prosthetist-orthotist

Prosthetist-orthotists design and custom fit prostheses and orthoses for individuals who are missing a limb from accident, disease or congenital conditions or for individuals who have impairments, deficiences or weaknesses due to injury, pathology or congenital malformation. They mix patient care with the design and fabrication of these devices to address their patients' needs.

Alternative Labels

artificial limb technician

certified prosthetist

clinical prosthetist

expert prosthetist

orthotist

prosthetic technician

prosthetic technologist

prosthetist-orthotist

specialist prosthetist

technologist in prosthetics

Regulatory Aspect

To see if and how this occupation is regulated in EU Member States, EEA countries or Switzerland please consult the Regulated Professions Database of the Commission. Regulated Professions Database:

http://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/services/free-movement-professionals/qualifications-recognition_en

Narrower occupations

- prosthetic-orthotics technician

Skills & Competences

Essential Skills and Competences

adhere to organisational guidelines advise on rehabilitation exercises answer patients' questions archive healthcare users' records collect healthcare user's general data communicate in healthcare comply with legislation related to health care comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice contribute to continuity of health care contribute to the rehabilitation process create lifecasts design medical supportive devices ensure safety of healthcare users instruct patients on supportive devices interact with healthcare users listen actively modify lifecasts record healthcare users' progress related to treatment

Essential Knowledge

biomechanics human anatomy kinetics prosthetic devices rehabilitation

Optional Skills and Competences

assist patients with rehabilitation develop therapeutic relationships educate patient's relations on care finish prosthetic-orthotic devices identify patients' medical records maintain prosthetic-orthotic devices manipulate plastic manipulate prosthetic-orthotic device materials manipulate wood modify casts for prostheses perform a prosthetic examination of the patient place orders for orthopedic products provide health education recommend orthopedic goods to customers depending on their condition recommend orthotic devices record data from biomedical tests repair orthopedic goods repair prosthetic-orthotic devices respond to changing situations in health care test prosthetic-orthotic devices use e-health and mobile health technologies work in multidisciplinary health teams

Optional Knowledge

first aid human physiology hygiene in a health care setting medical informatics medical terminology orthopaedic conditions orthopaedic goods industry orthopaedics orthotics pathology pedorthics prosthetic-orthotic device materials types of orthopedic supplies

Concept URI

Concept Uri

http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/929b5c9d-2fbf-44f2-980d-2ac6c0dc212f

Status

released

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