CERTIFIED PROSTHETIST ORTHOTIST

Description

Position Summary:

This position will be responsible for providing patient care for adult and pediatric patients who require a variety of prosthetic and orthotic devices.

Responsibilities: 

• Perform a comprehensive assessment of the patient to obtain an understanding of the patient’s O&P needs. 
• Create a treatment plan to meet the needs and goals of the patient. 
• Design orthotic and prosthetic devices based on physician’s prescriptions.
• Take a mold of part of the body to be fitted with a brace or limb, and select materials to be used for the orthotic or prosthetic device.
• Provide clinical documentation of each patient encounter. 
• Instruct patients on how to use and care for their devices.
• Repair or update prosthetic and orthotic devices.
• Work in conjunction with Skilled Nursing Facilities, Home Health Agencies, rehab facilities, hospitals, house calls, and acute care.
• Ordering and stocking inventory, maintaining stock levels, and reducing overhead cost
• Oversee administrative staff and assist with patient scheduling and patient flow.
• Conduct educational classes for physicians and staff as needed.
• Must participate in mandatory on-call and call-back program to respond to emergencies. 
• Thorough understanding of the principles of biomechanics, gait analysis, kinesiology, human anatomy, and physiology. 
• Identify and reconcile issues or problems to ensure patient satisfaction with devices provided by SG Homecare. 
• Plan and implement strategies to meet and exceed revenue targets in coordination with management.
• Provide detailed clinical notes to patient records.
• Mentor or train residents or less experienced staff members. 
• Perform other duties or special projects as assigned.
• Willing to travel to multiple locations as needed

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• ABC or BOC certification in Prosthetics and Orthotics 
• Medical / healthcare setting experience preferred.
• License in Certified Prosthetist Orthotist
• Demonstrated ability to listen and communicate in an empathetic manner.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills
• Self-starter, motivated and detail oriented.
• Problem-solving skills, resolve issues from patients in a timely manner.
• Adhere to all safety and compliance regulations.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license in good standing. 
• Must be available to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed.

Physical Demands and Working Environment 

The conditions herein represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. 

Language Ability and Interpersonal Communication: Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees and the public Ability to speak and hear sufficiently to understand and give directions.

• Judgment and Situational Reasoning Ability: Ability to use good judgment and discretion in performing all job functions. 
• Environment: Office, nursing facility, in-home, or hospital setting. 
• Physical: Incumbents require sufficient mobility to walk, stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; operate office equipment, including the use of a computer keyboard; exert required physical effort to perform moderate to heavy physical work, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling; push, pull, lift, and/or carry moderate to heavy amounts of weights; operate assigned equipment and vehicles; ability to verbally communicate to exchange information.   
• Ability to lift patients using biomedical techniques frequently throughout the course of a workday/shift; must be capable of easily lifting fifty (50) pounds of weight alone.
• Frequently required to stand and lift objects from 1” to 36” high with 

Body Position and Flexibility Elements: 

• Ability to walk, bend, stand and reach constantly during a workday.
• Ability to push wheeled equipment throughout the facility. 
• Fine motor skills adequate for scheduling and preparing patients, equipment, and supplies for treatment. 
• Frequently required to bend down at the waist to a torso level of 24” above the floor. 
• Ability to participate in sustained activities for many hours in duration in accordance with state labor laws.
• Vision: See in the normal visual range with or without correction; vision sufficient to read computer screens and printed documents; and to operate assigned equipment. 
• Hearing: Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.