meet...
- Coordinates with OPAM and Contracts office during budget and contract negotiation process
- Coordinates with DoM office and OPAM for account maintenance, invoicing, and reconciliation.
- Actively screens and consents patients for the studies and conduct study visits. This will include coordinating appointments with the PI and/or sub-PI as needed.
- Submit modification approvals to the IRB and complete all other IRB reportorial requirements
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- Harvesting cochlear tissues, and immunohistochemistry, confocal imaging, PCR and RT-PCR analysis requiring mastery of complex principles and practices.
- Measurement of blood flow with intravital fluorescence microscopy based on lab established protocol and the measurement of auditory function with auditory brainstem response.
- Animal husbandry to maintain mouse colonies, and genotyping of transgenic mice.
- Administration of agents to animals.
- Analysis and reporting of data.
- Write scientific papers and present data at scientific...
Anesthesia Equipment, Instrument and Supplies Maintenance:
- Checks inventory and, if appropriate, requisitions and restocks supplies; rotates dated items on shelves; participates in equipment and supply evaluations;
- troubleshoots and maintains equipment and supplies such as ETCO2 gas analyzer, anesthesia machine, EKG monitor, pulse oximeter, and blood gas instrument; makes minor repairs or refers to Clinical Engineering for repairs;
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- Areas of research interest include clinical study design, control of image quality, image processing, image grading, control of data quality and completeness, missing data analysis, diagnostic accuracy analysis, longitudinal data analysis, survival analysis, regression analysis, disease progression analysis, and machine learning based on optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT angiography technologies. Give presentations of research results.
- Preparation of manuscript for journal publications, papers and grant applications.
- Teach image processing, image grading, and statistics to research and clinical trainees.
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Prepare, mix and compound sterile medications, including hazardous medications, following aseptic procedures. Prioritize new orders to assure that product is delivered to patient location prior to label due time (when possible).
- Maintain work area
- Record refrigerator temperature and pressure monitor readings during downtime
- Order and maintain adequate supplies and medications
- Follow...
- Outpatient Clinic: Greet and check-in new patients to the practice providing a high level of customer service in preparation for the visit. This position will also check in / out established patients, make return appointments, answer incoming calls, provide high quality customer service to both external customers (patients, referring providers, and insurance carriers) and internal customers (OHSU health care providers and staff) that meet or exceeds the service standards of the health care industry. Obtain prior medical records and studies when appropriate. Enter all information accurately into OHSU databases or into the medical record when necessary. Answer all basic appointment questions. Determine and collect...
- Process transactions on insurance accounts; ensure account is set up correctly, problem resolution, appeals and audit transaction activity.
- Communicate professionally with OHSU staff and third-party customers including departments and insurance companies to ensure timely and accurate processing of account transactions.
- Review third-party claims (i.e. MVA settlements, workers compensation claims).
- Performing and documenting quality assurance reviews on transactions in department.
- Prioritize assigned accounts to maximize aged AR resolution.
- Trending provider activity and the denials that may arise.
- Researching and forwarding documentation for Revenue Cycle Business Analyst to present to department, including updating files with current...