Orthotist-Prosthetist

What you would do

• Create a full treatment plan to meet each patient's needs and goals.
• Provide ongoing patient care and periodic checks to keep devices fitting well.
• Perform procedures to deliver orthotic and prosthetic services, including making devices.
• Document patient history and financial records using set record-keeping methods.
• Teach other health care staff, students, residents and trainees.
• Take part in product development research, clinical trials and outcome studies.

Do you qualify for GS-11?

With experience: You need 1 year of experience as an orthotist or prosthetist at the next lower grade level than the GS-11 job, providing orthotic or prosthetic services in a hospital setting. The experience should include attending clinics as a team member, analyzing patients' gait and range of motion, and taking measurements, casts or scans to make devices.

With education: A bachelor's degree or higher in orthotics and prosthetics from a CAAHEP-accredited program (CAAHEP is the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs). Or, a bachelor's degree or higher in any major plus a post-graduate orthotics or prosthetics certificate from a CAAHEP-accredited program. Education is a basic requirement for this job.

Licenses and certifications you need:

• Current board certification as an orthotist, prosthetist, or orthotist/prosthetist from ABC or BOC
• Technician, pedorthist, assistant or fitter certificates do not meet this requirement

How to apply well

What to send:

• Long-form resume or curriculum vitae (CV)
• Professional certification (board certificate)
• Transcript
• DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference
• SF-15 with proof if you claim 10-point veterans' preference
• Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with transcript if you use foreign education

How you will be rated: You are rated on how well you meet the qualifications, using the online questionnaire. Your application, resume and documents will be verified, and errors or missing information may lower your rating or make you ineligible. Eligible applications are referred based on veterans' preference.

Tips for this job:

• The 2-page resume requirement does not apply to this job, but you must submit a long-form resume or CV.
• Be clear and specific about your experience, including dates and duties, because the agency will verify it.
• Upload your board certificate and transcript with your application package, since both are listed as required.

Good to know before you apply

Schedule: Full-time, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. Telework is ad hoc only, as decided by agency policy.

Incentives and relocation: None. Relocation and recruitment incentives are not authorized.

Conditions of employment:

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Selective Service registration for males born after 12/31/1959
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English
• Subject to background and security investigation
• Online onboarding with acceptable ID; driver's licenses must be REAL ID compliant
• Seasonal influenza vaccination program participation required
• 1 or 2-year trial period

Job details

Salary

$85,447 – $111,087 per year

Pay scale and grade

GS-11 · General Schedule

Location

Baltimore, Maryland

Appointment

Permanent

Work schedule

Full-time

Service

Excepted

Openings

1

Security clearance

Not Required

Travel

25% or less

Drug test

Not required

Supervisory

No

Occupation

Orthotist And Prosthetist (0667)

Announcement

CBTF-13102787-27-TH