What are the responsibilities and job description for the Licensed Assistant position at Hanger, Inc.?
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?
Assist the certified and/or licensed practitioner in providing patient care services specific to their discipline by providing patient care for a range of orthotic and/or prosthetic devices under **indirect supervision and performing other assigned tasks. The Licensed Assistant will work under the general direction of the ACM/CM or his/her designee
Your Impact
Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions):
- Assist practitioners with patient care.
- Prepare a room and patient for treatment, make and modify molds, perform technical fabrication, and complete administrative tasks.
- Complete and maintain accurate documentation of patient care provided.
- Evaluate selected orthotic and prosthetic needs of patients, measure, cast, fit, and adjust devices.
- Perform selected patient care procedures..
- Provide alterations to the fitting of orthotic and prosthetic devices.
- Provide patient follow-up for selected orthotic and prosthetic patients.
- Perform shipping, receiving, and monitoring of inventory and other clerical tasks.
- Contact vendors to order prosthetic and orthotic materials
Additional Responsibilities:
- Maintain a clean, safe and orderly work environment.
- Adhere to all safety regulations; compliance with Medicare and other governmental regulations; compliance with blood borne and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements.
- Assistants who have obtained professional licensure (Orthotic Fitter/Prosthetic Assistant) and received supplemental internal training may be asked to support the provision of hospital based post-operative care.
Minimum Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED required
- ABC Assistant licensure in orthotics, prosthetics, or both.
- Must have, or be eligible to obtain, a valid driver’s license and driving record within the standards outlined within Hanger’s Motor Vehicle Safety Policy and Procedures.
Additional Success Factors
- Willingness to consult certified clinician during patient care, as needed
- Ability to follow written and verbal directions.
- Hand skills necessary to use laboratory tools safely and effectively.
- Knowledge of biomechanical principles.
- Good interpersonal, oral and written communication skills for reporting information to patient and staff.
- Effective organizational skills and ability to prioritize and plan for the purpose of meeting deadlines.
- 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 that 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.
Our Investment in You
- Competitive Compensation Packages
- 8 Paid National Holidays & 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 & National traveling CPO/CO/CP opportunities
- Volunteering for Local and National events such as Hanger’s BAKA Bootcamp and EmpowerFest
Hanger, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship. All conditions and privileges of employment are administered to all employees without discrimination or harassment because of race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, special disabled veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances. The company will comply with all applicable state or local fair employment laws that forbid discrimination or harassment on the basis of other protected characteristics. Retaliation against any employee for filing or supporting a complaint of discrimination or harassment is prohibited.
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