Description
Come join our brand-new Hanger Clinic office in Panama City, Florida, designed with a modern layout, patient friendly flow, and a full onsite fabrication lab to support high-quality, efficient care. This is one of our vibrant Gulf Coast clinics, and we are looking to add a motivated clinician ASAP.
In this role, you will work alongside a CPO, as well as strong administrator and a BDM. This experienced team will help you support our diverse patient population that spans across all ages.
Panama City is known for its white sand beaches, warm Gulf waters, and year-round sunshine. Outdoor enthusiasts enjoy boating, fishing, paddleboarding, and coastal parks, while the city also offers a growing arts scene, fresh Gulf seafood, and a relaxed coastal lifestyle. It’s a place where you can build a meaningful career and enjoy life outside the clinic.
Could this be for you?
Use your unique blend of clinical and technical skills to evaluate patients, custom design, fabricate and fit shoes, 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.
Principle Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions)
- Collaborate with physicians in the evaluation and analysis of a patient’s need for pedorthotic services; recommend treatment options to physicians when necessary.
- Examine and evaluate patient's needs in relation to disease and functional loss.
- Formulate design of pedorthotic devices.
- Select materials, makes cast measurements, model modifications, and layouts, taking into account new techniques and materials.
- Perform fitting, including static and dynamic alignments.
- Evaluate pedorthotic device and any collateral prosthetic or orthotic devices on patient, adjust to assure fit, function, medical efficacy, and quality of work.
- Instruct patient in the use of pedorthotic, orthotic or prosthetic devices utilized in fulfilling the patient’s needs.
- 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, maintaining a proper balance with costs and operational/financial performance.
- Meet with physicians, case managers and other referral sources to review pedorthotic services and capabilities; develop and enhance business relationships to identify and secure ongoing and future sources or referrals.
- Plan and implement strategies to meet and exceed revenue targets in coordination with management.
- Provide detailed clinical notes to patient records.
- May mentor newly certified clinicians.
- Provide assistance to other clinical staff.
- Provide information to administrative staff to conduct reimbursement activities.
- Adhere to all safety regulations; compliance with Medicare and other governmental regulations; compliance with bloodborne and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
- Current board certification in Pedorthist from the American Board for Certification (ABC) or the Board of Certification (BOC), or an equivalent combination of education and experience to meet board eligibility.
- May be willing to consider candidates who are not certified or board-eligible but have at least 5 years of demonstrated experience in providing prosthetic and/or orthotic services under the supervision of a certified clinician.
- In states where licensure is required, the ability to obtain and maintain state licensure may be required as well.
- A valid driver’s license and driving record within the standards outlined within Hanger’s Motor Vehicle Safety Policy and Procedures
