MANAGER ORTHOTICS & PROSTHETICS - State Certified CPO
About The Position
As a state certified CPO, manage the prosthetic and orthotic activities of specified patient population to include administration, management of human resources, and program/business assessment and development. Oversee and provide direct patient evaluation and care as required. Provide direction and leadership to others as a highly specialized practitioner. Creates and ensures adherence to Policies and Procedures. Establishes medical billing, documentation, and coding rules to meet financial and compliant guidelines. Prepares and passes accreditation. Establishes best practice schedules. Forms relationships with appropriate vendors. Achieves the highest possible patient satisfaction, care, and outcomes.
Requirements
- Master's Degree in Orthotics and Prosthetics from a CAAHEP program
- 5 years directly related experience
- Certified Orthotics (CO), Prosthetics (CP), or Both (CPO)
Nice To Haves
- Previous experience running a prosthetic department or opening/owning one.
Responsibilities
- Oversee all facets of the daily operations of the organizational unit, including supervision of assigned personnel, oversight of work allocation, training, and problem resolution
- Ensure compliance with professional practice standards and state, and federal laws, policies, and regulations
- Evaluate employee performance and make recommendations for personnel actions; motivate employees to achieve peak productivity and performance
- Monitors competence with fitting, fabrication, and modification techniques
- Utilize effective communication and patient/customer relation skills in dealing with patients, visitors, staff, and physicians
- Demonstrate flexibility in working in a variety of settings
- Perform direct patient care; Participate in planning for complementary patient care in other related units within the component
- Develop training programs for professional and technical staff engaged in similar work
- Prepare information for patient billing; Monitor inventory and ordering of patient supplies and fabrication supplies for departments
- Develop and implement systems to maintain records on employees, equipment inventories, and compliance activities
- Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings and workshops
- Develop and administer the division's annual budget; monitor and approve expenditures.
- Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols; Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes; Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk; Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner; Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Number of Employees
51-100 employees
