Prosthetist

Description

Posterity Group LLC is a veteran owned, service-disabled small business, headquartered in Rockville, MD, that specializes in federal government contracting and staffing. We are cultivating a WARP Multidisciplinary Clinic and looking to staff Prosthetist to provide their services to veterans in our Rockville, MD headquarters. The Prosthetist is expected to perform the following:

• •Complete prosthetic evaluations and functional-needs assessments.
• •Participate in pre-amputation and post-amputation care planning when requested.
• •Develop device recommendations consistent with diagnosis, goals, environment and payer requirements.
• •Take measurements, casts and digital scans.
• •Design, fit, align and adjust prosthetic devices.
• •Assess socket fit, skin integrity, comfort, gait and component performance.
• •Coordinate with physicians, PTs, OTs, kinesiotherapists and wound-care providers.
• •Train patients and caregivers in device use, maintenance and safety.
• •Document medical necessity and support prior authorization.
• •Manage repair, replacement and follow-up schedules.
• •Participate in interdisciplinary limb-loss clinics and outcome reviews.

Requirements

Minimum qualifications

• •Master’s degree in orthotics and prosthetics from a CAAHEP-accredited program or an accepted equivalent.
• •Current ABC Certified Prosthetist credential, or CPO credential if practicing both disciplines.
• •Completion of applicable residency and examination requirements.
• •Compliance with all Maryland, Medicare and payer credentialing requirements applicable at the time of hire.

ABC eligibility includes graduate education, clinical residency and certification examinations. ABC prosthetist/orthotist eligibility

Preferred qualifications

• •Experience with upper- and lower-extremity prostheses.
• •Experience with Veterans, active adults and pediatric patients.
• •Microprocessor, myoelectric and adaptive-sports expertise.
• •Medicare and VA Community Care documentation experience.

Performance indicators

• •Successful fitting and device utilization.
• •Comfort, skin integrity and functional outcomes.
• •Delivery and authorization turnaround time.
• •Repair and remake rates.
• •Patient satisfaction.
• •Interdisciplinary follow-through.