Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist
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Shriners Children's
Torrance, CA, US
Summary
The position involves fabricating orthoses and prostheses for pediatric patients while providing direct clinical care. The role also requires performing administrative and operational support functions to assist the department.
Job Description
Company Overview
Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.
With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family’s ability to pay or insurance status. Please click here to learn more about our locations.
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Job Description
We currently have an opportunity available for a Per Diem Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist to join our Pediatric Orthotics and Prosthetics team. This position is responsible for fabricating a variety of orthoses for inpatients and outpatients as prescribed by the medical staff, measuring and fitting patients for appropriate orthoses, and serving as a resource to staff regarding assigned areas of responsibility.
Key Responsibilities:
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Fabricate specific orthoses and prostheses for inpatients and outpatients utilizing a variety of technical skills and knowledge
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Provide appropriate direct patient care in a clinical setting under direction of the Orthotics/Prosthetics Manager and within established procedures
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Performs a variety of administrative and operational support functions for department and according to patient needs
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Expectations regarding policies and procedures of department, hospital and professional interaction
Required Responsibilities:
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1 year Orthotist, certified
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1 year Prosthetics
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American Board for Certification and Prosthetics
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Board for Orthotist/Prosthetist Certification (BOC)
The pay range for this position is $48.70 - 73.05/hour.
Compensation is determined based on years of relevant experience and departmental equity.
Établi à Montréal (Québec) depuis 1925, l’Hôpital Shriners pour enfants – Canada est un centre de soins de courte durée, bilingue, dont les soins pédiatriques orthopédiques ultraspécialisés traitent des troubles complexes tels que, l’ostéogenèse imparfaite et les anomalies graves de la colonne vertébrale ou des membres. Il offre également la chirurgie reconstructive et la réadaptation. Des enfants du Canada, des États-Unis et du monde entier ont bénéficié des recherches d’avant-garde et des traitements novateurs de l’hôpital. Dans sa pratique clinique, en enseignement et en recherche, l’hôpital est entièrement dédié à la poursuite de l’excellence et de l’innovation tout en veillant à ce que les patients et leur famille évoluent dans un environnement empreint de compassion et qui soit centré sur la famille. Grace à la télémédecine et à ses cliniques satellites, l’hôpital est également bien enraciné dans les diverses communautés du Canada.
Built in 1925 in Montreal, Quebec, the Canada Shriners Hospital is a bilingual, short term, acute care centre providing pediatric orthopedic ultraspecialized care for complex disorders such as osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease), severe spinal and limb anomalies, reconstructive surgery and rehabilitation. Children from across Canada, the U.S. and around the world have benefited from the hospital’s groundbreaking research and innovative treatments. The hospital is committed to excellence and innovation in clinical practice, research and education and to ensuring patients and their families are treated in a caring, family-friendly environment. The hospital is also present in communities across Canada thanks to telemedicine, outreach clinics.
• Écart dans la longueur des membres
• Scoliose et déformations vertébrales
• Spasticité et paralysie cérébrale
• Pied Bot
• Malformations de la main
• Arthrogrypose
• Blessures sportives
• Troubles métaboliques et héréditaires des os
• Conditions neuromusculaires
• ...
Founded
1925
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Montreal, Quebec
Établi à Montréal (Québec) depuis 1925, l’Hôpital Shriners pour enfants – Canada est un centre de soins de courte durée, bilingue, dont les soins pédiatriques orthopédiques ultraspécialisés traitent des troubles complexes tels que, l’ostéogenèse imparfaite et les anomalies graves de la colonne vertébrale ou des membres. Il offre également la chirurgie reconstructive et la réadaptation. Des enfants du Canada, des États-Unis et du monde entier ont bénéficié des recherches d’avant-garde et des traitements novateurs de l’hôpital. Dans sa pratique clinique, en enseignement et en recherche, l’hôpital est entièrement dédié à la poursuite de l’excellence et de l’innovation tout en veillant à ce que les patients et leur famille évoluent dans un environnement empreint de compassion et qui soit centré sur la famille. Grace à la télémédecine et à ses cliniques satellites, l’hôpital est également bien enraciné dans les diverses communautés du Canada.
Built in 1925 in Montreal, Quebec, the Canada Shriners Hospital is a bilingual, short term, acute care centre providing pediatric orthopedic ultraspecialized care for complex disorders such as osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease), severe spinal and limb anomalies, reconstructive surgery and rehabilitation. Children from across Canada, the U.S. and around the world have benefited from the hospital’s groundbreaking research and innovative treatments. The hospital is committed to excellence and innovation in clinical practice, research and education and to ensuring patients and their families are treated in a caring, family-friendly environment. The hospital is also present in communities across Canada thanks to telemedicine, outreach clinics.
• Écart dans la longueur des membres
• Scoliose et déformations vertébrales
• Spasticité et paralysie cérébrale
• Pied Bot
• Malformations de la main
• Arthrogrypose
• Blessures sportives
• Troubles métaboliques et héréditaires des os
• Conditions neuromusculaires
• ...
Founded
1925
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Montreal, Quebec
