Certified Prosthetist Orthotist - Shriners Children's

Shriners Children's is a family that respects, supports and values each other.  We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact.  We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and crtiical thinking.  Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience defines us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

Pediatric Orthotic and Prosthetics of Shriners Children’s Hospital ,Greenville, SC is looking for a dynamic team-oriented CPO to join our diversified team. Help us with our mission to provide the very best in pediatric orthotic and prosthetic care for our children and their families, in a team-oriented hospital environment.

Our great team is looking for an ABC CPO.   Knowledge in pediatrics, use of CAD for modifying, and OPIE EMR, is a plus. This position is full time, Monday -Friday, with no on call or weekends!

About Greenville, South Carolina

Greenville, South Carolina has been named among American’s Best Small Cities by Condé Nast Traveler and one of the South’s Best Cities on the Rise by Southern Living. Thriving as an east coast epicenter to international companies including BMW and Michelin, Greenville features a vibrant downtown and thriving culinary and art scenes. We offer much for the sports enthusiast, including professional hockey, baseball and soccer teams, as well as the acclaimed Swamp Rabbit Trail for biking and running. Greenville also enjoys a healthy and growing economy and is home to some of the state’s top-ranked schools.

In this role, you will thrive and grow your career by working with the following activities:

• The assessment, measurement, casting, modification, fabrication and fitting of prosthetic and orthotic devices under appropriate prescription criteria.
• Evaluates Orthotic and Prosthetic prescription for appropriateness and need for specific design criteria.
• Knowledge of CAD O&P Design.  
• Development of patient treatment plans including the design of the appropriate device and component selection in accordance to the physician prescription.
• Teaches patient, families and staff appropriate care and wear of Orthosis/Prosthesis, maintenance and use.
• Appropriate, timely and compliant patient documentation utilizing EMR system; and the establishment of short and long term patient goals for documented outcomes. 
• Direct the technical staff in fabrication of specific orthotic and prosthetic devices following an organized and orderly work flow with reasonable delivery dates of the orthosis/prosthesis to patients.
• Assesses quality of finished devices when fitted to patients.
• Assists technicians in maintaining machines and equipment.
• Performs all other duties as assigned by the department head.

Required

• Bachelors Degree
• American Board of Certification in Orthotics (ABC)

Preferred

• Masters of Science in Prosthetics & Orthotics
• 2 years clinical and technical O and P experience
• 1 year Pediatric experience
• BLS