Physical Therapist Assistant

Customer and Personal Service Active Listening

Monitoring Critical Thinking

Judgment and Decision Making Time Management

Jun 2015-Present

Jul 2014-Jun 2015

Bridget Sanchez

Professional Summary

Service-oriented LPTA with 6 year background in SNF, outpatient, home health and acute care. Core competencies include computer competency, analytical thinking, conceptual thinking, conflict resolution, casamba data entry system, interpersonal awareness and flexibility as well as excellent communication and time management skills. Handles tasks with accuracy and efficiency.

Skills

Experience

LPTA

Restore Management Co Ltd - Pelham, AL

Observe patients during treatments to compile and evaluate data on their responses and progress and provide results to physical therapist in person or through progress notes.

Instruct, motivate, safeguard, and assist patients as they practice exercises or functional activities.

Confer with physical therapy staff or others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, or coordinating treatment. Administer active or passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, aquatic physical therapy, or heat, light, sound, or electrical modality treatments, such as ultrasound.

Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.

Transport patients to and from treatment areas, lifting and transferring them according to positioning requirements.

Communicate with or instruct caregivers or family members on patient therapeutic activities or treatment plans.

Measure patients' range-of-joint motion, body parts, or vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.

LPTA

Park South Physical Therapy Pc - Childersburg, AL

Instruct, motivate, safeguard, and assist patients as they practice exercises or functional activities.

125 Mt Zion Rd, Wetumpka, Al 36092

Ph: 334-***-****

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Mar 2012-Jul 2014

Observe patients during treatments to compile and evaluate data on their responses and progress and provide results to physical therapist in person or through progress notes.

Confer with physical therapy staff or others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, or coordinating treatment. Administer active or passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, aquatic physical therapy, or heat, light, sound, or electrical modality treatments, such as ultrasound.

Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.

Measure patients' range-of-joint motion, body parts, or vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.

Monitor operation of equipment and record use of equipment and administration of treatment.

Fit patients for orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices, such as crutches.

Train patients in the use of orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices. Clean work area and check and store equipment after treatment. Assist patients to dress, undress, or put on and remove supportive devices, such as braces, splints, or slings.

Administer traction to relieve neck or back pain, using intermittent or static traction equipment.

Perform postural drainage, percussions, or vibrations or teach deep breathing exercises to treat respiratory conditions.

LPTA

Aegis therapies - Birmingham, AL

Instruct, motivate, safeguard, and assist patients as they practice exercises or functional activities.

Observe patients during treatments to compile and evaluate data on their responses and progress and provide results to physical therapist in person or through progress notes.

Confer with physical therapy staff or others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, or coordinating treatment. Administer active or passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, aquatic physical therapy, or heat, light, sound, or electrical modality treatments, such as ultrasound.

Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.

Transport patients to and from treatment areas, lifting and transferring them according to positioning requirements.

Communicate with or instruct caregivers or family members on patient therapeutic activities or treatment plans.

Measure patients' range-of-joint motion, body parts, or vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.

Monitor operation of equipment and record use of equipment and administration of treatment.

Dec 2011

Fit patients for orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices, such as crutches.

Train patients in the use of orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices. Clean work area and check and store equipment after treatment. Assist patients to dress, undress, or put on and remove supportive devices, such as braces, splints, or slings.

Attend or conduct continuing education courses, seminars, or in-service activities. Perform clerical duties, such as taking inventory, ordering supplies, answering telephone, taking messages, or filling out forms.

Perform postural drainage, percussions, or vibrations or teach deep breathing exercises to treat respiratory conditions.

Education

Associate of Applied Science : Physical therapist assistant South university - Montgomery, AL

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