Certified Prosthetist Orthotist or Orthotist (CPO, CO)

Join Hanger Clinic in St. Louis, where you'll provide advanced orthotic care, build strong referral relationships, and help patients regain mobility and independence. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced clinician who enjoys a mix of patient care, clinical problem-solving, and community outreach within a high-performing, growing practice. Beyond the rewarding work, you'll enjoy living and working near Forest Park, one of the nation's premier urban parks, home to the Saint Louis Zoo, Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri History Museum, The Muny, and more than 30 miles of walking and biking trails. The park is even larger than New York City's Central Park and offers year-round outdoor recreation, cultural attractions, and community events. If you're seeking a career where you can grow professionally while making a lasting difference in patients' lives, this could be the opportunity for you. As a Prosthetist and/or Orthotist, you have dedicated yourself to improving the lives of the patients you serve. We recognize that in doing so you not only impact the lives of those you treat but of their families, friends, and communities. Embarking on a career with Hanger allows you to continue in this endeavor but elevates you as a champion of the orthotic and prosthetic market by providing superior patient care, outcomes, service and value. Advance your career by leveraging professional clinical expertise, established clinical practice guidelines, innovative technologies, specialized training & continuing education, and back office support at one of our more than 900 clinics nationwide. At Hanger, we fulfill your current practice needs but also offer a potential career path to meet your changing aspirations as you continue your professional journey for years to come. Our patients are our focus and are the heart of everything we do. As a Hanger Prosthetist and/or Orthotist, you will leverage exceptional training and an extensive collaborative clinical community nearly 1600 providers strong to provide or supervise the delivery of comprehensive prosthetic and orthotic care. You will assess patients, formulate treatment plans, implement those plans, follow-up with your patients and participate in practice management. If you have not yet achieved certification, you will provide care under the direction of one of our certified clinicians. You will enjoy combining your unique blend of clinical and technical skills to evaluate patients, custom design, fabricate and fit prostheses and/or orthoses to deliver exceptional outcomes for the patients you serve. You will collaborate with other members of the rehabilitation team and innovate utilizing the latest technology as we all strive to empower human potential together. Depending on the operational requirements, size of the Hanger Clinic and subject to limitations imposed by state and/or local law, your role may include some or all of the functions listed below. Collaborate with physicians in the evaluation and analysis of a patient’s need for prosthetic and/or orthotic services; recommend treatment options to physicians when necessary. Examine and evaluate patient needs in relation to disease and functional loss. Formulate design of prosthetic and/or orthotic devices. Select materials, make cast measurements, model modifications, and layouts, taking into account new techniques and materials. Perform fitting, including static and dynamic alignments. Evaluate prosthetic and/or orthotic device on patient, adjust to assure fit, function, medical efficacy, and quality of work. Instruct patient in use of prosthetic and/or orthotic devices. Identify and reconcile issues/problems to ensure patient satisfaction with devices provided. Provide follow-up with patients and physicians. Provide in-service training to physicians and allied health care professionals. Utilize effective materials management, quality and performance processes to maximize device quality and medical efficacy, maintainin…

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