Prosthetic Representative

Veterans Health Administration; Orlando (FL); Hybrid; USD 41,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Orlando is seeking a Prosthetic Representative to complete prosthetic and sensory aids assignments, working independently to support PSAS goals.

You will collaborate with Veterans and clinical teams, advise on prescriptions, and manage procurement, budgeting, and contracts for prosthetic devices, while ensuring compliance with JC, CARF, and ABC requirements.

Responsibilities

• Work with Veterans and clinical teams to assist with applications and answer questions related to benefit programs.
• Provide recommendations to the treatment team regarding the development of prescriptions and provide technical assistance and guidance on planning and coordination efforts.
• Represents PSAS on local and national committees, workgroups, and teams to address PSAS issues, initiatives, and projects.
• Drafts, develops, and implements new local organizational policies, directives, and procedures consistent with national policies.
• Oversees contracting and procurement to prepare and authorize purchase orders for prosthetic and orthotic devices.
• Monitors contracts for compliance with the statement of work and ensures prosthetic equipment and services are delivered.
• Develops budget estimates and cost-containment measures for prosthetic equipment and services.
• Keeps supervisor informed of procurement updates and compliance reports.
• Collaborates with Supply Chain to oversee prosthetic service inventories.

Job description

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Serves as a Prosthetic Representative completing a variety of prosthetic and sensory aids assignments, projects, activities independently to meet PSASs long-and-short term program goals. Performs technical, administrative, and analytical prosthetic related assignments for the PSAS.

Key Responsibilities

*Amended to update closing date information in hiring path clarification. Works directly with Veterans and clinical teams to assist with applications and answer questions related to benefit programs. Provides recommendations to the treatment team regarding the development of prescriptions and provide technical assistance and guidance on planning and coordination efforts, to address complex patient medical and rehabilitative needs for equipment, services, and benefits.

Serves as a VHA and PSAS representative on local and national committees, workgroups, and teams to address a variety of PSAS's issues, initiatives, and projects. Keeps the PSAS senior staff aware of outcomes and recommendations to enhance the program. Seeks best practices from other VHA facilities to enhance PSAS's prosthetic and sensory aids program to meet veterans' needs.

Conducts visits to VISNs and VHA locations to collect, review, and analyze their best practice information and report findings to the supervisor to consider. Ability to communicate tactfully and effectively both orally and in writing. Drafts, develops, and implements new local organizational policies, directives, and procedures that are consistent with national policies, procedures, and programs.

Provides documents to the supervisor for final approval after the incumbent submits final, review, comments, and recommendations. Maintains awareness of VA's, VHA's, and PSAS's requirements by governing bodies, i.e. The Joint Commission (JC), Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics (ABC).

Keeps abreast of current issues in the health care industry and technological advancements and provides subject-matter expertise to VHA and PSAS's senior officials as needed. Completes Prosthetic Representative, technical, programmatic, and administrative duties independently.

Provides training, advice, and guidance related to administrative functions, including statistics, data analysis, budgeting, contracting, procurement, inventory management, human resources, logistics/space, equipment, and supplies. Oversees the operation of the Prosthetic, Orthotic, optical laboratories, including restorations activities.

Completes contracting and procurement assignments independently to prepare and authorize purchase orders for a wide variety of prosthetic and orthotic devices. Provides status reports regularly to the supervisor to keep the supervisor well informed for accountability purposes.

Monitors and ensures requests for items or services are completed and received under established timeframes; and confers with contractors, vendors, and other health care workers as needed regarding procurement status and other needs and concerns. Provides oversight and management of contracts. Monitors contracts for compliance with the statement of work; and receives, analyzes, and completes requests for prosthetic equipment and services.

Keeps the supervisor well informed of procurement or contract issues as they arise. Monitors and analyzes PSAS compliance reports, Delayed Order Report, aged credit card transactions, compliance metrics and scorecards. Develops tools that monitor VHA's quality assurance program.

Works in collaboration with supervisor and senior staff to plan, develop, and prepare budget estimates; to develop cost-containment measures for prosthetic equipment and services; to authorize benefit payment and reimbursement.

Procures materials, supplies, and equipment; familiar with inventory stock and works collaboratively with Supply Chain to provide oversight of prosthetic service inventories; and refers veterans to proper clinical area for evaluation with guidance from supervisor and senior staff. Keeps supervisor informed of procurement updates by preparing detailed status reports regularly. Ensures VA, VHA, and PSAS's procurement procedures are adhered to. Work Schedule: 8:30a.m. - 5:00p.m.

Telework: Adhoc, may be authorized as determined by agency policy. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 82119F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.

Requirements & 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/.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $40736 – $97087/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-05.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.

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