Senior OP Tech

About the role

The Senior O &/or P Technician fabricates orthotic and/or prosthetic devices, including highly complex devices, with little to no guidance. This job requires quick and efficient work to handle days with multiple devices.

Responsibilities

• Critically assess work orders for missing or conflicting information
• Thermoforming various plastics using drape forming and/or bubble/blister forming
• Laminations with different materials, resins, and fabrics
• Ensures cosmetics of orthosis/prosthesis, alignment of joints and/or components meet the internal standards as well as industry and safety standards
• Independent in laminations
• Independent in basic and complex upper extremity prosthetic systems
• Independent in basic and complex lower extremity prosthetic and/or orthotic systems
• Experience with adjustable socket systems
• Experience with myoelectrics and/or microprocessors
• Experience with hip and shoulder disarticulations

Requirements

• Trade Certificate from an accredited program in O&P - preferred
• High School Diploma or GED equivalent - required
• Able to shape plastic or metal by bending, welding, or cutting
• Ability to use rubber, felt, plastic, leather, wood, fabric, etc. to create necessary devices per specifications
• Ability to use hand tools, power tools, and machinery such as but not limited to: hammers, screwdrivers, anvils, welding equipment, drills, saws, sewing machines, routers, oscillating saws, pipe cutters, torque wrenches, sand blasters, belt sanders, vacuum pumps, sonic welder, etc.
• Independent in laminations
• Independent in basic and complex upper extremity prosthetic systems
• Independent in basic and complex lower extremity prosthetic and/or orthotic systems
• Experience with adjustable socket systems
• Experience with myoelectrics and/or microprocessors
• Experience with hip and shoulder disarticulations
• Ability to read diagrams and specifications

Pay

Varies based on experience