Prosthetist and/or Orthotist Clinician (CPO, CO, Board Eligible)

About the Role

Hanger, Inc. is seeking an Orthotist/Prosthetist (or board-eligible clinician) to join a well-established team in Shreveport, Louisiana. This practice serves a diverse mix of prosthetic, orthotic, VA, and pediatric patients and offers strong growth potential, local fabrication capabilities, expanding VA partnerships, and the chance to help shape future clinical programs and residency development.

Shreveport provides an affordable cost of living, short commutes, excellent outdoor recreation, and a family-friendly atmosphere with easy access to lakes, parks, and regional travel destinations. You’ll enjoy the benefits of a close-knit community while having the autonomy to grow your practice and make a meaningful difference for patients.

Why Hanger

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.

At Hanger, you’ll leverage exceptional training, an extensive collaborative clinical community of nearly 1,600 providers, and established clinical practice guidelines to deliver comprehensive prosthetic and orthotic care. The role offers a potential career path to meet your evolving aspirations while providing back-office support at one of over 900 clinics nationwide.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Formulate design of prosthetic and/or orthotic devices.
• 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 while balancing costs and operational/financial performance.
• Meet with physicians, case managers, and other referral sources to review prosthetic and/or orthotic services and capabilities; develop and enhance business relationships to secure ongoing and future sources of referrals.
• Plan and implement strategies to meet and exceed revenue targets in coordination with management.
• Provide detailed clinical notes to patient records.
• Mentor residents or newly certified clinicians (as applicable).
• Provide assistance to other clinical staff.
• Provide information to administrative staff to conduct reimbursement activities.
• Adhere to all safety regulations; comply with Medicare and other governmental regulations; comply with bloodborne and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements.
• Perform other duties or special projects as assigned.
• May be asked to perform on-call, hospital calls, or float between more than one Hanger Clinic location.

Requirements

• 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.
• In states where licensure is required, the ability to obtain and maintain state licensure may be required.
• Willingness to consider candidates certified in one discipline who wish to see patients in their certified discipline while simultaneously completing residency in the other discipline.
• Willingness to consider candidates who are not certified or board-eligible but have at least 5 years of demonstrated past experience in providing prosthetic and/or orthotic services under the supervision of a certified clinician.

Skills

• Thorough understanding of the principles of biomechanics, pathomechanics, gait analysis, kinesiology, anatomy, and physiology.
• Thorough understanding of componentry and its suitability and reliability for specific uses.
• Thorough understanding of medical terminology.
• Effective communication skills for accurate, concise, and organized oral and written presentation and reports to patients and staff.
• Ability to instruct clinical and non-clinical personnel and customers on objectives of patient care services.
• Active listening, reading, and comprehension skills for analyzing reports, charts, and correspondence.
• Ability to assess patient condition and advise physicians on treatment options.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to build professional relationships with physicians, therapists, and patients.
• Ability to work effectively as a team member.
• Effective organizational, time management, and planning skills.
• Act with integrity in all ways and at all times, remaining honest, transparent, and respectful in all relationships.
• Keep the patient at the center of everything you do, building lifelong trust.
• Foster open collaboration and constructive dialogue with everyone around you.
• Continuously innovate new solutions, influencing and responding to change.
• Focus on superior outcomes and calibrate work processes for outstanding results.

Physical Abilities

• Ability to lift patients using biomedical techniques frequently throughout the workday; must be capable of easily lifting fifty (50) pounds of weight alone.
• Ability to walk, bend, stand, and reach constantly during a workday.
• Visual acuity (near and distant) sufficient to maintain accurate records, recognize people, and understand written direction.
• Ability to speak and hear sufficiently to understand and give directions.
• Ability to push wheeled equipment throughout the facility.
• Fine motor skills adequate for scheduling and preparing patients, equipment, and supplies for treatment.
• Ability to participate in sustained activities for many hours in duration in accordance with state labor laws.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages.
• 8 paid national holidays and 4 additional floating holidays.
• PTO that includes vacation and sick time.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401k savings and retirement plan.
• Paid parental bonding leave for new parents.
• Flexible work schedules and part-time opportunities.
• Generous employee referral bonus program.
• Mentorship programs (mentor and mentee).
• Student loan repayment assistance (by location).
• Relocation assistance.
• Regional and national traveling CPO/CO/CP opportunities.
• Volunteering opportunities for local and national events such as Hanger’s BAKA Bootcamp and EmpowerFest.