Description

Summary:
A Certified Orthotist Prosthetist is a healthcare professional who is specifically educated and trained to manage comprehensive orthotic and prosthetic patient care. This includes patient assessment, formulation of a treatment plan, implementation of the treatment plan, follow-up and practice management. 

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Assessment of patients with impairment of human movement or musculoskeletal abnormalities that would impede their ability to participate in their social environment or other activities in order to determine a functional intervention. Produces Orthotic/Prosthetic devices as prescribed by the referring physician.
• Formulation of a treatment plan, with other health care providers as prescribed by the referring physician based upon a comprehensive assessment to design an intervention to alleviate limitations and enhance function. 
• Implementation of the orthotic and/or prosthetic treatment plan, and overseeing certified assistants.
• Utilization of a follow-up treatment plan that ensures successful orthotic and prosthetic outcomes.
• Compliance with practice management plans to develop and document policies and procedures to ensure patient protection which includes, but is not limited to:
  • adherence to applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations
  • maintaining a safe and professional environment for patient care
  • comprehension of claims development and submission
• Maintains mandatory education requirements.
• Adherence to ABC Code of Professional Responsibility.
• Follows charting procedures and maintains records; completes in a timely manner according to department policy.

Essential Job Qualifications (Knowledge, Education, and Training Requirements):

• Demonstrate knowledge and skills with Upper and lower limb prosthetics, Cranial, Spinal, upper and lower limb orthotics, for pediatric and geriatric patients.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in orthotics and prosthetics for a Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) accredited program OR a Bachelor’s degree or higher in any major along with a post-graduate orthotics and prosthetic certificate from a CAAHEP accredited program
• Certification by the American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics (CPO) or Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC).
• Physical Demands:  The physical ability to lift, position, and transport patients; to frequently sit, stand, walk, bend, kneel, twist, crawl, grasp, reach, and occasionally climb; to hear, speak, write and see (correctable vision); to frequently lift up to 75 pounds, and occasionally lift in excess of 75 pounds; to occasionally push, pull, or carry weight anywhere from 1 to 100+ pounds while assisting patients and moving equipment; to exert up to 20-50 pounds of force occasionally, 10-20 pounds of force frequently, and exert up to 10 pounds of force constantly