Orthotist/Prosthetist Resident at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Job Description:

Residency begins May 2022. Hiring Orthotic or Prosthetic Residents in Grand Rapids, Troy, Muskegon, Saginaw, Lansing, and Kalamazoo.

Summary:

Responsible for learning the evaluation, design, fabrication, and fit of braces for patients. Completes responsibilities in accordance with a physician prescription and under the supervision of a Senior Orthotist or Clinical Manager.



Essential Job Responsibilities:

Follows a structured program of gradually increasing responsibilities including:

• Provides clinical services including measurement, fit, fabrication, adjustment, and repair. Produces Orthotic or Prosthetic devices; establishes standards for their design and fabrication in relation to the physician orders.


• Assists Senior Orthotists, Clinical Specialists or Clinical Manager in design, measurement and fabrication of Orthoses according to physician description.


• Attends assigned clinics, completes hospital calls.


• Maintains treatment standards and protocols by meeting scheduling, patient satisfaction, and production standards.


• Repairs or delegates the maintenance of orthoses to technicians.


• Follows charting procedures and maintains records; completes in a timely manner according to department policy.


• Assists in inventories of supplies and equipment. Orders supplies as needed.

• Participates in a program of continuing education.


• Completes Certification requirements (if necessary) within a reasonable period of time.

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

• College graduate and completed practitioner training.


• Ability to interact with patients and physicians.


• Ability to use tools and fabricate independently.


• Physical Demands: Able to lift, carry up to 50 lbs. occasionally; to push, pull up to 200 lbs. occasionally; to walk, stand for the majority of the time, but also periods of sitting are required; to use the keyboard frequently for brief periods, with occasional longer stints