Certified Prosthetist Orthotist

Certified Prosthetist Orthotist
** Job Title**:
Orthotist/Prosthetist – Certified (CPO)
** Job Code**: 3026
** Department**: O & P System
** Location**:
Muskegon, MI
** FLSA Class**:
Salaried/Exempt
** Reporting Relationship**:
Operations Manager and/or Director of Clinical Operations                                   
** Mary Free Bed Summary
** We have the great privilege of helping patients and families re-build their lives. It’s extraordinarily meaningful work and the reason we greet the day with optimism and anticipation. When patients “Ask for Mary,” they experience a culture that has been sculpted for more than a century. Our hallmark is to carefully listen to patients and innovatively serve them. This is true of every employee, from support staff and leadership, to clinicians and care providers.

Mary Free Bed is a not-for-profit, nationally accredited rehabilitation hospital serving thousands of children and adults each year through inpatient, outpatient, sub-acute rehabilitation, orthotics and prosthetics and home and community programs. With the most comprehensive rehabilitation services in Michigan and an exclusive focus on rehabilitation, Mary Free Bed physicians, nurses and therapists help our patients achieve outstanding clinical outcomes. The growing Mary Free Bed Network provides patients throughout the state with access to our unique standard of care
** Mission Statement
** Restoring hope and freedom through rehabilitation.
** Employment Value Proposition
** At Mary Free Bed, we take pride in our values-based culture:
* ** Focus on Patient Care.
** A selfless drive to serve and heal connects all MFB employees.
* ** Clinical Variety and Challenge.
** An inter-disciplinary approach and a top team of professionals create ever-changing opportunities and activities.
* ** Family Culture.
** We offer the stability of a large organization while nurturing the family/team atmosphere of a small organization.
* ** Trust in Each Other.
** Each employee knows that co-workers can be trusted to make the right decision for our family, patients, staff, and community.
* ** A Proud Tradition**. Years of dedicated, quality service to our patients and community have yielded a reputation that fills our employees with pride.
** Age Specific Responsibility
** Must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in assigned department.  Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to age-specific needs and to provide the care needed as described in the department’s policies and procedures.
** 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
*** Staff will provide patient care, treatment, and services within the scope of their license, certification or registration and as required by law and regulation.
* 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.
* Accountable for achieving financial targets and performance benchmarks as established by their manager.
* Compliance…