About the position
Active Life specializes in Prosthetic, Orthotic, and Compression solutions by treating, nurturing, and transforming clients' lives, empowering them into active opportunity through our unparalleled clinical services and products. In 2021, Active Life joined Ottobock Patient Care, a company known for its worldwide excellence in prosthetic technology and quality patient care. This collaboration supports our shared vision to advance innovation, improve access to care, and most importantly deliver the best possible patient care experiences. We believe in giving our practitioners the freedom of choice to provide the best care possible to patients. Join us and experience the freedom to care. We are currently seeking a Certified Orthotist or CPO for our Murrieta and Redlands, CA locations. The role involves delivering quality orthotics, prosthetics, and professional services in relation to patient care. You will be responsible for formulating the design of prosthetic and/or orthotic devices, providing complete and accurate direction and guidance to technicians responsible for fabrication, and ensuring quality, fit, function, and timely delivery of devices. You will also perform fittings, evaluate devices on patients, instruct patients in the use of their devices, and provide post-delivery service and adjustments. In addition, you will maintain all patient charts and records of care, develop a referral and client base, market the organization's professional services, and achieve and maintain professional knowledge and technical skills. This includes staying current with state-of-the-art knowledge, procedures, components, and materials. You will also be expected to identify and create improvements to processes to promote efficiency and productivity, adhere to safety regulations, and comply with corporate compliance and HIPAA responsibilities. Other duties and special projects may be assigned as needed.
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 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.
- 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.
Requirements
- Ability to communicate clearly, both orally and in writing, and to work effectively with a wide range of people, including vendors, suppliers, providers, co-workers, and management.
- Extremely adaptable and flexible.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks to completion.
- Exceptional organizational skills with attention to detail.
- Master's in Orthotics and/or Prosthetics.
- Certified by The American Board for Certification in Orthotics and/or Prosthetics (ABC) or Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) or Board Eligible.
- Two years of experience in Orthotics and/or Prosthetics preferred.
- Possess a valid CA driver's license with no limitations; must have a reliable vehicle.
Benefits
- Paid parental leave
- Health savings account
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Life insurance
