Health Technician (Pedorthist) position in the Prosthetic & Sensory Aids Service (PSAS) in the VA Clinic Indian River FL in VISN8. Provides specialized pedorthic care by assessing patients, designing and fabricating orthopedic footwear and devices, ensuring prescription accuracy, and supporting mobility and comfort through advanced pedorthic treatment and patient education.
Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional As a key member of our interdisciplinary team, you will independently assess Veteran patients with complex needs to formulate and implement pedorthic treatment plans. You will specialize in fitting orthotic devices-including shoes and bracing-while ensuring high-quality patient outcomes and improving compliance in our Orthotic Laboratory. Primary duties, but not limited too: Communicates and interacts with physicians, allied health professionals, patients, and caregivers in various interdisciplinary clinical settings as a subject matter expert to develop the pedorthic treatment plan. Provides complex patient analyses in accordance with established procedures for patients with unusual conditions, multiple complex conditions, and interrelated conditions. Assess patients for indications/contraindications. Discusses the assessment with the physician/requesting provider for the purpose of developing the overall treatment plan with considerable influence in the development of the plan. Analyzes the potential use of new and emerging technologies in designing unique or innovative pedorthic devices to accommodate or treat a wide range of complex medical conditions which include unusual problems or complications. Takes scans and measurements for advanced devices, prepares and modifies casts for advanced devices, repairs and fabricates advanced devices and provides patient/caregiver education for advanced devices. Recognizes physical abnormalities, deviations, and complicating conditions with potentially life-threatening implications. Privileges (Individual Scope of Practice) other credentialled clinicians to provide pedorthic care based on ABC privileging requirements. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 41449F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: A recruitment incentive is authorized for this position to address documented difficulty in filling Health Technician (Pedorthist) roles at the Indian River VA Clinic. Labor-market data shows limited candidate availability, and strong demand for certified Pedorthists. This incentive is intended to support successful hiring for this free-standing clinic, where specialized certification (Cped - American Board for Certification) is required.
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Paula.Velez@va.gov 813-816-7155 X100173
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