Employment Opportunities
Who is Fourroux?
For 65+ years, Fourroux Prosthetics has proudly been committed to elevating the level of care that is provided to prosthetics patients. Our approach is unique. We don’t just provide a prosthesis, we provide an experience. One that is rich in quality care, education, the use of innovative prosthetic technology and patient outcomes. We provide a gateway to an improved quality of life for amputees and their families.”
WE ARE HIRING CP/CPO,
PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT/PROSTHETIC ASSISTANT IN BIRMINGHAM!
Fourroux Prosthetics nurtures the talents of emerging or current CP’s or CPO’s, providing unique methods of training and opportunities. If you are a CP or a CPO whose focus is primarily on prosthetic patients, a resident, Physical Therapy Assistant or Prosthetic Assistant who is drawn to helping amputees, or a technician trained and working in fabrication, we would like to speak with you.
Future Consideration for Employment
If a position of interest is not listed below, submit your resume for future consideration for employment!
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Available Positions
Prosthetist (Board Eligible or CP/CPO)
Birmingham, AL
Seeking experienced, self-motivated, Board Eligible or Certified Prosthetist (CP) / Certified Prosthetist-Orthotist (CPO). Successful candidates will be responsible for managing prosthetic patient care that includes evaluation, formulation of a treatment plan, implementation of treatment plan, follow-up care, and practice management.
Qualified candidates must be board eligible or certified through the American Board for Certification in Prosthetics and Orthotics, knowledgeable with DME coding, insurance compliance, and current trends in the prosthetic and orthotic industry.
Physical Therapy Assistant / Prosthetic Assistant
Birmingham, AL
Seeking experienced, self-motivated, Physical Therapy Assistant / Prosthetic Assistant.
Successful candidates will work under supervision of a licensed/certified Prosthetist, duties include but are not limited to:
• Participation in the evaluation of patients with impairment of human movement or musculoskeletal abnormalities that would impede their ability to participate in their social/ work environment or other activities in order to determine a functional intervention.
• Implementation of the established prosthetic treatment plan
• Utilization of a follow-up treatment plan that ensures successful prosthetic outcomes, patient health and quality of life
• Compliance with practice management plans to develop and document policies and procedures to ensure patient protection
Under direction of Prosthetist:
• Assists Prosthetist in providing care to and fabricating and fitting prostheses for patients with partial or total absence of limb, makes assigned casts, measurements, and model modifications.
• Performs fitting, including static and dynamic alignments.
• Evaluates prosthesis on patient to ensure fit, function, and quality of work.
• Repairs and maintains prostheses.
• Treat patients to relieve pain and/or develop or restore function to reach the highest level within the prostheses.
• Examine, interview, and measure patients to determine their appliance needs and to identify factors that could affect appliance fit.
• Instruct patients in the use and care of prostheses and of assistive equipment.
• Design prosthetic devices, based on physicians' prescriptions and examination and measurement of patients.
• Write clinical progress notes on the date of the visit for inclusion into the patient’s permanent record.
• Attend staff meetings, in-service presentations and case conferences.
• Communicate regularly with the attending Prosthetist for instruction in changes to the patient’s plan of care.
• Communicate regularly with the clinical manager and others relative to patient care.
• Instruct patients and their families in techniques and activities of daily living with a new prosthetic device
• Ability to lift patients using biomedical techniques frequently throughout the course of a work day/shift; must be capable of easily lifting fifty (50) pounds of weight alone.
* $45,000 to $55,000 Yearly
* Vision , Medical , Dental , Paid Time Off , Life Insurance , Retirement
* Full-Time
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“This is like family here. The way they operate. And, I think if it wasn’t for family you wouldn’t keep going.”
— Kay, Below Knee Amputee