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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

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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 requiremen** t: 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.