CPT Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist Jobs
Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist CPT jobs let F-1 students apply clinical fitting, biomechanical assessment, and patient care skills in accredited residency-adjacent settings. Your DSO must authorize each position as an integral part of your prosthetics or orthotics curriculum before you begin work.
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INTRODUCTION
Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Embrace the Customer 1st strategy and encourage associates to deliver excellent customer service. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- 1 year of retail experience
- Completion of national and/or state intern registration, certification or licensure depending upon state requirements
- Enrolled in an accredited pharmacy school program; certified or ability to be certified in immunizations
- Must be at least 18 years of age
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- High School Diploma or GED
- National or State Intern Registration
- Maintain a current CPR certification
- Ability to understand and adhere to guidelines on restricted sale items like Alcohol, Tobacco, Fireworks, and Videos
Responsibilities
- Ability to understand and adhere to company's limits on cash shortages and work honestly and effectively to control loss
- Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures, identifying unsafe conditions, practicing preventive maintenance, properly inspecting equipment, notifying store management of any items in need of repair and of customer or employee accidents
- Comply with local, state and federal regulations; report all illegal activity, including robbery, theft or fraud
- Serve as an alternative representative for store-wide meetings/huddles
- Provide day-to-day training support for pharmacy associates and encourage, monitor, and assist new techs through the technician training program
- Enter patient's information into computer accurately and efficiently, perform post fill audits (PFAs), and assist the pharmacy in providing and maintaining MTM (Medication Therapy Management) services
- Maintain a current national and/or state registration, certification, or license depending on state requirements
- Support company Health and Wellness initiatives
- Understand and adhere to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations and the company's policies regarding HIPAA
- Understand and follow the company guidelines on tendering electronic fund transactions such as Credit/Debit Cards, EBT and Gift Cards, as well as cash and check transactions
- Assist pharmacist in all responsibilities except those that require a pharmacist's professional judgement
- Ensure execution of department standards by leading by example
- Support work flow and pharmacist oversight through shift leadership, delegating station rotation and best solutions to any issues that may arise
- Act as pharmacy safety subject matter expert by being able to recognize areas of opportunity and coach to correctness as appropriate
- Comply with and reinforce all sanitation and safety regulations/guidelines/procedures and programs according to company, local, state, and federal health code regulations; identify unsafe conditions and notify store management
- Must be willing and able to adequately perform all essential job functions and tasks of a Pharmacy Certified Technician
- Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation
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Get Access To All JobsCertified Prosthetist/Orthotist CPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist CPT role need to be at a credentialed facility?
Not strictly by immigration rules, but CPT requires the position to be an integral part of your curriculum, and your university will typically require supervision by a credentialed practitioner. Most schools won't authorize CPT at a facility that can't demonstrate a qualified CP, CO, or CPO is overseeing your clinical work, so accredited O&P practices and hospital-based departments are the most straightforward path.
Can I do full-time CPT as a P&O student without affecting my OPT eligibility?
Yes, but the threshold matters. Twelve months or more of full-time CPT exhausts your full-time OPT eligibility, leaving you with only part-time OPT after graduation. Part-time CPT, which is fewer than 20 hours per week, has no impact on OPT. Plan your CPT hours carefully across your program to protect post-graduation work authorization.
How do I find employers who have hired F-1 CPT students in prosthetics and orthotics before?
Migrate Mate lets you filter by employers with documented F-1 hiring history in clinical and rehabilitation roles. Because P&O is a small, credentialed field, identifying facilities already familiar with DSO authorization and CPT paperwork significantly shortens the employer education process and reduces the risk of an offer falling through.
What job duties typically qualify a P&O role for CPT authorization?
Duties that directly build the competencies assessed in your coursework are the strongest candidates. Patient evaluation, device fabrication, fitting and alignment, gait analysis, and follow-up care all map cleanly to accreditation-required learning outcomes. Administrative or clerical tasks at an O&P clinic generally won't satisfy the integral curriculum requirement your DSO needs to approve.
Does CPT work experience count toward ABC or BOC certification hours?
It can, but the certification body's rules govern what counts, not USCIS or your DSO. The American Board for Certification and the Board of Orthotist and Prosthetist Certification both have specific requirements around supervision ratios and patient-contact documentation. Confirm with your program director that your CPT site meets those standards before you start, not after you've accumulated hours.