The duties of the Supervisory Orthotist Prosthetist, are to administer, or perform work concerned with rendering prosthetic and orthotic services to disabled patients in the VISN 20 catchment area. Specifically, the Supervisory Prosthetist will supervise the Orthotic and Prosthetic Clinical staff at a large Class 1 A facility and the associated satellite facility of that primary site (in this case Portland Oregon and Vancouver Washington)

Duties

VA Careers - Prosthetics: https://youtube.com/embed/3NUvF5jjErQ Duties: Included in this series is such work as: Collaborate and participate with planning, process improvements, training, and implementation of process and procedure changes as instructed by the Clinical Manager. Serves as the Supervisor of the Orthotist Prosthetist staff at a Large lA facility in the Prosthetics Department within VISN 20 as well as the satellite O&P Laboratory affiliated with the primary duty location (Vancouver). Serves as liaison between Regional Amputation Center PMRS staff including RAC prosthetist and the Prosthetics and Sensory Aides services. Monitors and report on the workload, productivity, timeliness and efficiencies of the O&P staff at their facility as it relates to the delivery of O&P services and the overall delivery of healthcare. Serving as an advisor to the physicians, therapists and other medical professionals at their assigned facility regarding indications and contraindications of prosthetic and orthotic components, prescription criteria. Ensures accreditation of the facility by ABC or BOC and other regulatory compliance with VHA Directives and Regulations. Ensures the NCOPE Residency Program at the facility remains in good standing Responsible for assignment of duties of facility O&P staff, ensuring performance metrics are met or exceeded and provides feedback to staff regarding performance through bi-annual performance reviews and provides recommendations with regards to appointment, awards, advancement and when appropriate, disciplinary actions. 9. Maintains vendor relations as it pertains to the O&P Limb and Orthotic Purchasing agreements and contracts, including overseeing and evaluating services provided by those contracted vendors. *Supervisory duties will also include oversight of Eugene, Roseburg, and White City VAMC O&P Clinical staff. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 000000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: a. Citizenship. Citizen of the United States. (Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3g, this part.) b. Education(1) A bachelor's degree or higher in orthotics and prosthetics from a Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) accredited program. OR, (2) A bachelor's degree or higher in any major along with a post-graduate orthotics or prosthetics certificate from a CAAHEP accredited program. c. Foreign Graduates. Graduates of foreign degree programs must have proof of a minimum of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university (or foreign equivalent, as verified through an independent credential evaluation company), with a specialization in orthotics and prosthetics. d. Board Certification. Candidates must be board certified by the American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics (ABC) or the Board for Orthotist/Prosthetist Certification (BOC) as an orthotist, prosthetist, or orthotist/prosthetist. The board certificate must be current and the applicant must abide by the certifying body's requirements for continuing education. Certification as a technician, pedorthist, assistant or fitter does not meet this requirement. e. Loss of Credential. An employee in this occupation who fails to maintain the required certification must be removed from the occupation which may result in termination of employment. At the discretion of the appointing official, an employee may be reassigned to another occupation for which he/she qualifies if a placement opportunity exists. Physical Requirements. See VA Directive and Handbook 5019. English Language Proficiency. Orthotists, prosthetists, or orthotist/prosthetists must be proficient in spoken and written as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d). GRADE REQUIREMENTS: a. Creditable Experience (1) Knowledge of Current Orthotist/Prosthetist Practices. To be creditable, the experience must have demonstrated the use of knowledge, skills, and abilities associated with current professional orthotic and/or prosthetic professional practice. (2) Quality of Experience. The experience must be post-degree, from an accredited training program and include work as a professional orthotist/prosthetist directly related to the position to be filled. Experience satisfying this requirement may be paid or non-paid employment. For all assignments above the full performance level, the higher level duties must consist of significantly larger scope, administrative independence, complexity (difficulty) and range of variety as described in this standard at the specified grade level and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time. (3) Part-Time Experience. Part-time experience as a professional orthotist/prosthetist is creditable according to its relationship to the full-time workweek. For example, an orthotist/prosthetist would receive 1 week of full-time credit for each 2 weeks of half-time work. b. Titles. For purposes of this qualification standard the reference "orthotist/prosthetist" is intended to mean orthotist, prosthetist, or orthotist/prosthetist. (1) Orthotist. An allied health professional specifically trained to provide or manage the provision of a custom designed, fabricated, modified, and fitted orthosis based upon independent or consultative clinical assessment of the patient's unique needs and desires, as well as their expectations pursuant to a physician's prescription. (2) Prosthetist. An allied health professional specifically trained to provide or manage the provision of a custom designed, fabricated, modified, and fitted prosthesis based upon independent or consultative clinical assessment of the patient's unique needs and desires, as well as their expectations and pursuant to a physician's prescription. (3) Orthotist/Prosthetist. An allied health professional specifically trained to provide or manage the provision of custom designed, fabricated, modified and fitted orthoses and prostheses based upon the independent or consultative clinical assessment of the patient's unique needs and desires, as well as their expectations and pursuant to a physician's prescription. Grade Determinations: GS-13 (a) Experience. Completion of 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level. (b) Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate the following KSA and demonstrate the potential to acquire the assignment specific KSAs designated by an asterisk (*): 1. Knowledge of regulatory requirements established by ABC, BOC, NCOPE, IAOP, AAOP, JCAHO, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMMS), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), etc., in order to provide advice to VISN management of the implementation of those requirements. *2. Knowledge of administrative functions including budget development and management, inventory management, space and workload planning, as well as knowledge of the National Prosthetic Patient Database, a knowledge of the Prosthetic National Software package, CPRS, DSS and knowledge of accreditation requirements for orthotic and prosthetic laboratories and knowledge of certification requirements for clinical staff in order to develop VISN guidelines and policies, allocate resources within the VISN, and project future workload for the VISN. *3. Ability to analyze data and provide reports using HCPC codes and other patient database information from VISN orthotic and prosthetic laboratories and to provide such reports to VISN management. *4. Ability to serve as a consultant to orthotists/prosthetists within the VISN on emerging technologies, the most difficult and complex cases, changes in policy, etc. *5. Ability to supervise. (To be used if the assignment is supervisory in nature.) (c) Assignments. For all assignments above the full performance level, the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, complexity (difficulty), and range of variety, and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time. Candidates at this grade level are in one of the following assignments: 1. Advanced Practitioner. Non-supervisory orthotists/prosthetists at this level would be rare; however, in some cases may be justified. The assignment must represent a substantial increase in responsibility over assignments at the GS-12 grade level. An example of an assignment that may possibly warrant this grade level is functioning as a VISN resource/consultant for orthotics and prosthetics and manager of a clinical fabrication facility. The orthotist/prosthetist serves as a referral source for questions from satellite facilities. 2. Supervisory Orthotist/Prosthetist. The orthotist/prosthetist at this level serves as the supervisor and laboratory manager for large laboratories or multiple satellite laboratories. In addition to the responsibilities described at the GS-12 level, this assignment includes serving as a VISN resource/consultant for orthotics and prosthetics; performing or overseeing testing and evaluation of design concepts; overseeing and evaluating contract orthotics and prosthetics vendors. Preferred Experience: Certified Prosthetist Orthotist References: VA HANDBOOK 5005/91 PART II APPENDIX G32

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

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