This position serves as a Orthotist/Prosthetist-Advanced Practitioner within the Orthotic-Prosthetic Laboratory Section of the Edward J. Hines VA Hospital System. The general responsibility of this non-supervisory Orthotist-Prosthetist is to provide the most complex clinical and laboratory prosthetic and orthotic services to disabled patients.
VA Careers - Prosthetics: https://youtube.com/embed/3NUvF5jjErQ Major Duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to the following: Treatment of all amputation levels. Serve as advisor to medical professionals regarding indications and contraindications of prosthetic and orthotic componentry, and prescription criteria.
Identify biomechanical condition, conduct gait analysis, range of motion, coordination and balance, motor skills, and clinical assessment studies. Interview patients, take necessary measurements, casts or scans, recognize physical abnormalities, deviations, and complicating conditions. Fabricate components, or select and modify components, and assemble them into finished device.
Maintain patient records, including electronic records, in accordance with established VA, Federal, and Joint Commission policies and regulations. Conduct in-service trainings. Authorize purchase, fabrication or repair of prosthetic devices. Maintain liaison with manufacturers and dealers of prosthetic supplies, inspecting their facilities and services and participating in award of prosthetic appliance contracts.
Participate in investigative/research project studies by selecting patients as wearers of newly developed prosthetic items, evaluate usefulness of such items and compile data. Give technical and administrative advice and assistance on prosthetic problems to other facilities. Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm. Telework: Not available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 09178F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
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Patricia.Reynolds@va.gov · 727-710-2678
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $100059 – $130080/yr.
Applications close on 2026-09-14.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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