Certified Prosthetist Orthotist or Prosthetist (CPO, CP, Board Eligible)

Why Us?

With a mantra of Empowering Human Potential, Hanger, Inc. is the world's premier provider of orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) services and products, offering the most advanced O&P solutions, clinically differentiated programs and unsurpassed customer service. Hanger's Patient Care segment is the largest owner and operator of O&P patient care clinics nationwide. Through its Products & Services segment, Hanger distributes branded and private label O&P devices, products and components, and provides rehabilitative solutions to the broader market. With 160 years of clinical excellence and innovation, Hanger's vision is to lead the orthotic and prosthetic markets by providing superior patient care, outcomes, services and value. Collectively, Hanger employees touch thousands of lives each day, helping people achieve new levels of mobility and freedom.

Could This Be For You?

Join our busy clinic in Columbus, Ohio, where you'll become part of a collaborative team of eight clinicians supporting a strong and growing prosthetic patient population. This role is ideal for a CPO, CP, or board-eligible prosthetist who enjoys advanced patient care and has an interest in cutting-edge technologies such as MPKAFOs, Agilik systems, and MyoPro devices. You'll step into an established caseload with strong referral relationships from leading healthcare organizations, including Nationwide Children's Hospital and Mount Carmel East. The office offers the support of an onsite lab and dedicated technician, allowing clinicians to focus on delivering exceptional patient care.

As a Prosthetist and/or Orthotist

• Collaborate with physicians in the evaluation and analysis of a patient’s need for prosthetic and/or orthotic services; recommend treatment options to physicians when necessary.
• Examine and evaluate patient needs in relation to disease and functional loss.
• Select materials, make cast measurements, model modifications, and layouts, taking into account new techniques and materials.
• Perform fitting, including static and dynamic alignments.
• Evaluate prosthetic and/or orthotic device on patient, adjust to assure fit, function, medical efficacy, and quality of work.
• Instruct patient in use of prosthetic and/or orthotic devices.
• Identify and reconcile issues/problems to ensure patient satisfaction with devices provided.
• Provide follow-up with patients and physicians.
• Provide in-service training to physicians and allied health care professionals.
• Utilize effective materials management, quality and performance processes to maximize device quality and medical efficacy, maintaining a proper balance with costs and operational/financial performance.

Minimum Qualifications

• Current board certification in Prosthetics and/or Orthotics from the American Board for Certification (ABC) or the Board of Certification (BOC), or a baccalaureate degree in prosthetics and/or orthotics, or the foreign equivalent, and current ABC Board-Eligibility in Prosthetics and/or Orthotics.
• A valid driver’s license and driving record within the standards outlined within Hanger’s Motor Vehicle Safety Policy and Procedures.
• The ability to obtain and maintain state licensure may be required as well.
• The ability to lift patients using biomedical techniques frequently throughout the course of a work day/shift; must be capable of easily lifting fifty (50) pounds of weight alone.
• The ability to walk, bend, stand and reach constantly during a work day.
• The visual acuity (near and distant) sufficient to maintain accurate records, recognize people, and understand written direction.
• The ability to speak and hear sufficiently to understand and give directions.
• The ability to push wheeled equipment throughout the facility.
• The fine motor skills adequate for scheduling and preparing patients, equipment and supplies for treatment.
• The ability to participate in sustained activities for many hours in duration in accordance with state labor laws.