Orthotics-Prosthetics Practitioner
About The Position
The Orthotics-Prosthetics Practitioner provides direct patient care at multiple UW Medicine facilities, including the Prosthetic-Orthotic Laboratory at UW Medical Center and inpatient and outpatient locations at Harborview Medical Center and UW Medical Center. The practitioner demonstrates technical and professional competence in evaluating and assessing patients, treatment, and consultation in prosthetics and orthotics. Work includes measuring, designing, fabricating, assembling, fitting, aligning, and adjusting devices, and providing initial patient training. Devices include custom-fabricated and prefabricated orthoses, such as direct-formed orthotic devices, commercially available knee orthoses, foot orthoses, and spinal orthoses. The practitioner collaborates with the rehabilitation team, communicates with patients, families, community resource representatives, and third-party payers, and participates in professional development and clinical teaching as appropriate. UW Medicine Rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary team focused on compassionate, innovative care and works with specialists to support patients’ recovery. Harborview Medical Center is the region’s only Level I Trauma and verified burn center. Owned by King County and operated by UW Medicine, it provides specialized care to patients from across the Pacific Northwest, including vulnerable residents of King County. This is a temporary, per diem position on the day shift. The pay range is $43.92 to $60.99 per hour. Benefits information is available on the employer’s website for temporary, per diem, and less-than-half-time positions.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited Prosthetic-Orthotic Practitioner program and eligibility for certification by the American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics, or equivalent education and experience.
Responsibilities
- Assess patient needs using knowledge of anatomy and kinesiology, and synthesize and report assessments verbally and in writing.
- Design and modify prosthetic and orthotic devices to meet patient requirements.
- Perform fitting and fabrication techniques for prosthetic and orthotic devices.
- Provide patients and families with education on the use and maintenance of prosthetic and orthotic devices.
- Direct the work of Orthotics/Prosthetics Technicians, students, and volunteers, and assist in supervising Orthotic and Prosthetic Residents.
- Provide direct patient care at multiple UW Medicine facilities.
- Measure, design, fabricate, assemble, fit, align, and adjust prosthetic and orthotic devices, and provide initial patient training.
- Collaborate with rehabilitation team members and communicate effectively with patients, families, community resource representatives, and third-party payers.
- Participate in professional development activities and clinical teaching as appropriate.
Benefits
- Benefits information is provided for temporary, per diem, and less-than-half-time positions.
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