Job Description:

We have the great privilege of helping patients and families re-build their lives. It's extraordinarily meaningful work and the reason we greet the day with optimism and anticipation. When patients \\"Ask for Mary,\\" they experience a culture that has been sculpted for more than a century. Our hallmark is to carefully listen to patients and innovatively serve them.

Mary Free Bed is a not-for-profit, nationally accredited, rehabilitation hospital with 167 inpatient beds - 119 acute and 48 sub-acute. There are numerous outpatient programs as well as home and community services. With the most comprehensive rehabilitation services in Michigan and an exclusive focus on rehabilitation, Mary Free Bed physicians, nurses and therapists help our patients achieve outstanding clinical outcomes.

Mission Statement

Restoring hope and freedom through rehabilitation.

Summary:

MFB is willing to train or certifiy a Fitter. This is a great fit for a nurse aide or care giver looking for career growth. A certified orthotic fitter is a health care professional who is specifically educated and trained in the provision of certain off the shelf or prefabricated orthoses prescribed by a physician. In addition, a certified orthotic fitter will be required to be proficient in patient assessment, formulation of a treatment plan, implementation of the treatment plan, and provide patient instructions.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

- Assessment of prescription and patient's needs for off the shelf or prefabricated orthoses. Excluding diabetic shoes, fracture orthoses, FES systems, Scoliosis devices, and un-stabile conditions.

- Formulation of a treatment plan based upon an assessment to alleviate limitations and enhance function. It is the responsibility of the orthotic fitter to request consultation with referring physician to verify prescription/documentation when needed to formulate treatment plan.

- Implementation of the treatment plan.

- Patient Education.

- Utilization of follow-up treatment plan that ensures successful orthotic outcomes, patient health.

- Compliance with practice management plans. Documentation policies and procedures which include:

- Adherence to applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations

- Maintain a safe and professional environment for patient care

- Comprehension of claims development and submission

- Adherence to ABC Code of Professional Responsibility

- Participates in a program of self-improvement and continuing education.

Essential Job Qualifications (Knowledge, Education, and Training Requirements):

- Possess a high school diploma, GED or college degree

- Physical Demands:

- Able to lift, carry up to 50 lbs. occasionally

- Able to push, pull up to 200 lbs. occasionally

- Able to walk, stand for the majority of the time, but also periods of sitting are required

- Able to use the keyboard frequently for brief periods, with occasional longer stints

Preferred Job Qualifications:

- Successfully complete an NCOPE approved orthotic fitter educational course

- Document a minimum of 1,000 hours of orthotic fitting experience obtained either before or after completion of the fitter educational course

- Successful completion of the ABC orthotics fitters exam

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Mary Free Bed is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristic.

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