CPO - Certified (or Board Eligible) Prosthetist/Orthotist

Duties & Responsibilities

• Deliver quality orthotics, prosthetics, and professional services in relation to patient care. 
• ​Formulate design of prosthetic and/or orthotic devices. 
• ​Provide complete and accurate direction and guidance to technicians responsible for fabrication of orthoses and/or prosthesis for patients. 
• ​Fabricate as needed to assure, quality, fit function, timely delivery, or responsiveness to individual patient need. 
• ​Perform fitting, including static and dynamic alignments.
• ​Evaluate prosthetic/orthotic device on patient, adjust to assure fit, function, medical efficacy, and quality of work and perform outcome measures as appropriate. 
• ​Instruct patient in use of device.
• ​Provide post-delivery service and adjustments for assigned patients. 
• ​Specify information to administrative staff to conduct reimbursement activities. 
• ​Maintain all patient charts and records of care and service, current and complete each day. 
• ​Train Technicians, Residents, Fitters, and other Clinicians, as appropriate. 
• ​Develop a referral and client base that will profitably contribute to the practice's capabilities to better serve patients, referral sources and employees. 
• ​Market the organization's professional services, through the development of strong professional relationships with physicians, therapists, patients, and other referral sources. 
• ​Achieve and maintain professional knowledge and technical skills required to perform all other primary responsibilities. This specifically includes current "state of the art" knowledge, procedures, components, and materials including application based on diagnosis. 
• ​Identify and create improvements to processes to promote efficiency and productivity. 
• ​Adhere to all safety regulations; compliance with Medicare and other governmental regulations; compliance with bloodborne and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements.
• ​Comply with Corporate Compliance and HIPAA responsibilities. 
• ​Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.​ 
• Will support other clinics as needed.