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• Certified Orthotist or Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist
• Position information

Title

• Certified Orthotist or Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist
• Facility: Fidelity Health Care
• Job Reports to: Manager, DME Bracing and Orthotics
• Premier Health Mission, Vision, and Values
• Position Summary

General Summary/Responsibilities

• The Orthotist collaborates with providers in the evaluation and analysis or patient’s needs for orthotic services. He/she is responsible for formulating the design of orthotic devices including materials, both custom and prefabricated. He/she must evaluate the patient’s needs, perform the fitting, make modifications as needed, and adjust to ensure proper fit. He/she must maintain good documentation of services provided, and may be asked to participate in provider training.

• Qualifications
• Education
• Minimum Level of Education Required: Master's degree

Additional requirements

• § Type of degree: Masters Degree
• § Area of study or major: Orthotics and Prosthetics
• § Preferred educational qualifications: Must be a Certified Orthotist or Certified Prosthestist/Orthotist
• § Position specific testing requirement: N/A
• Licensure/Certification/Registration
• § American Board for Certification Certified Orthotist (CO) or Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist (CPO)
• § Licensure per State of Ohio Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics Board
• Experience
• Minimum Level of Experience Required: 1 - 3 years of job-related experience
• Prior job title or occupational experience: N/A
• Prior specific functional responsibilities: N/A
• Preferred experience: Enter preferred experience or N/A
• Other experience requirements: N/A
• Knowledge/Skills
• § Collaborate with physicians in the evaluation and analysis of a patient's need for prosthetic and/or orthotic services; recommend treatment options to physicians when necessary
• § Examine and evaluate patient needs in relation to disease and functional loss.
• § Formulate design of prosthetic and/or orthotic devices. Select materials, make cast measurements, model modifications, and layouts, taking into account new techniques and materials.
• § Perform fitting, including static and dynamic alignments.
• § Evaluate prosthetic and/or orthotic device on patient, adjust to assure fit, function, medical efficacy, and quality of work
• § Instruct patient in use of prosthetic and/or orthotic devices. Identify and reconcile issues/problems to ensure patient satisfaction with devices provided.
• § Provide follow-up with patients and physicians
• § Provide in-service training to physicians and allied health care professionals.
• § Utilize effective materials management, quality and performance processes to maximize device quality and medical efficacy, maintaining a proper balance with costs and operational/financial performance.
• § Meet with physicians, case managers and other referral sources to review prosthetic and/or orthotic services and capabilities; develop and enhance business relationships to identify and secure ongoing and future sources or referrals.
• § Provide detailed clinical notes to patient records.
• § May mentor residents or newly certified clinicians
• § Provide assistance to other clinical staff
• § Provide information to administrative staff to conduct reimbursement activities.
• § Adhere to all safety regulations; compliance with Medicare and other governmental regulations; compliance with bloodborne and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements.
• § Review and sign documentation of certified orthotic fitter providing clinical supervision both direct and indirect.
• § Maintains appropriate certification and licensure requirements
• § Perform other duties or special projects as assigned.