Board Eligible Clinician

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 large and busy clinic in the center of the Salt Lake Valley, which has been in operation for 30 years / which is one of our newest Hanger Clinic locations. Here you will be working alongside CPO’s, Clinical Assistants, Fitters, C-Ped’s and Technicians.  We are a busy clinic across the street from one of the only 2 Level 1 Trauma centers in the region. Currently our patient population is across all ages but predominantly we work with adult and geriatric care.  We service the greater Salt Lake region as a specialized center of care. This position will encompass travel to nearby hospitals, SNFs, and Level 1 Trauma Center within a radius of roughly 15 miles. We have a rotating on call schedule for servicing the major hospitals nearby. At our clinic, we have fabrication onsite where our two skillful technicians utilize the latest technologies and techniques in fabrication of both prosthetic and orthotic devices..

In and around Salt Lake City, you may enjoy a rich outdoor culture with summer trails for hiking and biking and winter skiing and play within a short drive putting you in the beautiful Wasatch Mountains or enjoy a myriad of parks and shopping experiences in downtown Salt Lake City.  In under 6 hours’ drive you can reach 7 of the major national parks in the country, 5 of which are in Utah.  With some of the largest swaths of federal land in our state, there are lots of open, wooded, or snow-covered spaces you could spend a lifetime exploring.  Come join an energetic team in a constantly growing clinic and help make the best difference in the lives of our patients!

As a Prosthetist and / or Orthotist, you have dedicated yourself to improving the lives of the patients you serve. We recognize that in doing so you not only impact the lives of those you treat but of their families, friends, and communities. Embarking on a career with Hanger allows you to continue in this endeavor but elevates you as a champion of the orthotic and prosthetic market by providing superior patient care, outcomes, service and value. Advance your career by leveraging professional clinical expertise, established clinical practice guidelines, innovative technologies, specialized training & continuing education, and back office support at one of our more than 900 clinics nationwide. At Hanger, we fulfill your current practice needs but also offer a potential career path to meet your changing aspirations as you continue your professional journey for years to come.

Our patients are our focus and are the heart of everything we do.  As a Hanger Prosthetist and / or Orthotist, you will leverage exceptional training and an extensive collaborative clinical community nearly 1600 providers strong to provide or supervise the delivery of comprehensive prosthetic and orthotic 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 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 prosthetic and / or orthotic services; recommend treatment options to physicians when necessary.
• Examine and evaluate patient needs in relation to disease and functional loss.
• Formulate design of prosthetic and / or orthotic devices.
• Select materials, make cast measurements, model modifications, and layouts, taking into account new techniques and materials.
• Perform fitting, including static and dynamic alignments.
• Evaluate prosthetic and / or orthotic device on patient, adjust to assure fit, function, medical efficacy, and quality of work.
• Instruct patient in use of prosthetic and / or orthotic devices.
• Identify and reconcile issues / problems to ensure patient satisfaction with devices provided.
• Provide follow-up with patients and physicians.
• Provide in-service training to physicians and allied health care professionals.
• Utilize effective materials management, quality and performance processes to maximize device quality and medical efficacy, maintaining a proper balance with costs and operational / financial performance.
• Meet with physicians, case managers and other referral sources to review prosthetic and / or orthotic services and capabilities; develop and enhance business relationships to identify and secure ongoing and future sources or referrals.
• Plan and implement strategies to meet and exceed revenue targets in coordination with management.
• Provide detailed clinical notes to patient records.
• May mentor residents or newly certified clinicians.
• Provide assistance to other clinical staff.
• Provide information to administrative staff to conduct reimbursement activities.
• Adhere to all safety regulations; compliance with Medicare and other governmental regulations; compliance with bloodborne and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements.
• Perform other duties or special projects as assigned.
• May be asked to perform on-call, hospital calls, or float between more than one Hanger Clinic location.

Minimum Qualifications

Additional Success Factors

Physical Abilities

Our Investment in You

Hanger, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship. All conditions and privileges of employment are administered to all employees without discrimination or harassment because of race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, special disabled veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances. The company will comply with all applicable state or local fair employment laws that forbid discrimination or harassment on the basis of other protected characteristics. Retaliation against any employee for filing or supporting a complaint of discrimination or harassment is prohibited.

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