Nemours is seeking a Certified Prosthetist / Orthotist (CPO) in Jacksonville, FL.
The Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist (CPO) is responsible for evaluating patients with limb deficiencies or neuromuscular and musculoskeletal impairments, designing appropriate prosthetic and orthotic solutions, and overseeing the fabrication, fitting, and adjustment of devices. This role provides patient-centered care aimed at restoring function, improving mobility, and enhancing overall quality of life.
This is a clinical setting with occasional time in fabrication lab environments. May require occasional travel between clinic locations or to patient facilities including the Operating Room.
Essential Functions
Clinical Care & Patient Management
Regular interaction with patients requiring hands-on activities such as casting, molding, and device fitting.
Perform comprehensive clinical assessments of patients requiring prosthetic or orthotic intervention.
Develop individualized treatment plans based on clinical findings, patient goals, and functional needs.
Design, measure, cast/scan, fit, and adjust custom prosthetic and orthotic devices.
Conduct follow-up appointments to ensure optimal device function, comfort, and patient satisfaction.
Educate patients and caregivers on device use, maintenance, troubleshooting, and rehabilitation expectations.
Work directly with in-house physicians and providers to develop the most effective custom devices.
Other duties as assigned by management.
Technical & Fabrication Oversight
Create detailed design specifications and oversee fabrication processes in collaboration with technicians.
Utilize traditional fabrication methods and digital CAD/CAM technologies as appropriate.
Ensure devices meet clinical standards, safety requirements, and regulatory guidelines.
Documentation & Compliance
Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation, including evaluation, treatment plans, device design, fabrication notes, and follow-up records.
Complete coding and billing documentation according to department regulations and regulatory requirements.
Comply with HIPAA and other privacy and ethical standards.
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Work closely with referring physicians, physical/occupational therapists, case managers, and other healthcare professionals.
Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings to coordinate patient care.
Professional Development & Quality Assurance
Stay current with advancements in prosthetic and orthotic technologies, materials, and best practices.
Participate in continuing education and maintain ABC certification while attending industry conferences.
Contribute to quality assurance initiatives, process improvements, and clinic protocols.
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree in Orthotics & Prosthetics from a CAAHEP-accredited program is required; Master’s Degree is preferred.
Current certification as a CPO through the American Board for Certification (ABC).
Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.
As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.
Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.
To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org
Nemours Children's Health is committed to improving the health of children. As a non-profit children’s health organization, we consider the health of every child to be a sacred trust.
Through family-centered care in our children’s hospitals and clinics in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida, as well as world-changing research, education and advocacy, Nemours fulfills the promise of a healthier tomorrow for all children — even those who may never enter our doors.
Nemours began more than 80 years ago with the vision of Alfred I. duPont to improve the lives of children and to do whatever it takes to prevent and treat even the most disabling childhood conditions.
Today, through our children’s hospitals and health system, we directly care for 250,000 children annually in Delaware Valley and Florida, including families who travel from across the country and world to see our specialists — treating every child as we would our own.
We also reach beyond the walls of our hospitals and clinics to be a voice for children on a national and international level, and to lead the way in prevention, intervention, education, and research.
Nemours is growing to better serve the children and families in our care. We have 1.1 million square feet of space currently devoted to providing children’s healthcare or under construction, all designed with significant input and advice from our patients and families.
