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Job Description
Design, measure, fit, and adapt orthopedic braces, appliances or prostheses, such as limbs or facial parts for patients with disabling conditions.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2091.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 69,920.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 33.00
- Currently, there are 7,500 people on this job
Also Known As…
- Prosthetist
- Pedorthist
- Orthotist/Prosthetist
- Orthotist
- Orthotic/Prosthetic Practitioner
- Licensed Prosthetist/Orthotist (LPO)
- Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist (CPO)
- Certified Prosthetist (CP)
- Certified Orthotist (CO)
- American Board Certified Orthotist (ABC Orthotist)
- Upper Extremity Prosthetics Clinical Director
- Prosthetics Assistant
- Orthotics Assistant
- Orthotic/Prosthetic Clinician
- Orthopedic Mechanic
- Orthopedic Assistant
- Licensed Prosthetist
- Licensed Certified Orthotist
- Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist CPO and Area Practice Manager APM
- Certified Prosthetist, Vice President
- Certified Prosthetist, Licensed Orthotist
- Certified Prosthetist, Certified Pedorthist
- Certified Orthotist/Practitioner Manager
- Certified Orthotist/Pedorthist
- Certified Orthotist, Practice Manager
- Certified Orthotic Fitter
- Board Certified and Licensed Orthotist/Prosthetist
- Artificial Limb Fitter
Tasks for “Orthotists and Prosthetists”
- Maintain patients' records.
- Train and supervise support staff, such as orthopedic and prosthetic assistants and technicians.
- Instruct patients in the use and care of orthoses and prostheses.
- Fit, test, and evaluate devices on patients, and make adjustments for proper fit, function, and comfort.
- Repair, rebuild, and modify prosthetic and orthopedic appliances.
- Update skills and knowledge by attending conferences and seminars.
- Publish research findings or present them at conferences and seminars.
- Research new ways to construct and use orthopedic and prosthetic devices.
- Select materials and components to be used, based on device design.
- Examine, interview, and measure patients to determine their appliance needs and to identify factors that could affect appliance fit.
- Design orthopedic and prosthetic devices, based on physicians' prescriptions and examination and measurement of patients.
- Construct and fabricate appliances or supervise others constructing the appliances.
- Make and modify plaster casts of areas that will be fitted with prostheses or orthoses, for use in the device construction process.
- Confer with physicians to formulate specifications and prescriptions for orthopedic or prosthetic devices.
- Show and explain orthopedic and prosthetic appliances to healthcare workers.
Related Technology & Tools
- Grinding machines
- Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines
- Laser scanners
- Digital protractors
- Digital calipers
- Single-cut mill saw files
- Shears
- Half-round files
- Tube reamers
- Power planers
- Claw hammers
- Cast spreaders
- Workshop heat guns
- Cast cutters
- Deburring tools
- Power drills
- Tube cutters
- Power sanders
- Trautman routers
- Utility knives
- Laboratory air circulating ovens
- Dust masks
- Vacuum presses
- Holding tongs
- Allen wrenches
- Medical measuring tapes
- Power buffers
- Industrial sewing machines
- Precision rulers
- Electromyographs EMG
- Vacuum molding systems
- Belt sanders
- Workshop lathes
- Welders
- Bending irons
- Workshop bench vises
- Goniometers
- Pipe clamps
- Revolving punch pliers
- Surgical masks
- Vertical transfer jigs
- Hand rasps
- Force platforms
- Laptop computers
- Medical examination protective gloves
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Infrared laboratory ovens
- Digital video cameras
- Circular saws
- Anvils
- Variable speed routers
- Tablet computers
- Digitizers
- Pressure transducers
- Personal computers
- Laser levels
- Safety goggles
- Scarpas knives
- Desktop computers
- Microsoft Access
- Ohio Willow Wood OMEGA Tracer System
- Artsco OrthoPro Complete
- Email software
- Computer graphics software
- Infinity CAD Systems AutoSculpt
- Gait analysis software
- Futura International O.P.S.
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Gez Bowman THE O&P HUB
- MedEvolve eCeno
- MedePresence
- Alibre Design
- Microsoft Excel
- American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association CodingPro
- OPIE Practice Management Suite
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Microsoft Word
- Seattle Systems Shapemaker
- Vorum Research Corporation CANFIT-PLUS
- Polhemus FastSCAN
- Web browser software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Computer aided manufacturing CAM software