Pedorthist (CPed)

Hanger, Inc.; Ocala (FL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Hanger, Inc. is seeking a Pedorthist to support patient care in Ocala, FL, delivering pedorthic services and collaborating with a large clinical network. You will evaluate needs, design and fit devices, and participate in comprehensive care planning to improve mobility and outcomes.

Join a team that emphasizes training, collaboration, and top-tier patient service, with a focus on geriatric patients and a supportive clinical community.

Qualifications

• Pedorthist certification or working under a certified clinician.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate pedorthic care by assessing patient needs and formulating treatment plans under supervision when necessary.
• Design, fabricate, and fit pedorthic devices including shoes, orthoses and prosthetic-related devices.
• Instruct patients on device use and care to ensure proper fit and function.
• Collaborate with rehabilitation team to optimize patient outcomes and satisfaction.
• Evaluate device performance and adjust as needed for fit, function and comfort.
• Assist in managing practice operations and patient records with attention to quality and safety.

Skills

Clinical pedorthic care

Patient assessment

Fitting & casting

Job description

Why Us?

With a mantra of Empowering Human Potential, Hanger, Inc. is the world's premier provider of orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) services and products, offering the most advanced O&P solutions, clinically differentiated programs and unsurpassed customer service. Hanger's Patient Care segment is the largest owner and operator of O&P patient care clinics nationwide. Through its Products & Services segment, Hanger distributes branded and private label O&P devices, products and components, and provides rehabilitative solutions to the broader market. With 160 years of clinical excellence and innovation, Hanger's vision is to lead the orthotic and prosthetic markets by providing superior patient care, outcomes, services and value. Collectively, Hanger employees touch thousands of lives each day, helping people achieve new levels of mobility and freedom.

Could This Be For You?

Come join our welcoming clinic in the heart of Ocala, proudly serving our community for over 30 years. You’ll work alongside a L/CPO/Clinic Manager, and L/CO, who provide strong clinical support in patient care, including off‑the‑shelf fittings, footwear and inserts, spinal bracing, and more. Our patient population spans all ages, with a primary focus on the geriatric community. We serve the greater Ocala area—and best of all, there is no on‑call requirement.

Ocala offers an exceptional quality of life with abundant parks, scenic trails, freshwater springs, and kayaking opportunities. The city continues to grow its foodie scene with food‑truck nights and after‑work community events. As the Horse Capital of the World, Ocala blends charm, recreation, and culture. Conveniently located, we’re just an hour from Gainesville, an hour and a half from Tampa, and a little over an hour from Orlando and its world‑class theme parks.

If you’re looking for a collaborative environment in a thriving, outdoor‑friendly community, we’d love to welcome you to our team.

Our patients are our focus and are the heart of everything we do. As a Hanger Pedorthist, you will leverage exceptional training and an extensive collaborative clinical community nearly 1500 providers strong to provide or supervise the delivery of comprehensive pedorthic care. You will assess patients, formulate treatment plans, implement those plans, follow‑up with your patients and participate in practice management. If you have not yet achieved certification, you will provide care under the direction of one of our certified clinicians.

You will enjoy combining your unique blend of clinical and technical skills to evaluate patients, custom design, fabricate and fit shoes, prostheses and/or orthoses to deliver exceptional outcomes for the patients you serve. You will collaborate with other members of the rehabilitation team and innovate utilizing the latest technology as we all strive to empower human potential together.

Your Impact

Depending on the operational requirements, size of the Hanger Clinic and subject to limitations imposed by state and/or local law, your role may include some or all of the functions listed below.

• Collaborate with physicians in the evaluation and analysis of a patient’s need for pedorthotic services; recommend treatment options to physicians when necessary.
• Examine and evaluate patient's needs in relation to disease and functional loss.
• Formulate design of pedorthotic devices.
• Select materials, makes cast measurements, model modifications, and layouts, taking into account new techniques and materials.
• Perform fitting, including static and dynamic alignments.
• Evaluate pedorthotic device and any collateral prosthetic or orthotic devices on patient, adjust to assure fit, function, medical efficacy, and quality of work.
• Instruct patient in the use of pedorthotic, orthotic or prosthetic devices utilized in fulfilling the patient’s needs.
• Identify and reconcile issues/problems to ensure patient satisfaction with devices provided.